Red Deer Polytechnic (RDP) apprentices continue to shine on the provincial stage, bringing home a total of nine medals from the 2025 Skills Canada Alberta Competition, held recently in Edmonton.
Demonstrating excellence across a variety of skilled trades, RDP apprentices earned two gold, three silver and four bronze medals at this year’s event.
In addition to the post-secondary success, RDP instructors also mentored two high school competitors—Ty McCartney (carpentry) and Dane Schmidt (welding)—who each earned gold in their respective categories.
“We are incredibly proud of the apprentices and students trained at RDP, whose dedication, hard work and talent were showcased at the Provincial Skills Canada Alberta Competition,” said David Pye, dean of the School of Trades and Technology at Red Deer Polytechnic.
“Their success is a testament to the commitment of our instructors, staff and industry partners, who have worked collaboratively to provide top-tier education and training.”
Among the gold medal winners were Adam Moore (sprinkler systems installer) and Lucas Stang (welding), who will now advance to represent RDP at the 2025 Skills Canada National Competition, taking place May 29–30 in Regina, Saskatchewan.
Additional RDP medalists include:
• Silver: Riley Jacobs (carpentry), Carson Donovan (pipefitter) and Tyler Hagstrom (sprinkler systems installer)
• Bronze: Simon Pell (electrical), Miles Alger (heavy vehicle technology), Tyson Bucklaschuk (plumber) and Lucas Drage (sprinkler systems installer)
Other notable placements include:
- Greg Arbeau (carpentry – 5th),
- David Stolk (carpentry – 6th),
- Rhian Marinduque (electrical – 6th)
- Zac Barnes (cook – 9th).
High school competitor Johan Eriksson, also trained by RDP, placed fifth in carpentry.
Since 2003, RDP apprentices have accumulated 93 medals across provincial, national and WorldSkills competitions, highlighting the institution’s longstanding tradition of excellence in skilled trades education.
Winners of the upcoming national competition will have the opportunity to represent Canada at the 48th WorldSkills Competition, scheduled to take place in Shanghai, China from Sept. 22–27, 2026.
Learn more about RDP’s 17 apprenticeship programs at their website.
With information from Red Deer Polytechnic.
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