N.C. Department of Labor

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N.C. Department of Labor
2005 19th Annual Plumbing Apprentice Contest

• Apprenticeship and Training Bureau
• NC State Fair Plumbing Contest

Cherie K. Berry Commissioner Brenda
Saunders Apprenticeship and Training Bureau Chief
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The Plumbing Contest was a four-hour project
consisting of a service installation using
residential, commercial, and industrial
plumbing/pipefitting methods that conforms to the
North Carolina Plumbing Code.
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The projects were judged based on

• Neat workmanlike manner
• Accuracy of layout and installation
• Productivity
• Compliance to North Carolina Plumbing Code
• Safety
• Pressure leak test of system
• Brazing
• Cast iron cutting

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First Place Winner

• William Hahn
• CL Warters LLC

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Second Place Winner

• Jerry L. Williams
• Plumbers and Pipefitters of the Carolinas

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Third Place Winner

• Travis B. Moore
• Bryant Durham Electric Company

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10 Contestants Participated

• David J. Stemp, C L Warters LLC
• Jacob P. Sewell, J. B. Sewell Plumbing
• Jeremy Wheeler, Bryant Durham Electric Company
• Jerry L. Williams, Plumbers Pipefitters of the
  Carolinas
• Joel D. Johnson, Plumbers Pipefitters of the
  Carolinas
• John H. Arnette, Plumbers Pipefitters of the
  Carolinas
• John M. Freeman, Plumbers Pipefitters of the
  Carolinas
• Kenneth Frable, C L Warters LLC
• Travis B Moore, Bryant Durham Electric Company
• William Hahn, C L Warters LLC

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Thank You to the Committee Members
Al Barnes, Durham County Public Schools,
Durham Dale Dawson, State Board of Examiners of
Plumbing, Heating and Fire Sprinklers,
Raleigh Edward Drescher, U.A. Local 421, Raleigh
and Charlotte Robert Hughes, Local 421 Plumbers
Pipefitters, North Charleston, S.C. B. Eddie
Lothridge, Lothridge Plumbing Inc., Linwood Paul
Sandy, City of Raleigh Lacy W. Smith, Guilford
County Building Inspection, Greensboro Danny
Teeters, Guilford County Plumbing, Mechanical,
Gas Inspection, Greensboro
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Thank You to the Judges
Danny Teeters, Guilford County Plumbing,
Mechanical Inspector, Greensboro, Chief
Judge Jerry Brown, Basic Plumbing, Raleigh Dale
Dawson, State Board of Examiners of Plumbing,
Heating and Fire Sprinklers, Raleigh Paul Sandy,
Chief Plumbing Inspector, City of Raleigh,
Raleigh Lacy W. Smith, Chief Plumbing and
Mechanical Inspector Guilford County Henry
Webster, N.C. Department of Insurance,
Engineering Division, Raleigh Dewey Westbrook,
U.A. Local 421, Raleigh
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Thank you to our Apprentice Sponsors
Bryant Durham Electric Company, Durham C L
Warters LLC, Pitt J. B. Sewell Plumbing,
Carteret Plumbers Pipefitters of the Carolinas,
Wake
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Thank You To Our Contributors
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Arc Machine Inc., Pacoima, GA Arc Machines (Kolb
Associates), Raleigh Brown Brothers Plumbing
Heating, Durham Bryant-Durham Services Inc.,
Durham Carolinas Associated General Contractors,
Charlotte Cheerwine Bottling, Co.,
Salisbury Chesterfield Trading Co., Richmond,
VA Classic Apparel, Inc., Rockingham CooperTools,
Apex, Raleigh DeWalt Industrial Tools Co.,
Timonium, MD Dynamic Systems, Inc.,
Raleigh Energizer/Eveready ENSCO, Greensboro,
Charlotte, Raleigh Fastenal, Durham Ferguson,
Durham
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George Fischer, Tustin, CA Gold Toe Brands,
Burlington Grainger Industrial Supply Guilford
Plumbing Supply, Inc., Greensboro/Raleigh Hedgecoc
k Racing, High Point Hughes Supply, Inc.
Plumbing Division, Charlotte, Durham, Raleigh
Orlando, FL John Tew and Associates,
Goldsboro Kinetic Systems Inc., RTP Klein Tools
Inc., Burlington Chicago, IL Lenox Irwin
Tools Louisville Ladder Inc. Lowes Home
Center McNutt Service Group, Hendersonville Milwau
kee Electric Tool Corp., Brookfield, WI
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Moen Inc., Sanford Plant, Sanford National
Welders, Raleigh N.C. Department of Labor,
Raleigh N.C. State Fair, Raleigh Network
Distributors Inc., Raleigh Noland Co.,
Raleigh North Carolina Professional Plumbers
Association, Linwood Nypro Asheville Inc.,
Skyland Pan American Screw Co., Conover Pepsi
Cola, Hickory Phillips Lighting Co. Plastic
Oddities, Shelby Plumbers and Pipefitters, Local
Union 421, Charleston, S.C. Radiator Specialty
Co., Charlotte Raleigh Valve and Fitting, Raleigh
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Rayovac Corp., Fuquay-Varina Robert Bosch Tool
Corp., Lincolnton Ryan Herco, Charlotte Sauer
Inc., Jacksonville, FL Sears Industrial Tool,
Germantown, MD Southern Glove, Newton Sunbelt
Rentals, Durham Tech South Power, Charlotte 3M
Corporation, Austin, TX, Atlanta, GA Wilkinson
Supply Co., Durham
Thank You To Our Contributors
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Thank you to all of our contestants, sponsors,
judges, committee members, and contributors for
making the 2005 Plumbing Contest a success. See
you at next years contests!