{"id":72636,"date":"2021-03-08T09:06:04","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T14:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skillscompetencescanada.u7wpdev.com\/?post_type=bio&#038;p=72636"},"modified":"2021-10-05T13:31:18","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T17:31:18","slug":"pierre-olivier-desmarais","status":"publish","type":"bio","link":"https:\/\/www.skillscompetencescanada.com\/en\/bio\/pierre-olivier-desmarais\/","title":{"rendered":"Pierre-Olivier Desmarais"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Biography<\/h3>\n<p>Initially I was enrolled at a university in philosophy when I decided to pursue a skilled trade in bricklaying. I find this trade fascinating and when I look at older buildings it makes me dream and inspires me to want to build something similar in the future.<\/p>\n<p>I am hoping to win a medallion of excellence at the WorldSkills Competition.<\/p>\n<h3>Interesting Fact<\/h3>\n<p>I have a one-year-old child.<\/p>\n<h3>Essential Skills<\/h3>\n<p>I feel that numeracy and thinking are the Essential Skills that are the most important for my trade. You have to know exactly what angle you should cut and the exact measurement of all of the pieces that are being assembled. Making errors on calculations is costly in terms of time.<\/p>\n<h3>Competition History<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/competencesquebec.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Olympiades qu\u00e9b\u00e9coises des m\u00e9tiers et des technologies 2016\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skillscompetencescanada.com\/en\/skills-canada-national-competition\/scnc-moncton-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Skills Canada National Competition 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Training History<\/h3>\n<p>WorldSkills Team Canada Trials: <a href=\"http:\/\/ecole-metiers-construction.csdm.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00c9cole des m\u00e9tiers de la Construction de Montr\u00e9al, <\/a>February 13-16, 2017<\/p>\n<p>Guest competitor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldskillsuk.org\/team-uk-selection#_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Team UK Selection event<\/a>: Manchester, March 29-April 1, 2017<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biography Initially I was enrolled at a university in philosophy when I decided to pursue a skilled trade in bricklaying. 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