2015 craft competition winners announced

To view photos from the craft competition, click here. To view photos of the winners, click here.

PRESS RELEASE
CONTACT:
Katherine Fremin
225.448-3348
kfremin@abcpelican.com
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
  
Local craft training school announces winners of annual craft competition
 
BATON ROUGE (12/18/2015) - The Pelican Chapter held its annual craft competition on Dec. 17, 2015, at the Baton Rouge Training Center. The all day affair hosted 29 student competitors in five separate craft categories. Categories included were: industrial electrical, instrumentation, millwright, pipefitting and welding. Competitors ranged in background from high school students to field workers and were selected by their respective ABC Training instructor and sponsored by different ABC member companies.
 
The following winners of each category will move on to represent the Pelican Chapter in the ABC National Craft Championships in March: 

• Electrical
  • Chris Malbrue, EXCEL (1st place)
• Instrumentation
  • Ryan Diez, Triad Electric & Controls (1st place)
  • Derek Ray, ISC (2nd place)
• Millwright
  • George Cisneros, Turner Industries (1st place)
• Pipefitting
  • Randall Searcy, Performance Contractors, Inc. (1st place)
• Welding
  • Tanner Bergeron, Performance Contractors, Inc. (1st place)
  • Jeremiah Kidwell, EXCEL (2nd place)
  • Jake Williams, EXCEL (3rd place) 

Both the local and national competitions showcase the exceptional talent of the up and coming generation of the skilled craft workforce being trained locally in Louisiana and in ABC training centers across the country. The Pelican Chapter is proud to have the local competitors representing the chapter and its participating member companies on the national stage.