The voice of the welding industry in Canada
June 2003, Issue No. 17

SKILLS CANADA COMPETITION

The Skills Canada Competition was held at RIM Park in Kitchener, Ontario, at the end of May. Five-hundred-twenty-five secondary and post-secondary level contestants from all across Canada participated in 42 different skills competitions ranging from Autobody Repair to Welding. Sixteen competed in welding. The winners in the welding competition were:

Secondary:

• First: Kyle Hinteregger, British Columbia
• Second: Joey Swain, Manitoba
• Third: Ryan Leaman, Alberta

Post-secondary:

• First: Brad Hollman, Alberta
• Second: Travis Thibault, British Columbia
• Third: Luc Mazerolle, New Brunswick

The winners of the 2002 Skills Canada welding competition are currently competing in Switzerland in the World Skills Competition. They are accompanied by John Kroisenbrunner.

The Skills Canada Competition promotes the value of trades and technologies as career options for young Canadians.

CANADIAN WELDING ASSOCIATION JOURNAL

The inaugural issue of the Canadian Welding Association Journal has been published and mailed. If you have not received your copy, you should shortly. We have received great comments on its content and look.

CWA’s Board of Directors appointed Bruce Clark, Grant Harvey, Bruce James and Mick Pates as members of the Journal’s Editorial Review Committee to oversee its content.

It’s now time to move on to the next issue scheduled for publication in November 2003. We are looking for content for the next issue which will look at welding in Alberta – focusing on the practice of welding in the petroleum industry and the tar sands projects.

The Journal may also be a great way for an independent welding contractor to advertise services using a business-card ad.

NEW MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES

The CWA Board of Directors has rationalized the categories of membership in the Association. The intent is to introduce a simpler and more understandable membership system. The categories of membership and annual fees for each are as follows:

Individual membership:

• Individual – $70.00
• Student – $10.70
• Apprentice – $53.50
• Retired – $10.70

Corporate membership:

• Chapter sustaining – $189.00 includes three individual membership with additional memberships at $63.00 each
• Fabricator, manufacturer or distributor – $535.00 includes eight individual memberships with additional memberships at $63.00 each
• Welding product manufacturer – $2140.00 includes all employees as members

CWA NEWS

The next issue of CWA News will be produced for August 1 circulation. If you have any news items, please send them to the national office at news@cwa-acs.org.

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