Skilled trades - Page 4

Strikepoint Group Holdings Launches Technician Training Program

Program to address skilled worker shortage

June 2, 2022

SGH has launched HGH Technical Training Center, a technical training facility and program designed to infuse a new class of workers into the skilled trades.

Don’t Forget ‘Soft Skills’ When Hiring in the Trades

Julie Anderson

May 18, 2022

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Now more than ever, soft skills matter, even in a hard technical occupation.

Tulsa Welding School Expands HVACR and Electrical Programs

New program additions aim to help fill the state’s need for more skilled workers

May 17, 2022

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To help address the skilled labor shortage, StrataTech Education Group’s Tulsa Welding School is adding electro-mechanical technologies and refrigeration technologies, and electrical applications program offerings.

Pros Team Up to Teach Skilled Trades

Partnership Aims to Help HVACR, Plumbing Contractors Grow Talent

Matt Jachman

February 24, 2022

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Facing a severe U.S. labor shortage in the skilled trades, professionals in those fields are joining forces to help local contractors grow technical talent in their back yards.

HVAC Contractors Utilize Signing Bonuses and Other Incentives to Attract Quality Employees

Pairing incentives with an ideal team culture can help secure workers

Gordon White

August 10, 2021

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As HVAC contractors grapple for skilled technicians, some see signing bonuses as a strategy for recruitment.

Students from Elyria Catholic High School visited Ridgid’s headquarters.

HVAC Manufacturers Work to Prepare the Industry’s Future Workforce

Companies reach out to local high school students and offer training programs

Gordon White

August 7, 2021

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Manufacturers in the HVAC industry have an incentive to get more people into the skilled trades, and they have been exerting effort to develop the future workforce.

PPATEC Substantially Expands Training Facility in Central Pennsylvania

Manufacturers show support for hydronics with equipment donations

John Vastyan

July 27, 2021

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To serve the interests of trade professionals, PPATEC has substantially expanded its facility in the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, area.

Taking the HVAC Message to Space

Unique strategy could bring awareness to HVAC industry

Kyle Gargaro

March 23, 2021

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Whenever the conversation turns to how we get younger talent into the HVAC, I think of a message that a former HARDI president shared with me years ago.