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74 • MAY 2014 • WORLD FENCE NEWS Sebring, Florida again welcomes NAFCA Fence Training School The North American Fence Con- tractors Association (NAFCA) Fence Training School returned to Sebring, Fla. Feb. 6-9, hosting 24 students – 21 men and three women. They came from eight states as well as Ontario, Canada to improve their fencing skills and learn tricks of the trade from eight instructors. Director Mart Prost had every- thing lined up to expose the crews to many kinds of fence materials and techniques, all resulting in finished products. "Once again, the city welcomed us back to continue refurbishing their property," reported NAFCA spokesperson Harriet Statz. "A large municipal golf course and recreational area with ballfields and lots of wildlife was a pleasant place to spend four days. Since it's such a big site, there is ample opportunity and need for fenc- ing. "When you arrive at the golf course, the first thing to be seen is the ornamental aluminum fence along the highway," she said. "We finished off another long section, having begun re- placing the old chain link last year. It really dresses up the place." She noted that Alumi-Guard pro- vided the materials and Sean Russell served as instructor. consin). Modern Fence Technologies sent the post caps. Connecting to the PVC fence built by NAFCA in 2013, Chris Chapman of Chapman Fence, Jeffer- son, Georgia, was able to show the stu- dents how to get it straight and solid. Bill Zak from Ramrod Equipment brought two Ramrod diggers, which made it easy to get the posts set quickly and firmly. C.D. Stroud, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for the second year shared his ex- perience and welding secrets, helping students to produce several chain link gates. They built a new one for a sel- dom-used vehicle entrance governed by a solar-powered electric opener provided by LiftMaster. William McCoy engineered this project, demonstrating and instructing students how to cope with a complex situation. "Between C. D., Bill and the students, the job turned out beauti- fully," Harriet said. Chain link, of course, had to be part of the project, and Sammy Franklin of C&C Fence, McDonough, Ga. directed this portion. Rather than making all new fence, the task was to make very old outfield fencing look good, replacing the fabric driven posts with angled driven post anchors, which were then enclosed with more cedar. The purpose of this fence was to block the view of a maintenance shop from golfers on the nearby greens, and to protect people driving carts on the path from being hit by golf balls. Safety and screening were also the reason for a long stretch of 6' high white PVC fence provided by VEKA and by A to Z Quality Fencing (in Wis- Next to the clubhouse is a 4-foot high cedar fence which now screens three air conditioning units from view. Ray Statz of Qual Line Fence brought Western Red Cedar, steel posts, and equipment from his shop in Wisconsin, and taught the students how to build a wood fence on driven steel posts. Elsewhere on the course, they learned the same thing, except this fence was 8' high installed on 3" x 13' Twenty-four students made up the 2014 class of the North American Fence Con- tractors Association's Fence Training School. The students were exposed to a wide variety of fence materials and installation practices as they helped refurbish a golf course and recreational area in Sebring, Fla. (NAFCA photo) continued on page 76 World Fence News contributing editor Read Jim Lucci's monthly column: The Human Link • Jim's by-line: PROFIT IS NOT A DIRTY WORD!™ Past IFIA Convention speaker and presenter of Eastern International Convention keynote addresses Fill out (please print) and return to: James V. 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