Electrical Apprentice of the Year Competition

WINNER: Vaughan Marshall, Invercargill

Employer: etco

Host Company: South City Electrical & Security Ltd

SECOND PLACE: Cameron Shailer, Rotorua

Employer: etco

Host: Kinetic Electrical

THIRD PLACE: Matt Grundy, Napier

Employer: etco

Host: Bruce Moroney Electrical Ltd

FINALISTS: Peter Maaka, Lower Hutt Employer: etco Host: Advanced Building Services

Myles Raue, Levin Employer: etco Host: Just Electrical

WINNER: Jonathan McFall, Pukekohe

Employer: etco

Host Company: Dalton Electrical

SECOND PLACE: Jordan McFall, Pukekohe

Employer: etco

Host Company: Pacific Steel

THIRD PLACE: Dylan Ward, Tauranga

Employer: John Ward Electrical (1997) Ltd

FINALISTS: Darryl Knight, Invercargill Employer: Added Energy Ltd

Seth Ward, Invercargill Employer: Bremca Southland

Domestic/Commercial Results Industrial Results

PRIZES FOR EACH DIVISION

First: 21 Day Outward Bound Course, $1,250 Travel Prize, $1,000 Telecom Voucher

Second: $800 Travel Prize, $750 Telecom Voucher

Third: $500 Travel Prize, $500 Telecom Voucher

Each Finalist: TransNet donated Tool Kit

Outward Bound Courses generously sponsored by ETITO

2013 Challenge Finalists

Colin Tilley - Event Organiser, Steve Letts - ECANZMANAGEMENT TEAM

Mike Webster (Chief), Neville Dreaver, Scott Applegate, Charlie Turner, John Knight, Dale Carley, Ricky Lee, Ross Gordon, Marc van der Voorn, Tim Kennedy, David Moon, Colin Smith, Ian Robertson

The format changed with the creation of workstations, which the finalists rotated round. Domestic/Commercial:

Intelligent wiring for hotel room, commercial lighting controls, energy efficient lighting, cable jointing, job specification

& quotation analysis. Industrial: HMI, PLC, Safety, VSD and Pneumatics – all connected to a conveyer system.

JUDGES

Telecom, MASTERelectriciansProudly supported by

201312th

Where: Claudelands Event Centre, Hamilton When: 8 – 10 AUGUST 2013

Number of Entrants: 106 (73 Domestic/Commercial, 33 Industrial) Number of Finalists: 10 (5 Domestic/Commercial, 5 Industrial)

All the Domestic/Commercial Finalists were trained off the job by etco.

All the Industrial Finalists were trained off the job by etco.

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Judging time - Judge Ross Gordon in red Industrial set-up

Taking things seriously

Judging time - Judge Ross Gordon in red

Photography: Charlie Turner