Compete for a chance to win an expense-paid trip to AFSA41: Convention, Exhibition and Apprentice Competition in Las Vegas. Finalists will also win an AFSA41 registration for their employer or guest, a set of hand tools, and cash prizes!
The deadline to enter has been extended to May 13, 2022.
Contest Details
AFSA sponsors an annual National Apprentice Competition. The competition consists of two phases.
Phase I will consist of a two-hour multiple choice proctored exam to be taken online. A webcam is required for testing. AFSA has partnered with the online proctoring service Honorlock to proctor the Apprentice Competition Phase I exam. Apprentices will be provided with instructions on how to take the Phase I exam. The test must be taken between May 2 – June 5, 2022.
Seven finalists, apprentices representing member companies from across the country, will compete in Phase II to become the winner of this national competition. These contestants take a practical test in the Exhibit Hall during the AFSA Exhibition each year, as they cut, thread and install a steel & CPVC piping system with sprinkler heads and perform a pressure test. You will have the opportunity to see this competition from beginning to end. The seven finalists receive:
- an expense-paid trip to compete at AFSA41: Convention, Exhibition and Apprentice Competition in Las Vegas
- accommodations at the Bellagio Las Vegas
- a free full convention registration for each finalists and a guest determined by their employer
- cash award ($1,000, $2,000, $3,000, or even $5,000)
- brand new set of hand tools
Competition Guidelines
- Apprentice’s employer must be a member of AFSA, in good standing.
- Apprentice must be actively participating in the AFSA Apprenticeship Courses or enrolled in the AFSA/NCCER Fire Sprinkler Fitting Training Series as of April 29, 2022.
- Apprentice must have at least one year of field experience with a MINIMUM of 6 months combined HANDS ON experience in cutting, threading and installing steel pipe AND CPVC pipe.
- Prior to October 15, 2022, the apprentice cannot have worked in the sprinkler trade hanging pipe for more than six years.
- If an apprentice has won first, second, or third place in AFSA’s National Apprenticeship Competition, he/she is not eligible to compete.
- An employer can enter as many employees as are eligible from his/her company.
- If an apprentice resigns employment from original sponsoring company after Phase I of the competition, he/she is not eligible to compete in Phase II.
- The apprentices scoring in the top 7 of the National Competition (Phase I) will qualify to compete in Las Vegas, at the National Competition (Phase II) during AFSA41: Convention, Exhibition, and Apprentice Competition provided no more than two (2) apprentices compete from the same membership region. In this case, the top two (2) scoring apprentices from a region will compete.
- If more than one apprentice from the same control group scores in the top 7 of the National Competition (Phase I), then a maximum of two apprentices from that control group will be qualified to compete in the National Competition (Phase II) provided the apprentices are in different regions. In this case, the two qualifying apprentices will be identified by having the top scores in their region.
- No production filming or tripod set-up will be permitted during the national competition.
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