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Construction Trades program to host SkillsUSA Masonry Competition

Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Tribune Staff Report
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Students compete in a previous SkillsUSA Masonry Competition. The competition allows students from across Kansas to show their skills in different trades to industry leaders. The Fort Scott Community College Construction Trades program will be hosting the 2010 SkillsUSA Masonry Competition.
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High school and college students from across Kansas will attend the 2010 SkillsUSA Masonry Competition and the 2nd Annual Construction Trades Career Fair on April 1 at the Pittsburg Construction Trades Building, 1301 E. 27th Terr., Pittsburg.

The SkillsUSA competition will take place from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

SkillsUSA is an organization of students, teachers and industry representatives in the skilled workforce. It is the largest career and technical education student organization in the world. The organization provides professional development curriculum and opportunities for students.

Fort Scott Community College's Construction Trades Program is able to host the Kansas SkillsUSA Masonry Competition due to support from area businesses and industries. The competition is completely organized and judged by industry leaders. Adam Lusker of Lusker Masonry is once again the chairman for the contest and has lined up judges from industry leaders across Kansas and support staff from PSU's Construction Management and Engineering Technologies Department for this year's competition.

Future craftsmen from all across the state will show off their skills during this year's event, which is free and open to the public. Students will compete for medals in gold, silver and bronze, prizes, and the change to represent Kansas at the national competition in June. Only a gold medalist who scores more than 80 percent of the possible points will be invited to the national competition.

The FSCC Construction Trades Career Fair is an open house even that focuses on careers in construction. Coordinators expect hundreds of high school students to attend along with two dozen construction companies, vendors, labor unions and training providers who will be available to talk with interested students.

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Hey, this looks like a class you could take at FSCC and get a job!

-- Posted by WhatSay? on Tue, Mar 16, 2010, at 4:12 PM

So true. As building all over the country get older, they need to be fixed, and new ones also get built.

-- Posted by save our history on Mon, Mar 22, 2010, at 11:02 AM

"building(S)"

-- Posted by save our history on Mon, Mar 22, 2010, at 11:02 AM

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