LIMA – UA Local 776 apprentice Mackenzie Phelix will be competing in the United Association’s International Apprenticeship Contest in the HVAC category in August at Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Phelix is a 4 year member of UA Local 776 who resides in Delphos. He just completed his apprenticeship and is an HVAC service technician with GEM.
Phelix took 1st place at the State Apprenticeship Competition as an HVAC contestant in April 2022 in Canton. Later, Phelix took 1st place at the District 2 Apprenticeship Competition in Louisville. He now moves on to the international competition.
Phelix is the first UA Local 776 apprentice to make it to the level of the International Apprenticeship Competition.
