Future Pros Shine at PHCC’s 2025 National Plumbing Apprentice Contest

Contractors Assist Drive the Competitors 

A staff of PHCC contractor volunteers arrived early to assemble take a look at benches, put together supplies, and handle the competition ground. Additionally they evaluated every challenge and supplied detailed suggestions to the apprentices following the occasion.

“What makes this contest so particular is the group behind it,” stated Patrick Wallner, Chair of the PHCC Academic Basis. “Our contractor volunteers, producers, suppliers, and educators are all working collectively to verify these apprentices have a platform to indicate off their abilities. That collaboration displays precisely what we have to construct the following era of expert professionals.”

Business Sponsors Energy the Occasion 

The 2025 contest was made doable by way of beneficiant trade sponsorships, together with financial help, instruments, and supplies. Headline sponsors included A.O. Smith, Bradford White Corp., and Milwaukee Device Firm, joined by further supporters comparable to AB&I Foundry, BNP-Plumbing & Mechanical Journal, Forged Iron Soil Pipe Institute, CONTRACTOR Journal, Copper Growth Affiliation, Delta Faucet Co., House Depot Professional, IAPMO, ICC, Kohler, Legend Valve, Moen, NIBCO, Oatey, Rheem, RIDGID, State Water Heaters, Tyler Pipe & Coupling, and Zoeller Pump Firm.

HVAC Contest Replace Coming in 2026 

The Basis’s Nationwide HVAC Apprentice Contest—historically held alongside CONNECT—is being redesigned to replicate rising applied sciences and at this time’s in-demand talent units. PHCC of South Dakota contractors are main the replace, with the brand new competitors set to debut on the South Dakota state conference in February 2026.

For extra info, go to phccfoundation.org.

Notice: this press launch was rewritten with assist from generative AI.