After three intense days of competition, the winners of the 2016 WorldSkills Australia National Refrigeration Competition were all smiles as they received their gold, silver and bronze medals during ARBS.
The Gold medallist winner was Nathan McHugh of TAFE Queensland SkillsTech, the Silver medallist winner was Hayden McColl also of Queensland SkillsTech and the Bronze medal went to Matthew Cleave of TAFE NSW South Western Sydney Institute.
Anyone who has witnessed this competition first hand will know that it is a tough race for the nation's top 10 refrigeration apprentices.
They had just 18 hours to demonstrate that they had the best skills in refrigeration and air conditioning by completing four tasks - installing a refrigeration system, commissioning an air conditioning system, refrigeration fault finding and electrical fault finding.
Not only were these talented young men aiming for national gold and a trip to the annual Chillventa Exhibition in Germany, the competitors were vying for a chance to represent Australia as a Skillaroo at the 44th WorldSkills Competition in Abu Dhabi next year.
Full coverage of the WorldSkills Competition is included in CCN's special ARBS Feature which appears next month in the July edition of the magazine.