After months of preparation with Kevin Calpin, the stonemasonry programme leader at York College, young stonemason George Plant (pictured above) of Ian Knapper Stonemasons in Cheadle, Staffordshire, is ready to represent his country at the WorldSkills competition in Japan next month. Ian Knapper himself and another mason at the company, Stephen Woolley, have previously represented the UK at WorldSkills and George says: "They were both very successful when they competed and I\'m working very hard to achieve similar success."