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14 | /INSIGHT ON MANUFACTURING • November 2015 w w w.in s i g h t o n m f g . c o m E D U C AT I O N & T R A I N I N G A simple solution FVTC students and instructor tapped for world Community Plumbing Challenge BY SEAN P. JOHNSON T H E P R I N C I P L E B E H I N D Ockham's Razor holds that the simple solution is usually the best. A team of plumbers and engineers participating in this month's Community Plumbing Challenge will give that principle a real world test as they tackle the task of using plumbing to improve the lives of nearly 500 students attending Municipal School 125 in Nashik, India. e U.S. team — which includes two plumbing apprentices and an instructor from Fox Valley Technical College — must solve the challenge of improving hygiene and sanitation facilities in a school with inadequate bathroom facilities and a limited water supply. Plus, the plumbing solution must be easy to maintain and replicate. Simplicity will be critical for success. "We have to keep it pretty simple so they can effectively maintain it and replicate it," says Randy Lorge, a plumbing apprenticeship instructor at FVTC and one of the coaches for the U.S. team. "Our project centers on the washroom so the kids will use it. We have to make it work and teach them why that is important." is is the second year of the worldwide Community Plumbing PHOTO BY SEAN P. JOHNSON Fox Valley Technical College Plumbing Apprenticeship Instructor Randy Lorge shows a group of students proper installation techniques in the school's plumbing lab. Lorge will lead the U.S. team at the Community Plumbing Challenge in India.