NATIONAL CRAFT CHAMPIONSHIP
Ft. Lauderdale, FL; Feb. 28 – Mar. 3, 2017
ABC Baltimore is pleased to announce that Robert Caskey, a fourth-year apprentice with Fidelity Engineering captured silver medals in the HVACR and safety competitions at the National Craft Championship.
Joshua Burns, Robert Caskey, Ryan Nelson, and James Ellis represented ABC Baltimore at the National Craft Championship, held this year Feb. 28 ¬â€œ Mar. 3 in Fort Lauderdale, FL.
Burns, a plumber with Southern Mechanical; Caskey, an HVACR technician with Fidelity Engineering; Nelson, a sprinkler fitter with Wolf Fire Protection; and Ellis, an electrician with A & J Electric Co., won their respective competitions here in Baltimore. Then they were selected by a panel of volunteer member judges to represent the chapter at the championship.
The first National Craft Championship were held in 1987 with only a handful of participants, competing in four crafts. Nearly 30 years later, more than 2,000 men and women have competed in what has grown to become one of the industry’s best recognized and respected craft skills competitions.
Over the past 12 years, Baltimore apprentices have captured a medal ten different times, including four Gold medals. For more information on the Craft Championship visit here.
We want to offer a special ¬Ëœthank you’ to those member firms who so generously supported our local craft competitions held back in January.
Electrical competition sponsors:
Clinton Electric Company, Inc.
Maurice Electrical Supply, Inc.
Milwaukee Tool Corporation
HVACR Competition Sponsor:
Milwaukee Tool Corporation
Plumbing competition sponsors:
EMJAY Engineering & Construction Co., Inc.
Ferguson Enterprises, Inc.
Milwaukee Tool Corporation
Sprinklerfitting competition sponsors:
Reliable Automatic Sprinkler Company
VSC Fire & Security
Milwaukee Tool Corporation