Students from across the Avon Maitland District School Board (AMDSB) impressed at a recently held local Skills Ontario Competition at Listowel District Secondary School. Students from three high schools competed in two carpentry and welding events.
Sarah Darou and Hayley King from Listowel competed against Dylan McNeil and Braydon Curran from Goderich District Collegiate Institute in the carpentry competition. McNeil and Curran were awarded the win and will represent AMDSB at the provincial competition on May 6 at the Toronto Congress Centre.
The welding event saw two LDSS students and one St. Marys DCVI vying for two qualifying spots at Fanshawe College on April 5. Grade 12 student Julien Craiovan credited his manufacturing class and cooperative education placement at Dynamic Millwrights for his preparation.
“I spent a lot of time in class working on welds and being out at co-op gave me the opportunity to continue to practice some skills that helped me in the competition”, said Craiovan.
Carson Van Fleet from St. Marys felt confident due to participating in last year’s local competition.
“I competed as a grade 11 student, so I knew what to expect. I wasn’t nervous about the competition because I did it last year.” Theo Bruhacher from LDSS, a grade 11 student, appreciated the experience and plans to compete again next year. “It was a good experience to have. I’ll be back next year,” he exclaimed.
Craiovan and Van Fleet advanced to the qualifying competition at Fanshawe College on April 5, where Van Fleet placed first overall and advanced to the provincial competition.
Logan Karges from Goderich also competed at Fanshawe and also won gold. He will represent the board in Toronto at a provincial competition.
