This year, eight finalists have been selected to compete in the national finals, which will take place at Bridgend College across the week of 24 November.

Those selected, who excelled at the competition’s regional heats, represent an outstanding group of apprentice electricians who demonstrated exceptional technical skill and dedication.

The 2025 finalists are:

• Adam Souter – SECTT / McDonald and Munro Ltd
• Archie Casson – Oldham College / JRC Electrical Engineers
• Ellis Stevenson – SECTT / Campbell and McHardy LTD
• Ewan Forsythe – Belfast Metropolitan College / NUGENT
• Fabian Maciejewski – East Goscote Electrics / Leicester College 
• Jane Thorp – Suffolk New College / Fellowes Electrical Ltd
• Samuel Chadderton – Hopwood Hall College / Isolate Electrical
• William Boyer – Blackburn College / Paul Wilson Electrical and Renewable Energy Solutions

These finalists were selected from thousands of apprentices and students who competed in regional heats across the UK.

At this year’s final, low-carbon technologies will feature once again, following previous years’ successes, this time in the form of an EV point charging-related task and a solar task for competitors to tackle.

Those who are eligible and perform well at the final can represent the UK in the Electrical Installation competition at WorldSkills 2028 in Aichi, Japan.

NICEIC is a delivery partner of SkillELECTRIC, which is organised by industry charity National Electrotechnical Training.

The SkillELECTRIC competition is part of the WorldSkills UK competition framework and showcases the best emerging talent in the electrotechnical sector.