Congratulations! 2021 SkillsUSA
NATIONAL Leadership and Skills Conference Results
Carter Lewis – 1st Place High School CNC Technician
Matthew Rabel –2nd place High School CNC Milling Specialist
Mason Sell – 1st place Post-Secondary CNC Milling Specialist
At a very successful Indiana State SkillsUSA competition on April 17, all of our Area 18 SkillsUSA contestants placed in the top 3 for Computer Numerical Controlled (CNC) contests. Immediately after our State competition, our 3 State champions began preparing for the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Competition in June.
June 2 started the National contest with Carter, Matthew and Mason taking an online Professional Development Test which quizzed them on Ethics, Parliamentary Procedures and SkillsUSA knowledge.
June 4 - all of the contestants were required to submit a professional quality resume.
June 8 and June 9 - the CNC programming part of the contest. Contestants were given part prints, tool lists and set up sheets for a part that they had to program by hand using G&M code. Contestants were required to use the packet provided to calculate missing coordinates using Geometry, Trigonometry and basic shop math. Once they had their calculations and strategy, they began their programming. Each contestant was given 4 hours to program the part perfectly using a Text Editor and Vericut (CNC verification software).
June 15 brought the “Written Test” part of the contest. This section consisted of a 90 minute National Institute of Metalworking Skills (NIMS) CNC Technology Test. The CNC Technology Test included many aspects of CNC machining, Manual Machining, Tooling, Metrology, Metallurgy, etc.
June 15 also included the “Process Control” NIMS test. Contestants were given 60 minutes to solve a variety of very difficult shop math questions. Many of the math questions were the type that in the real world machine shop, a machinist would use CAD to solve the problem, but the contestants could only use a calculator and scrap paper!
June 17 was Mock interview day. Each contestant was on Zoom for a 15-minute interview where they were quizzed on different aspects of their resume and how they would handle different situations. Much of the time involved the interviewer quizzing the contestant on how they would handle a real-life interview.
Carter and Matthew are both part of the South Adams High School Precision Machining class of 2021.
Carter is a graduate of South Adams High School and is planning to go to Purdue Fort Wayne to earn a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering while serving as a military reservist.
Matthew is a graduate of North Adams High School (Bellmont) and is planning to attend Purdue, West Lafayette campus. Matthew is currently working at Micromatic, LLC in Berne, Indiana as a machinist.
Mason is a 2018 graduate of South Adams High School. Mason is currently employed at Intri-Cut, Roanoke, IN where he works as a CNC Precision Machinist; setting up and operating a variety of manual and CNC machining equipment. Mason will be a Senior at Purdue University – Fort Wayne this fall where he will be completing his Mechanical Engineering Degree.
Pictured L-R Matthew Rabel, Carter Lewis, Mason Sell
Congratulations!
2019 SkillsUSA
National Leadership and Skills Conference
Austin McKibben – 8th Place High School CNC Turning Specialist
Mason Sell – 2nd place Post-Secondary CNC Milling Specialist
Luke Yoder – 8th place High School CNC Milling Specialist
During the week of June 24, 2019, Austin McKibben, Luke Yoder, and Mason Sell participated at the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference in Louisville, Kentucky competing in separate CNC Specialist Competitions. Austin in CNC Turning (High School Level), Luke in the CNC Milling (High School Level), and Mason in the CNC Milling (College Level)
The main part of the contest was for competitors to program a HAAS CNC Simulator. Each was given 2 hours to use Trigonometry, Shop Math, and/or Geometry to calculate coordinates needed to program the HAAS CNC simulator according to the part print supplied. Austin had his Lathe contest on Wednesday while Luke and Mason competed in the Milling contest Thursday. After each contestant is finished with their program, it was graded using Vericut software and a HAAS CNC Applications Engineer randomly choose programs to run on an actual CNC machine.
The remainder of the contest included written tests, hands-on tasks, metrology, and a graded interview. The first test was GD&T (Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing), where they were tested on theory and application of symbols and rules commonly used by engineers and machinists. The next section was on process control, which included inspection of parts using tools such as depth micrometers, outside micrometer, protractors, and dial calipers. Then each contestant was tested on General Machining Knowledge, which can include any aspect of manual or CNC Machining and some really difficult math. Contestants were also scored on professionalism, official dress, and their resume during a mock interview.
Austin and Luke are both part of the South Adams High School class of 2020. After High School, Austin and Luke both plan to pursue a degree in Engineering. Mason is a 2018 graduate of South Adams High School. Mason is currently employed at Intri-Cut, Roanoke, IN where he works in their manual machining area; setting up and operating a variety of machining equipment. Mason will be a sophomore at Purdue University – Fort Wayne this fall where he will be pursuing a Mechanical Engineering Degree.
For placing 2nd in the Nation, Mason will receive a $3500 cash scholarship through the Gene Haas Foundation. Other prizes include: Skullcandy headphones from NIMS/HAAS ($90 value), $200 cash scholarship from Magna Corp, and Several books from Industrial Press including the 30th edition Machinery’s Handbook with CD/rom.
Luke and Austin both received $500 from the Gene Haas Foundation and Skullcandy headphones from NIMS/HAAS ($90 value)
L-R Mason Sell, Austin McKibben, Luke Yoder
What is SkillsUSA???
SkillsUSA is to Career and Technical Education as FFA is to Agriculture
SkillsUSA is preparing students for careers ranging from Auto Service to Welding (sorry, no Z contests J). Basically, if you can support your family with a hands-on career, there is probably a contest for it.
SkillsUSA Stats
Started in 1965
427,000 members Nationwide including all 50 states, Washington DC, Puerto Rico, Guam, Virgin Islands, and Navajo Nation
3500 members in Indiana
Region 2 (our regional contests) Northeast Indiana has the largest number of members of any region in the state
NLSC (National Leadership and Skills Conference)
- 2 million square feet (or 20 football fields)
- Over $36 million to run the NLSC each year supported by over 600 business, industry and labor organizations.
- 6,600 competitors
- Over 2000 volunteer judges
- 103 different contests
3-D Visualization and Animation
Action Skills
Additive Manufacturing
Advertising Design
American Spirit
Architectural Drafting
Audio/Radio Production
Automated Manufacturing Technology
Automobile Maintenance and Light Repair (Demonstration, High School only)
Automotive Refinishing Technology
Automotive Service Technology
Aviation Maintenance Technology
Barbering (Demonstration)
Basic Health Care Skills
Broadcast News Production
Building Maintenance
Cabinetmaking
Career Pathways Showcase
Carpentry
Chapter Business Procedure
Chapter Display
CNC Milling Specialist
CNC Technician
CNC Turning Specialist
Collision Damage Appraisal (Demonstration)
Collision Repair Technology
Commercial Baking
Community Action Project
Community Service
Computer Programming
Cosmetology
Crime Scene Investigation
Criminal Justice
Culinary Arts
Customer Service
Cyber Security (Demonstration)
Dental Assisting
Diesel Equipment Technology
Digital Cinema Production
Early Childhood Education
Electrical Construction Wiring
Electronics Technology
Employment Application Process
Engineering Technology/Design
Entrepreneurship
Esthetics
Extemporaneous Speaking
Firefighting
First Aid/CPR
Graphic Communications
Graphic Imaging Sublimation
Health Knowledge Bowl
Health Occupations Professional Portfolio
Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (HVACR)
Industrial Motor Control
Information Technology Services
Interactive Application and Video Game Design
Internetworking
Job Interview
Job Skill Demonstration A
Job Skill Demonstration Open
Major Appliance and Refrigeration Technology
Marine Service Technology
Masonry
Mechatronics
Medical Assisting
Medical Math
Medical Terminology
Mobile Electronics Installation
Mobile Robotics Technology
Motorcycle Service Technology
Nail Care
Nurse Assisting
Occupational Health and Safety
Opening and Closing Ceremonies
Outstanding Chapter
Photography
Pin Design
Plumbing
Power Equipment Technology
Practical Nursing
Prepared Speech
Principles of Engineering/Technology
Promotional Bulletin Board
Quiz Bowl
Related Technical Math
Residential Systems Installation and Maintenance (now called Internet of Things and Smart Home)
Restaurant Service
Robotics: Urban Search and Rescue
Robotics and Automation Technology
Screen Printing Technology
Sheet Metal
T-shirt Design
Team Engineering Challenge (Middle School)
TeamWorks
Technical Computer Applications
Technical Drafting
Telecommunications Cabling
Television (Video) Production
Web Design
Welding
Welding Fabrication
Welding Sculpture
** It costs a student almost $1400 to prepare for and attend the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference to compete in a CNC Machining Contest.
Thank you to everyone that helped us with another successful year at the National contest
How Mason was helped |
Organization |
Contact person |
Funding towards Hotel & National reg. |
Gene Haas Foundation |
Toni Neary |
Study Material and Machinist Calc Pro 2 |
HAAS - HFO Chicago |
Chad Longstreth |
Funding towards Hotel & National reg. |
Machinist Group of Northeast IN |
Bruce Cynar |
Food Cards and Shirts |
FCC, Adams |
Sandra Affolder |
Math / Trigonometry Training |
SAHS |
Craig McKean |
Math / Trigonometry help |
Hoosier Pattern, Inc. |
Todd Yoder |
Donated Haas Simulator for class |
Hoosier Pattern, Inc. |
Keith Gerber |
** National SkillsUSA CNC history
Previous National Contestants from Area 18 Precision Machining @ South Adams:
2008 – Nathan Burke (NW) – CNC Milling (6th at Nationals)
2010 – Chance Manley (AC) – CNC Milling (7th at Nationals)
2013 - David All (SA) – CNC Milling (13th at Nationals)
2015 – David All (SA) – CNC Milling (7th at Nationals)
2015 – Michael McKinley (JC) – CNC Turning (3rd at Nationals)
2016 – Noah Lehmann (SA) – CNC Technician (3rd at Nationals)
2016 – Michael McKinley (JC) – CNC Turning (4th at Nationals)
2017 – Luke Knapke (JC)– CNC Technician (10th at Nationals)
2017 – Kyle Rittmeyer (NW) – CNC Milling (20th at Nationals)
2018 – Mason Sell (SA)– CNC Milling (2nd at Nationals)
2019 – Mason Sell (SA / PFW) CNC Milling Post-Secondary (2nd at Nationals)
2019 – Austin McKibben (SA) – CNC Milling High School (8th at Nationals)
2019 – Luke Yoder (SA) – CNC Turning High School (8th at Nationals)
2017 & 2019: Indiana was represented in machining at the Skillsusa National contests exclusively by students from Area18 classes!!! Two from SA and one from Huntington North. (Area18 consists of a cooperative of Adams, Wells, Jay, Huntington, and Blackford Counties)
2018: This was the first year that all 3 schools that participate in our regional contest at Purdue University-Fort Wayne represented Indiana at the National Contest!!!! This is a huge deal to me since we need great machinist throughout Northeast Indiana
*Area18 Precision Machine @ Huntington North High School - Jacob Burns (6th at Nationals), CNC Turning Specialist - Brian Murrey, Instructor
*Impact Institute Precision Machine @ East Noble High School - Eric Taylor (3rd at Nationals), CNC Technician - Jason Thomas, Instructor
*Area 18 Precision Machine @ South Adams - Mason Sell (2nd at Nationals), CNC Mill Specialist - Jerod Dailey, Instructor
With these Results, this means that our Region is the best Multi-School Regional in the Country! (several states only have one school competing in all 3 contests)
2019: 3rd consecutive year that Northeast Indiana has placed in the top 10 with all of the CNC contestants at nationals! 1st time Northeast Indiana has medaled at the post-secondary level.
Area 18 Precision Machining @ South Adams supports students from Adams Central, Bellmont, Bluffton-Harrison, Jay County, Norwell, South Adams, Southern Wells, and Home Schooled Students from Adams, Jay and Wells Counties!
SkillsUSA is an applied method of instruction for preparing America’s high performance workers in public career and technical programs. It provides quality education experiences for students in leadership, teamwork, citizenship and character development. It builds and reinforces self-confidence, work attitudes and communications skills. It emphasizes total quality at work—high ethical standards, superior work skills, life-long education, and pride in the dignity of work. SkillsUSA also promotes understanding of the free-enterprise system and involvement in community service.
Mission: SkillsUSA's mission is to help its members become world-class workers, leaders and responsible American citizens.
For more information about the National Leadership and Skills Conference, go to:
http://skillsusa.org/events-training/national-leadership-and-skills-conference/
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Thank You!!
Jerod L. Dailey
Journeyman Machinist - United States Department of Labor
Instructor – Area 18 Precision Machining @ South Adams HS
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Member – Machinist Group of Northeast Indiana (www.machinistgroup.org)
Member – Indiana National Tooling and Machining Association (www.intma.org)
- Monday
- 4:30pm-5:30pm Registration at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic church, Clarksville, IN (gym)
- 6:00pm Welcome dinner/meetings begins ... all must to attend for important information and competitors will take PDT... and other FUN activities.
- Bring #2 Pencil
- Hotel registration after welcome dinner
- 10pm – Advisor meeting in hotel conference room
- Tuesday
- All CNC Contest orientation at Freedom Hall
- Lathe and Mill Study
- Wednesday
- CNC Lathe Contests 7:45a-3p (arrive at 7:30)
- Nice Restaurant for Supper
- Milling contestants study!!
- Thursday
- CNC Mill Contests 7:45a-3p (arrive at 7:30)
- Nice Restaurant for supper
- Evening Activity- Kentucky Kingdom for all (kinda like kings island)
- Friday
- Sleep in after a full week! Student choice on activities until awards.
- Evening Activity- Awards Ceremony at 5:00 pm Freedom Hall and Champions Reception/dinner immediately after in the Kentucky Exposition Center
Congratulations to the Area 18 Precision Machine Class @ South Adams who participated in the Indiana State SkillsUSA Contestants that competed against the best in the state on Friday April 13 and Saturday April 14 in CNC Turning and CNC Milling Contests (CNC = Computer Numerical Controlled). Students were challenged with precision measurement and were given a blueprint for a part where they used Geometry, Trigonometry and Technical Shop Math to calculate all the missing points for the part. The contestants were given 2 hours to program each part for a HAAS CNC Simulator. Students had to make sure their program would run the simulator as it would in a real CNC Machine.
Results:
2nd place - Keagan Yoder - CNC Turning Specialist programmed a round part with contouring, grooving, and threading
1st place - Mason Sell - CNC Milling Specialist programmed a rectangular part with contours and holes. Mason, a Senior at South Adams will be representing Indiana at the National Skills and Leadership Conference as a CNC Milling Specialist June 25-29 in Louisville Kentucky!!
Area 18 Precision Machining @ South Adams supports students from Adams Central, Bellmont, Bluffton-Harrison, Jay County, Norwell, South Adams, Southern Wells, and Home Schooled Students from Adams, Jay and Wells Counties!
DP Techology (Esprit) Instagram posting
of South Adams Precision Machining
www.instagram.com/p/Bgq8hdxFzq1
South Adams / Area 18 Precision Machining was featured on
WPTA 21Alive's 21 Country with Eric Olson on
Friday March 16, 2018
http://www.wpta21.com/story/37768246/precision-education
South Adams / Area 18 Advanced Auto Service Tech and Precision Machining Students visit the NHRA nationals in Indianapolis
2017 SkillsUSA
National Leadership and Skills Conference
Luke Knapke – 10th place CNC Technician
Kyle Rittmeyer – 20th place CNC Milling Specialist
During the week of June 19, 2017, Luke Knapke and Kyle Rittmeyer participated at the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference in Louisville, Kentucky. Luke competed in the CNC (Computer Numerical Controlled) Technician competition, while Kyle competed in the CNC Milling Specialist Competition.
The main part of the contest was for competitors to program a HAAS CNC Simulator. Luke and Kyle were given 2 hours to use Trigonometry, Shop Math, and/or Geometry to calculate coordinates needed to program the HAAS CNC simulator according to the part print supplied. Kyle programmed a Mill part on Thursday while Luke was tasked with programming a Lathe part on Wednesday and a Mill Part on Thursday. After each contestant was finished with their program, it was graded using Vericut software and then a HAAS CNC Technician allowed one “Cycle Start” on a previously set-up piece of material to run the contestants’ part(s).
The remainder of the contest included written tests, hands-on tasks, metrology, and a graded interview. The first test was GD&T (Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing), where they were tested on theory and application of symbols, related math, and rules commonly used by engineers and machinists. The next section was on process control, which included inspection of parts using tools such as depth micrometers, digital height gage, metric micrometer, and telescoping gages. Then Luke and Kyle were tested on General Machining Knowledge, which can include any aspect of manual or CNC Machining. Contestants were also scored on professionalism, official contest dress, and their resume during a mock interview.
Kyle is a 2017 graduate of Northern Wells High School. Kyle is employed at Hoosier Pattern, Inc. (Decatur, IN) he is planning to complete their 5-year apprenticeship and become a Journeyman Patternmaker.
Luke is a 2017 graduate of Jay County High School. Luke is currently employed at Fullenkamp Machine, (Portland, Indiana) where he works on setting up, programming and operating a variety of machining equipment.
Both Kyle and Luke received Acer 10” tablets and $1000 cash scholarships through the Gene Haas Foundation and NIMS (National Institute of Metalworking Skills) as a congratulations gift for winning the Indiana State contest and participating in the National Competition.
Kyle Rittmeyer (CNC Milling Specialist) left and Luke Knapke (CNC Technician) right
David All, a 2015 graduate of South Adams / Area 18 Machine Trades, who is now completing his Tool and Die degree at Vincennes University also made his 4th trip to Nationals. This year while representing Indiana and Vincennes University, David Placed 7th in the Nation at the post-secondary level!
What is SkillsUSA? www.skillsusa.org
SkillsUSA is an applied method of instruction for preparing America’s high performance workers in public career and technical programs. It provides quality education experiences for students in leadership, teamwork, citizenship and character development. It builds and reinforces self-confidence, work attitudes and communications skills. It emphasizes total quality at work—high ethical standards, superior work skills, life-long education, and pride in the dignity of work. SkillsUSA also promotes understanding of the free-enterprise system and involvement in community service.
Mission: SkillsUSA's mission is to help its members become world-class workers, leaders and responsible American citizens.
Thank you to everyone that helped us prepare for the 2017 national contest
For more information about the National Leadership and Skills Conference, go to:
http://skillsusa.org/events-training/national-leadership-and-skills-conference/