Search for FIT Show Master Fitter
3rd November 2015

The search is on to find the FIT SHOW Master Fitter for 2016 organised in association with FENSA with live finals taking place at the Show on the 12th and 13th April and £10,000 in prize money to be handed out to the winners and runners up.

Six finalists will compete by replacing a window, installing a residential door and for the first time, each will be expected to install a solid roof with all products combining to form a porch configuration. A residential fault challenge will also be used to separate the winner from the runners up.

The replacement windows are provided by sponsors Liniar, residential doors supplied by Truedor and Supalite is supplying the solid roofs.

GQA’s Mick Clayton, whose team will assess entrants and choose the winner, says the standards will be tougher than ever in the next few months: “The Master Fitter Challenge is a lot of fun but has the serious purpose of identifying and rewarding the skills of installers at the top of their game. The £5,000 first prize is fantastic of course but our experience is that most competitors are driven by pride. Our assessors report that the skill levels in the marketplace are higher than ever and we believe that will show in the competition.”

The entry form is live on The FIT Show website at www.fitshow.co.uk/master-fitter-challenge/application-form. All entrants successfully answering the criteria will undergo a telephone interview when a number of technical questions will be asked. Successful applicants completing this phase will receive a site visit by one of the assessors to observe working practices under site conditions. Only then will the assessors choose six finalists to take part in the Live Finals at Telford in April.

The winners and runners up will be announced at the FIT Show Gala Dinner, already sold out for 2016 with a record 900 guests attending.

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