Three Okanagan College students are on their way to Moncton, NB to compete in the Skills Canada National competition following their gold medal wins at the provincial competition, which was held in Abbotsford on April 13.

The three gold medalists were joined on the podium by an additional eight students who earned four silver and four bronze medals for the college in categories that ranged from aerospace technology and carpentry to culinary arts.

Okanagan College was the best in B.C. in the areas of Electronics, Aerospace Technology and Automotive Service.

Second-year student Zachary Andrews won gold in the Electronics category. Spencer Humphries, a first-year student in the Aircraft Maintenance Engineering M License program, won in Aerospace Technology and Aaron Schmidt, a level 4 apprentice, led the College to gold in Automotive Service. He was one of three Okanagan College apprentices who finished in the top three in the province 害羞草研究所� OC swept the automotive category.

Automotive service instructor Jamie Bloomfield said he was extremely proud of the efforts of his students, who he referred to as the dream team.

害羞草研究所淓ach one of our students took the competition preparation and practices very seriously,害羞草研究所� he said. 害羞草研究所淭hey had great attitudes and were very motivated. During the competition they shook the nerves off quickly and performed beautifully 害羞草研究所� I couldn害羞草研究所檛 be prouder.害羞草研究所�

By the end of the competition, Okanagan College had captured 11 medals. Other institutions that took part included Vancouver Island University, BCIT, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Camosun College, North Island College, Northern Lights College, University of the Fraser Valley, Thompson Rivers University and Vancouver Community College.

Okanagan College students placed as follows:

Gold害羞草研究所╖achary Andrews 害羞草研究所� Electronics害羞草研究所⊿pencer Humphries 害羞草研究所� Aerospace Technology

Aaron Schmidt 害羞草研究所� Automotive Service

Silver害羞草研究所―ale Blumhagen 害羞草研究所� Automotive Service 害羞草研究所–urtis Koepke 害羞草研究所� Refrigeration害羞草研究所⊿arah Maw 害羞草研究所� Culinary Arts

Lukas Pfob 害羞草研究所� Carpentry

Bronze害羞草研究所℉ugo Beaumier-Martin 害羞草研究所� Automotive Service 害羞草研究所ˋndrew Kennedy 害羞草研究所� Aerospace Technology 害羞草研究所≧av Matharoo 害羞草研究所� Heavy Equipment Service

Rudi Verlinden 害羞草研究所� IT 害羞草研究所� Network Systems Administration

All of the above-mentioned students are from Kelowna except for the following: 害羞草研究所–urtis Koepke, West Kelowna, (attended Okanagan College in Penticton);害羞草研究所� Hugo Beaumier-Martin, Penticton (attended Okanagan College in Kelowna);害羞草研究所� Rav Matharoo, Penticton (attended Okanagan College in Kelowna) and Rudi Verlinden, Vernon (attended Okanagan College in Kelowna)

The National Skills Canada competition attracts more than 500 competitors who compete in 40 contest areas, each vying for a chance at a coveted gold medal. The program was launched in 1994, and is the only national multi-trade and technology competition for young students and apprentices in the country.