Local 56 Hosts 2023 Skills Competitions

Local 56 Hosts 2023 Skills Competitions

Local 56 hosted the Sprinkler fitter and Steamfitter/Pipefitter skills competitions for Skills Canada Nova Scotia on March 9, 2023. Apprentices and pre-employment students competed in the 1-day event to showcase their talents and skills in their trades. This year the participants all worked very hard to complete their projects and are all on their way to a bright career in the pipe trades. Local 56 is very proud to host these events that help showcase the talents of all competitors. Winners for the Steamfitter/Pipefitter trades are. Gold – Josh Purcell, Silver – Joseph Petrie and Bronze went to Jeremy Thorne. In the Sprinkler fitter competition, we only had the 2 competitors and they both worked hard all day and made the choice very hard. Gold was awarded to Grace Westenberger and Silver to Justin Carlton. Congratulations to all who took part in this year’s competition.

Sprinkler fitter

 Gold- Grace Westenberger, Silver- Justin Carlton

Steamfitter/Pipefitter

Gold-Josh Purcell, Silver-Joseph Petrie, Bronze-Jeremy Thorne

 

 

 

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Inspector (Specialist) 3 (Boiler & Pressure Vessel Inspection Officer) – 90002733

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Inspector (Specialist) 3 (Boiler & Pressure Vessel Inspection Officer) – 90002733 (novascotia.ca)

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Local 56 Instructor honoured with award.

Local 56 Instructor, Gino Pace honoured with award.

Geno received the Apprenticeship Award of Excellence on October 27th, 2022, at the Annual Industry Meeting and Awards Breakfast hosted by the Nova Scotia Apprenticeship Agency.  This award recognizes the valuable contributions recipients have made to encourage apprentices through their journey to certification.

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UA Local 740 Business Manager, Bob Fiander has been pushing for the work to be done in Newfoundland and Labrador.

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Skills Canada Nova Scotia – Career Showcase

Dec 6, 2022 – UA Local 56 had the pleasure to show over 300 Students hands on examples of what it feels and looks like to work with different types of pipe and fittings. Greg Pope and Mike MacDonald from Local 56 where happy with the engagement the students showed at the showcase, most of them left knowing a little bit more about Piping. 

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Tyler Hayes wins Standard For Excellence award at UA National Apprentice Competition – June 28

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Sprinkler apprentice Tyler Hayes was named this year’s winner of the Standard For Excellence award at the UA National Apprentice Competition. The Standard for Excellence trophy is awarded to the Competitor that best exemplifies the tenets and values of the UA as determined by their peers. Points considered are attitude, professionalism, quality of work, and any other quality personally held in high regard for a tradesperson. Way to go Tyler!

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UA National Apprentice Competition Update – June 28

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UA Local 56 would like to recognize and commend our apprentices, Tyler Hayes, Riley Brown and Devin Vanderkooi who competed at this year’s competition. Although they didn’t finish first in their trade category they all represented Local 56 in a very positive and professional way. These individuals have shown tremendous skills and have a long and successful career ahead of them in the UA. Great job Brothers!

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UA National Apprentice Competition Update

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This week, Local 56 apprentices are competing at the UA National Apprentice Competition being held at Local 853 in Ontario. The 3-day competition will include practical projects as well as a theory exam. More news to follow when the results are announced this Friday!

 

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Local 56 Apprentices Win Big At Skills Canada National Competition

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On May 26th and 27th the Skills Canada National Competition was held in Vancouver British Colombia. This event included more than 300 competitors from across Canada who participated in 35 skilled trade and technology competitions. This year Nova Scotia was represented by Steamfitter/Pipefitter apprentice Riley Brown, Plumber apprentice Devin Vanderkooi, and Sprinklerfitter apprentice Tyler Hayes. All three were at their best and displayed incredible skill in their competition areas throughout the 2-day event. When the results were announced at the closing ceremony Riley and Devin claimed gold medals and Tyler was awarded a silver medal. This is a very impressive showing by our apprentices on a national stage and the membership of Local 56 is very proud of this outstanding achievement.

Next up for Riley, Devin and Tyler is the UA National Apprentice Competition being held at Local 853 in Ontario June 18-24. This competition will determine who will represent District 6 at the UA International Competition being held in Ann Arbor Michigan in August.

Best of luck and congratulations on what you have accomplished!

Greg Pope
Training Coordinator Local 56

Pictured from left to right: Devin Vanderkooi, Tyler Hayes, Riley Brown.

 

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2022 Calendar of Events

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Our 2022 events calendar is now available in PDF form. Click here to download.

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