Zachary Van Boeyen, a student at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) School of Construction and the Environment, struck gold twice recently.
In April 2023, Van Boeyen was awarded a Gold Medal in the Automation and Control (Electrical) category at the Skills Canada BC competition.
And a few weeks later he won Gold in the industrial controls category at the Skills Canada national competition.
“I was happy and shocked to win,” said Van Boeyen. “The competition was very stiff and it went right down to the wire.”
Van Boeyen and the other competitors in his section had to build, wire and program a simulated control system for an arena jumbotron.