{"id":13755,"date":"2024-04-12T17:02:27","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T17:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/secondary.sd42.ca\/wss\/?p=13755"},"modified":"2024-04-15T17:10:42","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T17:10:42","slug":"students-show-off-woodworking-auto-service-skills-in-regional-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/secondary.sd42.ca\/wss\/students-show-off-woodworking-auto-service-skills-in-regional-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Students show off woodworking, auto service skills in regional competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Dt0tCMRhKlA?si=kDjzuE3QA3nZRkeN\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Secondary students from across the Maple Ridge \u2013 Pitt Meadows School District participated in the Skills Canada BC regional competition held at Westview Secondary this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is my favourite part of the year \u2013 watching these students \u2013 because they\u2019re all dedicated,\u201d said Westview woodshop teacher Andy Strothotte. \u201cThey want to be here. They had to earn a spot to be here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The regional competition was open to students in Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows, Coquitlam, Burnaby and Richmond.<\/p>\n<p>Students competed in either the category of cabinetmaking or auto service for a chance to win gold and move on to provincials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYouth are able to compete and show their talents in their selective trades and technologies,\u201d said Shoshawna Blair, social media and program coordinator for Skills Canada BC. \u201cIt\u2019s important because it gives them the exposure and an idea of what it\u2019s like to have a future in the trades.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16404 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sd42.ca\/assets\/media\/SkillsCanadaCompetition-12-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"An SD42 student competes in the Skills Canada BC cabinetmaking regional competition.\" width=\"247\" height=\"371\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Seven students took part in the cabinetmaking competition. They each had six hours to build a toolbox with prepared materials and plans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey had to cut out, lay out, make cuts and assemble the project,\u201d explained Strothotte. \u201cThe quality of work was actually really, really high\u2026. Everybody\u2019s project came out well today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of the contestants was Grade 10 Maple Ridge Secondary student Matthew Dailey, who won silver.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[It\u2019s] to show that you\u2019re capable of building something that will put you to another level,\u201d he said. \u201cI did learn new skills today with different tools, tools I\u2019ve never used and tools I\u2019ve never seen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dailey added he hopes to join the carpentry program at Samuel Robertson Technical (SRT) when he\u2019s in Grade 12.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am interested in carpentry when I am older,\u201d he said.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16405 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sd42.ca\/assets\/media\/SkillsCanadaCompetition-09-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Westview\/BCIT student Aaron Funnell competes in the Skills Canada BC auto service regional competition.\" width=\"247\" height=\"370\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The auto service competition saw students go from station to station to demonstrate various skills, including brake inspection, electrical diagnostic, battery and alternator testing, compression testing, and a wiring board.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the main thing I\u2019ve wanted to pursue since I was younger \u2013 just working on cars,\u201d explained Aaron Funnell, a Grade 12 Westview auto service technician student at BCIT.<\/p>\n<p>The competition helps him get a sense of what a job in the field may be like and the experience needed to pursue it, Funnell explained.<\/p>\n<p>For example, he added, \u201cit\u2019s the first time I\u2019ve ever done a compression test. It benefits me because it\u2019s a new skill I learned today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>SRT student Rebecca Schwarz won gold in cabinetmaking and Westview\/BCIT student Ryan Jorgensen got first place in the auto service competition. Both SD42 students will be moving on to provincials at the Abbotsford Trade and Exhibition Centre on April 17, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-13755 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/secondary.sd42.ca\/wss\/students-show-off-woodworking-auto-service-skills-in-regional-competition\/skillscanadacompetition-04\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"6296\" height=\"4197\" src=\"https:\/\/secondary.sd42.ca\/wss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SkillsCanadaCompetition-04.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Winners of the auto service Skills Canada BC regional competition pose with their medals.\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/secondary.sd42.ca\/wss\/students-show-off-woodworking-auto-service-skills-in-regional-competition\/skillscanadacompetition-17\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"6322\" height=\"4215\" src=\"https:\/\/secondary.sd42.ca\/wss\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/SkillsCanadaCompetition-17.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Students who participated in the Skills Canada BC cabinetmaking regional competition hold up a sign with the competition name.\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeff Secondary students from across the Maple Ridge \u2013 Pitt Meadows School District participated in the Skills Canada BC regional competition held at Westview Secondary this year. \u201cThis is my favourite part of the year \u2013 watching these students \u2013 because they\u2019re all dedicated,\u201d said Westview woodshop teacher Andy Strothotte. \u201cThey want to be here. 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