The Leawood Public Works Department continued a tradition of high performance this year in it's competition at the annual American Public Works Association Snowplow and Equipment Expo held in October.

The show was held in Gardner Kansas on October 8, 2009. Leawood was represented by two Mechanics from our Fleet Maintenance Division and one Asphalt Crewleader from our Street Maintenance Division.

Chris Skaggs, Mechanic
placed 2nd in the Mechanics Competition

Chris Gish, Mechanic
placed 4th in the Mechanics Competition

The Mechanics Competition is a contest which has the techs demonstrate their competence in two areas. The first part was created to simulate shop scenarios at various stations which are designed to expose a techs attention to safety and their ability to apply sound diagnostic principles.

The second part of the mechanics test is an extensive general knowledge test which has 150 questions and a 2 hour time limit. The fact that our techs consistently place in the top 10 is a testament to their level of skill and also a strong indicator of the commitment they have for their craft!

Paul Dunn, Asphalt Crewleader, Street Maintenance Division
placed in the Top Ten in the Bob-Cat Competition.

The skid steer loader competition consisted of a written safety and machine operations exam as well as operating the skid steer loader through a challenge course designed to test the speed and accuracy of the operators skid steer operating abilities.

Congratulations guys!