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APPRENTICESHIP & TRAINING

A&T WINTER UPDATES:

Apprentice of the Year

Competition, Curriculum

Reorganization Starting with Y2

BY CHRISSY L. SKUDERA, SENIOR DIRECTOR OF CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, IEC

Apprentice of the Year

Competition Lights Up Denver “ Without our dedicated

volunteers, industry partners,
A collective feeling of excitement preceded this year’s
Apprentice of the Year (AOY) competition in Denver, and IEC’s Education staff, the
Colorado. We were meeting in-person. Competitors were
welcomed by a refreshed design in the competition area. AOY competition would not run
The expo floor was again filled with industry partners ready as smoothly as it does. We do
to interact with attendees.
this for the apprentices, and we
Milwaukee Tool remained AOY’s premier sponsor and are so proud of them.”
donated hand tools to all the competitors. Greenlee
sponsored the conduit bending contest for its third – RAUL VASQUEZ, IEC SAN ANTONIO
year. Several industry partners donated prizes, wire, and TRAINING DIRECTOR &
equipment, including Little Giant Ladders®, a new AOY AOY COORDINATOR
supporter. Five King Kombo ladders were donated to assist
with the productivity competition and one additional King
Kombo was donated to the AOY winner.

“Industry support is paramount to this competition,” said IEC
Vice President of Education Training Paul Dolenc. “We are
continually grateful for their generosity and cannot thank
them enough.”

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