NEAAC contestant L-5 Z-5’s Ruddy Fernandez measures to determine the length of a tube.
A joint apprenticeship competition, which included graduate apprentices from the Northeast and Great Lakes area, christened the new David Dupuis Northeast Regional Training Center. Because of the shutdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the competition covered both 2020 and 2021 graduate apprentice competitions.
IVP-NE John Fultz said he’s grateful to International President Newton B. Jones for allowing the joint competition to bestow winners with smaller-size replicas of The Riveter, designed and created by IP Jones’ late brother, Charles Jones.
Northeast Area winners
2021
Winner
Joseph MacKay
Local 13 (Philadelphia)
Runner-up
Charles Dekker
Local 28 (Newark, New Jersey)
John Cammuso Excellence in Rigging award
Joseph MacKay
2020
Winner
Justin Dilts
Local 154 (Pittsburgh)
Runner-up
Jacob Larrabee
Local 5 Zone 175 (Oswego, New York)
John Cammuso Excellence in Rigging award
Jacob Larrabee
Great Lakes Area winners
2021
Winner
Brandon McDonald
Local 374 (Hammond, Indiana)
Runner-up
Kurt Wolff
Local 85 (Toledo, Ohio)
Most Valuable Apprentice
Tyler Golz
Local 1 (Chicago)
2020
Winner
Connor Wunderlich
Local 647 (Minneapolis)
No runner up due to number of contestants
Most Valuable Apprentice
Connor Wunderlich
