Delaware Students to Vie in Construction Trades Competition
Teams of Delaware students will be performing skills in residential carpentry, plumbing, electricity and masonry as part of TeamWorks, Delaware Association of SkillsUSA’s 2012 state-level construction trades competition. This event requires a team of four to build a joint project in six hours or less, demonstrating their preparation for employment in multiple elements of residential construction. Team members must analyze a project drawing, write an action plan, give a presentation, and demonstrate their ability to work as a team.
Each team also will be judged on cleanliness of the jobsite, timeliness of completing the project, and proper inventory of tools and equipment.
The state event will be held on Thursday, March 1 and Friday, March 2 at New Castle County Vo-Tech School District’s St. Georges Technical High School, 555 Hyetts Corner Road, Middletown. Expected to participate are four teams of high school and college students competing for gold, silver and bronze medallions and industry awards.
Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation is helping to address the country’s growing skilled worker shortage and skills gap by contributing $1.5 million to SkillsUSA programs this year. Lowe’s has awarded grants to more than half of SkillsUSA state associations, including Delaware, for their 2012 TeamWorks events.
“TeamWorks competitions are unique in providing hands-on experience in construction trades for today’s youth,” said Marshall Croom, chairman of Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation. “Lowe’s is proud to support TeamWorks. We share the same passion in motivating and inspiring future leaders for careers where skilled workers are in demand.”
About SkillsUSA
SkillsUSA is a partnership of students, teachers and industry working together to ensure America has a skilled work force. It helps each student excel. It is a national nonprofit that strives to provide a quality work force in trade, technical and skilled service occupations with 13,000 chapters in 54 state and territorial associations. The nationwide organization serves more than 300,000 high school, college and postsecondary students—and their instructors—in training programs in technical, skilled, and service occupations, including health occupations. SkillsUSA has the active support of more than 1,100 corporations, trade associations, business and labor unions at the national level. Over 10 million people have been members of SkillsUSA since its founding as The Vocational Industrial Clubs of America in 1965. SkillsUSA instructional programs teach leadership, citizenship and character development to complement technical skill training. For more information, go to www.skillsusa.org.
About Lowe’s
Lowe’s supports the communities it serves through programs that focus on K-12 public education and community improvement projects. The company’s signature education grant program, Lowe’s Toolbox for Education®, has donated nearly $5 million in grants to K-12 public schools every year since its inception in 2006. Lowe’s Heroes employee volunteers support local community projects and our national nonprofit partners such as Habitat for Humanity and the American Red Cross. In 2010, Lowe’s and the Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation together contributed more than $30 million to support communities in the United States, Canada and Mexico. To learn more, visit Lowes.com/SocialResponsibility.
Media contacts
Dr. Dale Derrickson, (SkillsUSA State Director)
(302) 857-3320
dderrickson@doe.k12.de.us
Jane DeShong Short
(SkillsUSA contact)
(703) 737-0612
JShort@skillsusa.org
Stacey Lentz
(Lowe’s contact)
(704) 758-2173
Karen Cobb
(Lowe’s contact)
(704) 758-3504
Karen.s.cobb@lowes.com
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