PHCC Academic Basis Congratulates Our 2023 Nationwide Apprentice Contest Winners

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (November 7, 2023) – The Plumbing-Heating–Cooling Contractors — Nationwide Affiliation’s (PHCC) Academic Basis is proud to announce the winners of the nationwide plumbing and HVAC apprentice contests. The contests had been held October 25^th & 26^th in Cleveland, Ohio on the tradeshow ground in the course of the PHCC—Nationwide Affiliation’s CONNECT 2023 occasion. A complete of twenty-one plumbing and eleven HVAC apprentices from throughout the nation took half within the contests. 

HVAC Apprentice Contest Winners

• First place: Jacob Lee of P1 Service in Lenexa, Kansas. He was sponsored by RIDGID.
• Second place: AJ Posivak of Deluxe Plumbing & Heating in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He was sponsored by Milwaukee Software.
• Third place: Raulie Rojas of Midwestern Mechanical in Speedy Metropolis, South Dakota. He was sponsored by RIDGID. 

Plumbing Apprentice Contest Winners

• First Place: Cody McDonald of Van Contracting, Inc. in Columbia Metropolis, Indiana He was sponsored by the Worldwide Code Council.
• Second place: Nick Vasknetz of Native 525 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was sponsored by Dwelling Depot Professional.
• Third Place: Joseph Hardin of Native 333 in Lansing, Michigan. He was sponsored by Bradford White. 

The plumbing apprentices had been required rough-in a toilet system. The set-up features a bathroom, sink and bathe, full with provide, waste and vent strains, plus cleanouts and additional options designed to check the contestants’ data and expertise. The take a look at set-up contains a wide range of pipe supplies – forged iron, copper and PVC and corresponding becoming a member of strategies. 

The HVAC opponents had been required to finish a written take a look at, reveal correct brazing strategies and carry out a hands-on diagnostic on an HVAC package deal unit, with system errors created by the Basis’s contractor volunteers for the competitors. The opponents additionally needed to carry out a strain and leak take a look at, reveal correct refrigerant restoration procedures and the flexibility to precisely take a wide range of instrument readings. 

A devoted workforce of contractor volunteers arrived two days earlier than the competitions to assemble the competitor take a look at benches, distribute the supplies and provides and arrange the testing areas. They monitor the competitions, consider the apprentices’ work and supply constructive suggestions on every competitor’s efficiency following the occasion.