CORNWALL Learning Education Business Partnership organised a 'Have A Go' day for Callington Community College recently, where local employers provided 'tasters' — bite-sized opportunities to try out work-based skills.

Year 9 students found out about careers and the pathways to a dream job, including further education and apprenticeships.

Have A Go activities included how to windsurf with a simulator with the Cornwall Marine Network and South West Lakes Trust, taking blood pressures with Royal Cornwall Hospital and a bed making competition with Premier Inn.

Also offering 'Have A Go' activities were Transport Bombardier, Cornwall College Hair and Beauty, Superfast Cornwall, the Army, Nurturing Excellence project and Bluefruit Software.

College principal Sean Morris said: 'The Have A Go day was a fantastic opportunity for our students to learn about the world of work.'

Matthew Dodkins, team lead at Bluefruit Software, said: 'These Have A Go days are absolutely vital if we are going to have any chance of recruiting young people from this country.

'We are desperate for programmers and all the students at the college seemed to really enjoy trying it out.'