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Students build condence at NWT Skills Competition Tuesday April 28 2015 15 EDUCATION TRADES By DALI CARMICHAEL Some of the territorys young builders cooks and stylists traveled to Yellowknife last week where they had the opportunity to explore career options in the trades and demonstrate their existing abilities. Justunder100studentsfromtheNWTand one from Nunavut competed in the 17th Ter- ritorial Skills Competition an annual event hosted by Skills Canada NWT on Apr. 21. ThecompetitionwentwellsaidJanFullerton executive Director of Skills Canada NWT. We had81registeredcompetitorswhichisthehigh- estnumberthatwevehadsinceNunavutsepa- ratedfromSkillsCanadaNWTin2005toform its own organization Skills Canada Nunavut. Our numbers were solid in most contests although were still working to increase par- ticipation in a few contests that are newer and where there are fewer registered apprentices in the NWT such as cabinet-making and millwright Fullerton said. Some 875 students from secondary schools across the NWT also toured through a simul- taneous Career Expo where 19 exhibitors had their trades on display thanks to contri- butions from the department of Education Culture and Employment ECE. Fromautoservicetoweldingvideoproduc- tion to esthetics baking to sewing youth were exposed to a wide variety of potential career paths.Forthoselivinginsmallcommunitiesit might have been therst time they were made aware of the existence of certain careers. A relatively new component added to the expooverthelastfewyearsgaveyouthachance to truly experience different lines of work. One of the activities that weve been in- cluding in our Territorial Skills Competition and ECE-sponsored Career Expo are try-a- trade stations Fullerton said. These are interactive stations where students visiting the event can try things hands-on. Someoftheactivitiesincludedcomputersim- ulations of the more dangerous elds like min- ingweldingheavyequipmentoperationandre suppression. Others provided a taste of the real deallikemakinggrapecaterpillarsatthecook- ingstationgivingmini-manicuresatasmallsalon andsplicingwireswithprofessionalelectricians. The youth-driven conference was estab- lished to offer expanded work opportunities to new generations but also to help them build condence and experience personal growth as they challenge themselves to learn in a new environment Fullerton said. It also allowed young Northerners work- ing and studying the same trade to network with peers and future employers. Its Fullertons hope that students walked away from the event understanding that col- lege and apprenticeships are viable career options and that university and academia are not the only routes to success. Its not primarily an instructional envi- ronment but there is usually still learning involved through trying new projects and tasks Fullerton said. Auto Service Secondary GOLD Morgan Stride Yellowknife Auto Service Post-Secondary GOLD Dalton Atwell Hay River Heavy Equipment Service Post Secondary GOLD Tony Liske Yellowknife SILVER Andrew Debogorski Yellowknife BRONZE Alex Chapple Yellowknife Small Powered Equipment Secondary GOLD Drake Snook Yellowknife SILVER Austin Kitekudlak Ulukhaktok BRONZE Jacob Klengenberg Ulukhaktok Welding Secondary GOLD Torin Dowe Yellowknife SILVER Bryan Coulson-Seaton Hay River BRONZE Jesse Mackie Hay River Welding Post Secondary GOLD Andr LeBlanc Hay River SILVER Trent Broome Yellowknife Electrical Post Secondary GOLD Garrett Simms Yellowknife SILVER Ivan Pelov Yellowknife BRONZE Leland Chinna Fort Good Hope Plumbing Post Secondary GOLD Jordan Bedingeld Yellowknife SILVER Stephen Ryan Yellowknife BRONZE Philip Goulet Yellowknife Cabinetmaking Post Secondary GOLD Robert Warren Yellowknife SILVER Graeme Chan Yellowknife Carpentry Secondary GOLD Sara Ibey Yellowknife SILVER Andrey Balasanyan Yellowknife BRONZE Joshua Roberts Yellowknife Carpentry Post Secondary GOLD John MacEachern Yellowknife SILVER Levi Jones Yellowknife Millwright Post Secondary GOLD John Paulette Yellowknife Graphic Design Secondary GOLD Lia Fabre-Dimsdale Fort Simpson SILVER Hannah Isaiah Fort Simpson BRONZEEthanMoreau-BetsakaFortSimpson TVVideo Production Secondary GOLD SimonVonAllmenRaelynnVonAllmen Yellowknife SILVER Madison JamesSavannah Lane Yellowknife BRONZE Thoriso MahlatsiMatt Hart Yellowknife Photography Secondary GOLD Amy Badgley Inuvik SILVER Natalja Westwood Ulukhaktok BRONZE Desiree Brown Yellowknife Hair styling Secondary GOLD Sophia Chalker Yellowknife SILVER Kristen Elias Inuvik BRONZE Treyleen Neyelle Yellowknife Sewing Cultural Secondary GOLD Janessa Blake Fort McPherson SILVER Maegan Klengenberg Ulukhaktok BRONZE Claudia Koe Fort McPherson Baking Secondary GOLD Anita Kolback Yellowknife SILVER Karis DeKwant Inuvik BRONZE Cynthia Simmons Yellowknife Cooking Secondary GOLD Katherine Cameron Yellowknife SILVER Mathew Tesselaar Yellowknife BRONZE Briant Kotchea Yellowknife Workplace safety Secondary GOLD Nathan Wilson Aklavik SILVER Ethan Hartley Aklavik BRONZE Dwight Stefansson Aklavik 2015 NWT Territorial Skills Competition Winners Yellowknifes Sara Ivey takes home the gold medal in the high school carpentry competition.Kyle Schaubroeck from Arviat Nunavut joins the territorial skills competition as a guest competitor in the small powered equipment category. PhotosTaraMarchiori Its not primarily an instructional environment but there is usually still learning involved through trying new projects and tasks. Jan Fullerton Skills Canada NWT