The International Training Institute (ITI), the education arm of the unionized sheet metal, air conditioning and welding industry, recently received a grant from Stanley Black & Decker’s first “Empower Makers” Global Impact Challenge.

Months after the planned ribbon cutting was derailed by COVID-19, Local 71 of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation (SMART) workers in Buffalo, New York, formally unveiled its newly expanded 19,000-square-foot training center.

Nathan Allred, a 24-year-old from Woodstock, Georgia, is helping spread the word about the benefits of apprenticeships in the sheet metal industry during National Apprenticeship Week.

Local 12 has been collaborating with CCAC for more than 25 years to provide students on-the-job training during this free five-year program, located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Three simple tips for anyone who wants to be an HVAC tech.

Mechanical Contractors, Inc. (MCI) installs a custom stretch of copper ductwork as an added layer of protection against the spread of disease causing microbes. 

After the market crash of 2008, Local 28 journeyperson Kandice Rogers traded in her plans to be an architect for a career in HVAC construction.

Jennifer Fox Mann is a third generation sheet metal worker. “That means that my grandfather and father paved the way for me.”

Seeing is believing when it comes to recruiting more women into the HVAC industry.   

Ohio schools, union contractors working together to help high school students build a path to the skilled trades.