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