Pupils try their hand at traditional building trades at Paisley Town Hall

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More than 150 third year pupils from across got to grips with traditional building skills at a career-building event held outside Paisley Town Hall.Building on Paisley’s historic environment, the event hopes to encourage more young people to get into traditional building crafts as part of the budding construction industry in the area.Renfrewshire Council, Morrison Construction and West College Scotland jointly hosted the event, which included talks on college courses, foundation and modern apprenticeships, and the wider opportunities in the constructions field, including graduate apprenticeships and trainee schemes. Don't miss the latest headlines from around Renfrewshire.

Sign up to our newsletters here. Young people took part in taster sessions for traditional skills like wood turning, painting, slating and leadwork, as well as seeing for themselves how some of these skills are being used in the refurbishment of the town hall.Education convener, Councillor Emma Rodden, said: “Renfrewshire is steeped in heritage culture and has many buildings of great historic and architectural interest.

These workshops are a fantastic opportunity for our young people to get a taste of the traditional crafts used to build them in times gone by.“Construction and manufacturing are rapidly expanding industries in Renfrewshire, and we hope that these sessions will encourage young people to consider entering these fields as a career when leaving school.”Morrison Construction are delivering the town hall transformation and, as part of the