Paul Goulden secures PPG Nationwide Lead Painter competition victory
PPG and Nationwide Crash Repair Centres (NCRC) are pleased to announce the winner of the 2017 Lead Painter Accreditation competition; Paul Goulden of NCRC Bridgend.
On September 27th 2016, PPG and Nationwide Crash Repair Centres held the final of the Lead Painter Accreditation Course (LPAC) at PPG’s Technical Centre in Stowmarket Suffolk, with Paul Goulden being victorious.
The Lead Painter Accreditation Course (LPAC) is a combined training programme and competition designed to enhance individual painter skill sets, as well as coaching best practice techniques throughout the Nationwide network. The LPAC programme saw 56 painters from Nationwide Crash Repair go through an intensive training and assessment programme which concluded last week at the final.
6 of the top painters from the programme were invited to PPG’s Technical Training Centre to compete in the final to win the LPAC champion title. Throughout the day, there were various rounds to the LPAC final – from product application to spray paint design. The competition was very closely fought, with all finalists demonstrating an exceptional level of skill, but Paul Goulden from Bridgend demonstrated he was worthy of the win, after his fantastic spray paint design.
SATA had kindly supplied every competitor with a MiniJet spray gun for all of their efforts throughout the competition and the winner also received a brand new SataJet Phaser 5000B. As well as receiving the SataJet Phaser 5000B the winner also received, from PPG and Nationwide, a new iPhone 7 and an Apple watch.
Paul Goulden, NCRC Bridgend commented on the victory: “It has been a very testing competition and it was definitely very closely fought between myself and the other finalists. I want to say a massive thank you to PPG for selecting me as the winner, it has been a great opportunity to improve my skills and I am really surprised by all of the skills I’ve learnt from the competition too!”
The competition has been a great success for PPG and Nationwide and Simon Meredith, PPG National Account Manager stated; “It’s been really exciting to run the LPAC competition, for the second time, in partnership with Nationwide Crash Repair. It’s a true testimony to both parties looking to deliver ‘right first time’ results every time through process and people development”.