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Craft Professional of the Year

BUILDING CAREERS

Craft Professional of the Year Award

SCOAR’s Craft Professional of the Year Award recognizes a construction craft professional who excels in his or her field while demonstrating a commitment to safety, performance and productivity, leadership, and training/education.

Award recipients receive a $1,000 cash award and DEWALT tool package valued at $500 and are recognized at SCOAR’s Spring Meeting, and will be featured in The Voice Southeastern magazine, SCOAR’s annual publication.

Award

APPLICATION CYCLE

SCOAR’s 2025 Craft Professional of the Year application cycle is February 17-March 31.

Deadline for submission
5 PM Monday, March 31

The Award Guidelines provide an overview of the program, the nomination process, eligibility requirements, important dates, selection process, presentation, and hints for success.

PROGRAM

Eligibility

  1. Nominations must be submitted by a representative of a SCOAR member company in good standing. Self nominations are not permitted.
  2. Nominations are open to craft positions, including construction foremen. Each nomination should be based on the role that the nominee was filling at the time the nomination is submitted. Office sand management personnel—including but not limited to—project managers, engineers, sales representatives, estimators, and other non-field positions are not eligible for this award.
  3. Nominees must be working on a project within SCOAR’s 12-state footprint at the time the nomination is submitted.
  4. All required items and supporting documentation must be submitted by the application deadline.
  5. The application and supporting documentation must be submitted electronically by 5 p.m. on March 31, 2025, to be considered.

AWARD

Award Selection Process and Presentation

Applications are reviewed by a panel of industry professionals selected from SCOAR’s Workforce Development Committee,  according to the criteria detailed in the Craft Professional of the Year rubric. Eligible nominees will be judged on the following:

  • Craft skills
  • Job site performance
  • Problem solving skills
  • Safety performance
  • Leadership
  • Community/industry service
  • Merit

Applications must be submitted no later than 5 p.m. on March 31, 2025. Applications must be submitted electronically.

Please direct questions to staff@scoar.org.

BUILDLING EXCELLENCE: sCOAR'S 2025 CRAFT PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR AWARD

Key Dates

February 17, 2025

Applications Available

February 17, 2025
March 31, 2025

Application Deadline

Nominations must be submitted online by 5 pm.

March 31, 2025
April 1-4, 2025

Applications Evaluated

April 1-4, 2025
April 4, 2025

Award Winner(s) Selected

Award winner confirmed by review panel.

April 4, 2025
April 7, 2025

Invitation to Spring Meeting Sent

Building Careers Awards Luncheon scheduled during the Spring Meeting, May 5-7, at The Resort at Longboat Key in Longboat Key, Florida. 

April 7, 2025
April 16, 2025

RSVP Deadline

Final day to RSVP for meeting.

April 16, 2025
May 6, 2025

Award Presentation

May 6, 2025