Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

Moray school pupils step into car workshop to accelerate career prospects

Keith Grammar School pupil Aaron Skinner learns from Alan Medcraf, owner of AMDetails.
Keith Grammar School pupil Aaron Skinner learns from Alan Medcraf, owner of AMDetails.

To the amateur it may be a case of a bucket and sponge and a quick hoover – but high end car valeting can see experts earn huge sums for painstakingly detailing the world’s most expensive cars.

Three Moray school pupils gained some insight into just what’s involved in professionally caring for vehicles as they spent the day with a car firm in an effort to boost their career prospects.

Keith Grammar School students Mark Rennie, Aaron Skinner and Kyle McHardie, who are all in S4, are currently studying for a National 4 qualification in the automotive skills for work course.

The trio have been learning about the industry in the classroom but staff have been eager to organise sessions with firms to give them hands-on experience.

To that end, they visited Elgin-based AMDetails to gain experience in both valeting and modifying vehicles.

They also enjoyed a tour of the workshop to learn how to use specialist tools from the sector.

Mark said: “It was really good because we got to use professional products and techniques, not just soap and water. At the end of the process you could really see the difference.

“I liked getting the chance to learn about the specialist coatings that can be applied to a car. I’ve never had the chance to try something like that before.”

Keith Grammar is currently the only secondary school in Moray that offers the automotive skills qualification.

Alan Medcraf, owner of AMDetails, said: “It’s great that there is such a course available to our young people. I was delighted to be able to offer my knowledge and skills as part of their learning.

“There’s no SQA or equivalent qualifications for the detailing industry, just best practice. I enjoyed passing this on to the students.”