“To give competent turners the opportunity to learn the basic skills in presentation so that they may effectively demonstrate their turning skills to others.”
The one day course has been developed to help would be demonstrators to understand what is required and to give them the confidence to take their first steps into demonstrating their turning skills. Each course will cater for four members and will be held at various locations throughout the country. We hope some of our branches will be prepared to host these courses at their normal venue.
As these are demand led we keep a waiting list of applicants until we have enough people to run a course in a suitable location.
Every member may apply for the free course. We do encourage you to make a voluntary donation, after you have attended the workshop. This goes into our development fund and helps us to increase the benefit to other members.
The table below shows both firm dates and tentative courses which will be run if there is sufficient demand in that location. Please apply to register your interest using this page or download the application form to email or post.
Please note: Due to the pandemic and unforeseen circumstances both Tutor & Demonstrator training courses have been impacted. We are working hard and focussing on training new Assessors to cover more of the country and we hope to be up and running in 4-6 months.
Please wait until we advertise these courses to apply, previous applicants need to reapply. Thank you for your patience.
For more information contact the training coordinator at training@awgb.co.uk
| Date | Topic | Tutor | Venue |
| TBA | Presentation and Demonstrator Skills | TBA | Plymouth |
| TBA | Presentation and Demonstrator Skills | TBA | Bristol |
| TBA | Presentation and Demonstrator Skills | TBA | East Anglia |
| TBA | Presentation and Demonstrator Skills | TBA | Surrey |
| TBA | Presentation and Demonstrator Skills | TBA | Midlands |
Typical Timetable for the day
| 8.30 | Coffee reception Introduction to the candidates and the tutors. |
| 9.00 | Introduction Icebreaker activity to establish the background of the candidates. |
| 9.30 | Preparing and planning a Five Minute Talk Work through the guidelines on giving a talk including communication and presentation skills. |
| 10.15 | Coffee Break A short break to enable the candidates to give some thought to their talk. |
| 10.30 | Presentation of the Five Minute Talk Each candidate to give a five minute talk/presentation followed by tutor feedback and group discussion |
| 11.30 | Preparing and planning a Twenty Minute demonstration Work through the guidelines on giving a twenty minute demonstration using the lathe. |
| 12.30 | Lunch |
| 13.15 | Presentation of a Twenty Minute Demonstration Two candidates to give a twenty minute demonstration at the lathe followed by tutor feedback and group discussion |
| 15.00 | Coffee Break |
| 15.15 | Presentation of a Twenty Minute Demonstration Two candidates to give a twenty minute demonstration at the lathe followed by tutor feedback and group discussion |
| 17.00 | Summary and end of the course |