Your MITA Apprentices compete at World of Concrete having won the
California’s Masonry Skills Challenge see the video below. Now they’re advancing to the
Nationals which take place at 9am on February 5 th in Las Vegas. Alfonso Campos 1 st year,
Jeremiah Cuentas 2 nd year, and April Ruiz 3 rd year, won California Regionals. Thanks to MCA-CA.org for generous help with registrations to compete at the WOC. What’s the test? Build a
never-seen-before project in 3 hours, a timed challenge. Feeling pressure? Oh yeah! Judges
watching, media cameras pointing at you. Visit www.masonryskillschallenge.com.

Your MITA Journeymen are among 18 Teams entered here as World of Concrete
competitors. Having won the California Fastest Trowel on the Block (Video Below), your 5-time California Champion goes on Las Vegas again! You have 2
MITA Member Teams representing California at the Fastest Trowel in Las Vegas at 11:30am
on February 5th at World of Concrete in Las Vegas. NuWay Inc.’s team of MITA Journeymen
Howard Cole mason, with Martin Avendano tender. Williams & Sons Masonry team of MITA
Journeymen Mark Ferrera mason with Larry Ruiz tender. Come cheer them on!

It’s a digital scoring App, which will be used at The World of Concrete/Masonry on
Wednesday, February 5, 2020 in the Bronze Lot during MASONRY MADNESS®, a highlight
of the conference. It will save over an hour in judging time and help to eliminate potential
errors in the scoring process,” said Jeff Buczkiewicz, President of the MCAA. It’s new
technology they developed to automate our scoring processes for our Masonry Skills
Challenge and Fastest Trowel on the Block competitions.

Work for Warriors (WFW) is a FREE job placement program in California. A team of 18
Service Members and Veterans operate Work for Warriors. They match the skill sets of our
highly qualified Service Members, Veterans, and Spouses with the needs of civilian
employers. Hire experienced Service Members! Contact Jessica Fowlkes, Veteran Staffing
Consultant, jessica.fowlkes@workforwarriors.org or call her at 916-572-8411. She’ll guide
you through the hiring process.

Start your year off right with your annual MITA Membership now. For merit shop, open shop
contractors, MITA is your source for bricklayer/blocklayer/mason apprentices. MITA is both
State of California DIR DAS and Federal DOL Office of Apprenticeship approved training.
Help our industry prepare for the future labor shortage. Are you feeling that already? See
more at TrainMason.org/Join.