Skills Canada Saskatchewan showcases skillsets
More than 450 secondary and post-secondary students and apprentices from across the province showcased their talents in the skilled trades and technologies at the 20th annual provincial skills competition hosted by Skills Canada Saskatchewan. Events took place Friday, April 13 in Regina at Evraz Place Canada Centre and the Saskatchewan Polytechnic Regina Campus. The competitions covered a wide array of skillsets: from robotics and website development to automotive technology and cabinetmaking.
“The Skills Canada Saskatchewan Competition gives our province’s young people the opportunity to demonstrate their remarkable abilities in the skilled trades and technologies,” Immigration and Career Training Minister Jeremy Harrison said. “To participate in this competition takes hard work and dedication.”
Gold medal winners may qualify to represent Saskatchewan at the Skills Canada National Competition in Edmonton in June. This is an important year for competitors, since it is a qualifying year for the World Skills Competition to be held in Kazan, Russia in 2019. World Skills Competitions are held only once every two years
“Many of these competitors will become our province’s next generation of skilled tradespeople,” Skills Canada Saskatchewan Chair and Saskatchewan Apprenticeship and Trade Certification Commission Chief Operating Officer Loreena Spilsted said. “Events like this provide participants with lifelong skills and also shine a spotlight on the value of careers in the skilled trades.”