SAIT strikes gold at Provincial Skills

Seventeen SAIT students garnered gleaming gold medals at the 2017 Provincial Skills Canada Competition (PSCC) held May 10-11 in Edmonton. 

With another 16 students claiming silver and 12 more awarded bronze, over half the SAIT contingent of 70 competitors earned medals.

"Congratulations to all our outstanding SAIT competitors and the SAIT Skills Team members who helped train them for these great events," says Apprenticeship/Skills Coordinator Nino Belvedere

2017 Provincial Skills hardware for SAIT students

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Aerospace Technology
Architectural Technology and Design CADD
Auto Body Repair
Automation and Control
Auto Service
Baking
Brick Masonry
Cabinetmaking
Car Painting
Carpentry
Culinary Arts
Electrical Installations
Graphic Design
Heavy Equipment Service
Industrial Mechanic/Millwright
IT - Network Systems Administration
IT - Software Solutions for Business
Mechatronics (teams of two)
Painting and Decorating
Plumbing
Precision Machining
Refrigeration
Sheet Metal
Welding
Total:	17	16	12

Complete results, including the names of the winning students, are available on the Skills Canada Alberta (SCA) website. 

Check out our students in action:

Gold winners moving on to national competition

The 17 gold medallists will vie for honours at the 23rd Skills Canada National Competition in Winnipeg, Manitoba on May 31 - June 3. More than 500 post-secondary and high school students from all provinces and territories will compete in 40-plus skilled trade and technology categories.