Wareham student wins SkillsUSA diesel competition
COURTESY OF SKILLSUSA MASS DIESEL EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGY
Orlando Guadalupe, a Wareham resident and senior at Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical High School, won first place in the Diesel Equipment Technology competition at the 2021 SkillsUSA Massachusetts State Championship held at Advantage Truck Group in Shrewsbury, where the state’s top diesel students competed in hands-on workstations that tested their skills and knowledge of diesel technology.
As the first-place winner in the competition, Guadalupe qualifies to compete for the national SkillsUSA Championship in June and receives four hours of training at ATG’s Shrewsbury facility with Rob Lynds, master diesel technician and director of training for ATG, to help prepare for the competition. He also earns a $15,000 scholarship award and free tuition for a manufacturer-specific advanced training program from Universal Technical Institute.
Salina Tech students earn SkillsUSA medals
The Salina Journal
Students from Salina Area Technical College brought home 10 medals from the statewide SkillsUSA competition in late April.
The Kansas competition is typically held in Hutchinson, but because of COVID each school’s team competed on its own campus, with judges either in-person or monitoring students were via webcams.
Students who win gold medals qualify to compete in the national competition, which is usually held in Lousiville, Kentucky. This year, as with the state event, students will compete on their own campuses. The national event is scheduled for mid-June.
Salina Tech medalists were:
Although it was not a typical type of scenario played out on a field, court or classroom, students from the area showcased their skills in a heated competition.
Last month, students from the Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District s Career Technical Center participated in a virtual SkillsUSA competition. The results were released and it showed that several Computer Networking and Electronics Technology students and one Heavy Equipment student medaled in the state competition, including multiple gold medal winners.
While the event was different and virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all the students who medaled put in a lot of work and it paid off. While Riley Larr s story about his bronze medal effort in the Diesel Equipment Technology competition was told recently, the eight CNET students accolades will take the center stage.
As part of its ongoing commitment to support training and workforce development, Advantage Truck Group will host the Diesel Equipment Technology competition for the 2021 SkillsUSA Massachusetts State Championship at its Shrewsbury facility from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 30.