It was work experience with a noticeable difference.
Six construction students from Kirklees College enjoyed a trip to Sweden to learn about furniture making.
The students, who are all on a bench joinery course at Dewsbury Construction Academy, worked at a company called Ideum in Arvidsjaur.
And they did so about an hour’s drive from the Arctic Circle where temperatures averaged about minus 11deg to minus 9 deg C.
The students taking part were Kyle Firth, 19, and Jamie Smith, 18, both of Liversedge; Andrew Hill, 17, and Ismail Latif, 19, both from Dewsbury; Kheleeq Mahmood, 19, from Heckmondwike; and Alex Young, 19, from Horbury, Wakefield.
In their free time they went to an ice hockey match, hiked alongside a frozen waterfall in Storforsen and went clay pigeon shooting, ice fishing, skiing and sledging.
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To mark their visit, the students made a plaque featuring the Yorkshire rose and the Kirklees College logo, which they all signed and donated to their hosts.
Tutor Paul Buxton, who accompanied the group, said: “Work started at 8am and finished at 3.30pm and the company was half an hour’s walk from the lodge.
“The students had to shop for their own food, cook, clean and do their own laundry as part of the experience. They were given an allowance in Swedish currency that they had to budget for their duration of stay.
“They learned a lot including work skills, life skills and personal independence. It was a fantastic experience and really helped prepare them for the adult world.”
The trip was organised – and subsidised - through a business partnership with Everything is Possible, a Leeds-based company which provides opportunities for young people to travel abroad.
