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Local 56 member wins bronze medal!

Refrigeration/Air Conditioning

We are pleased to congratulate Tyler Huynh on his bronze medal win at the Skills Canada Nova Scotia Refrigeration/Air Conditioning competition that was held on March 31 at NSCC Ivany Campus. Way to go Tyler!

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

 

 

 

Dec 6, 2022UA 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.