PHAM NEWS | OCTOBER 2026 10 News Review Medal success in Shanghai for Team UK
huge competition which is taken extremely seriously by employers and governments around the world. To have come out on top of such an impressive field over four days of intense competition is outstanding.” In total, Team UK picked up
two golds, one silver and three bronze medals in Shanghai. A further 13 Medals for Excellence – in recognition of reaching world class standards – were awarded to other members of the team, including Andrew McCann for Plumbing & Heating and Madeleine Warburton for Renewable Energy. Andrew, aged 21, works for AMC
UK representative Sam Jones has won the gold medal in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (RAC) at this year’s WorldSkills competition in Shanghai. Sam, who works for Runcorn-
based Industrial Cooling Equipment and trained at the Practical Refrigeration Training Centre in Burnley, was the overall winner following an intensive four-day competition at Shanghai’s National Exhibition and Convention Centre. The refrigeration and air conditioning category of the
competition, often referred to as the ‘Skills Olympics’, was one of the most heavily contested, with 27 competitors taking part. The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) is an organising partner of WorldSkills UK and has hailed Sam’s success as an “absolutely incredible result” and a fantastic advertisement for the UK cooling industry. “We are all enormously proud
of Sam and his achievement,” says the Association’s director of competence and compliance Jill Nicholls. “WorldSkills is a
Plumbing & Heating in Northern Ireland and attends South West College, while Madeleine, 20, is from Ashby-de-la-Zouch and is employed by RWE and attends GRWP Colef Menai. Held every two years, WorldSkills involves more than 80 countries and is a partnership between the education sector, businesses and governments. It was set up over 60 years ago to help young people develop through competition-based training, assessment and benchmarking to support economic growth and create employment opportunities.
Heat pumps in Cardiff Bay
With the aim of giving policymakers and Members of the Welsh Senedd an opportunity to see heat pump technology in action, the Heat Pump Association (HPA UK) and Nesta recently staged the ‘Hear, See and Feel a Heat Pump’ event outside the Pierhead building in Cardiff Bay. Featuring heat pumps from Mitsubishi Electric and Vaillant,
manufacturers and industry experts were on hand to help policymakers experience how heat pumps provide reliable, efficient heat. Representatives from Wolseley Renewables Centre also joined the event to showcase how investment in training and supply chains is helping to support employment, skills and the growth of the clean heat sector across Wales. Commenting on the event, Chloe Davis, policy and communications
lead at HPA UK, says: “Heat pumps are a proven technology that can play a vital role in reducing emissions while providing reliable and efficient heating for homes and businesses across Wales. Events like this give policymakers the opportunity to see heat pumps in action, helping to separate fact from fiction and build confidence in the technology. The transition to clean heat is an economic opportunity as well as an environmental one, with the potential to support thousands of skilled jobs, strengthen local supply chains and generate investment in communities across Wales.”
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