Red Deer Polytechnic apprentices brought home a total of nine medals from the 2025 Skills Canada Alberta Competition in Edmonton recently.
RDP apprentices earned two gold, three silver and four bronze medals at this year’s event in Edmonton. RDP instructors also mentored two high school competitors —Ty McCartney in Carpentry and Dane Schmidt in 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, RDP School of Trades and Technology dean.
"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. As Alberta’s third-largest provider of skilled trades education, RDP plays a vital role in developing talent, training more than 2,200 apprentices annually to help meet critical labour market demands across the province."
Adam Moore (Sprinkler Systems Installer) and Lucas Stang (Welding) were both gold medal winners at the event. The two will now advance to represent RDP at the 2025 Skills Canada National Competition, taking place May 29–30 in Regina, Sask.
The other RDP medallists were:
— 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 – fifth), David Stolk (Carpentry – sixth), Rhian Marinduque (Electrical – sixth) and Zac Barnes (Cook – ninth). 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.
