| Apprentice Competition September 16-20, 2010Westin Seattle Hotel & Local 86, Seattle, WA
Schedule:
- Friday, September 17, 2010:
- International Staff Meeting
- Apprentice Leadership Meeting
- Judge's Meeting at Local #86
- Saturday, September 18, 2010: Competition Day
- Sunday, September 19, 2010: Competition Day
- Sunday, September 19, 2010: National Competition Celebration Dinner at the space needle
- Monday, September 20, 2010: Wrap-up Meeting and Awards Presentation
National Apprentice Competition: The National Apprentice Competition consists of eight different competitions. The individual competitions are: written test, layout Instruments, welding, burning, knot tying, rod tying, ornamental and the column climb.
Written Test:
The written test consists of 100 questions taken directly from the apprentice training manuals.
Instrument Test:The instrument test requires competitors to set up an instrument. Establish the height of instrument and figure the elevation of benchmarks above and below the height of instrument.
Burning CompetitionThe burning competition requires apprentice competitors to correctly lay out and burn a circle and square make a bevel cut and a straight cut. Contestants are judged on accuracy of layout and cut as well as quality of cuts.
Welding CompetitionApprentices must complete three passes in all four positions: flat, horizontal, vertical and overhead. The welds are graded based upon quality.
Knot TyingFor the knot tying competition, the competitors are required to correctly tie six knots which are chosen at random from the rigging manual the day of the test. They also must correctly reeve two sets of blocks (3x3, 3x2, or 2x2).
Rod Tying The rod tying competition is always exciting. Competitors have one minute to tie as many of each different type of tie as they can. The ties are: snap tie, snap and a wrap, saddle tie, saddle and a wrap, and the figure 8 tie. The scores that an apprentice gets on each tie are tallied to give him or her overall score. OrnamentalIn this time-based test, contestants race against the clock to see who can put together a 2’ x 2’ glazed window.Column ClimbContestants race to the top of a 35 foot column. The fastest gets all the points.
Apprenticeship Competition Contest - May 2010 These are the versions of the contests that will be used in the competition in Seattle in September of 2010.
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Congratulations to the three apprentices representing the California District Council for the 2010 competition in Seattle Washington!
Kendrick Shortman- Local 433 Los Angeles, CA
Anthony Taylor – Local 75, Phoenix AZ
Mikel Norris – Local 118 Reno, NV
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