This year’s provincial apprentice competition for metal workers took place on June 14^th at the training institution Mureck. Philipp Geckl, apprentice in his third and final year of training finished runner-up among 13 participants in the category metal construction and sheet metal work. The task was to produce a metal railing made of steel, stainless steel and aluminium, which required skills such as drilling, turning, bending and several welding techniques. Being runner-up he automatically qualified for the federal competition in Hallein in autumn. Apprentice trainer Nikolai Schwarz: “Having been awarded the national apprenticeship award we are proud of our junior metal workers when they perform well and achieve a podium finish in competitions. We congratulate Philipp to his success and wish him the best of luck and all the best for the national competition in October!”