Last month, the president and centrist senators reached a bi-partisan agreement an infrastructure bill framework, which proposes $1.2 trillion to repair, replace and rebuild America’s crumbling infrastructure.
To address the growing skilled trades labor gap, Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) is calling on the industry to urge representatives in Congress to cosponsor H.R. 3365 and 3366.
The trade coordinator for this Eugene, Oregon-based program discusses the benefits of working in the sheet metal industry and how aspiring sheet metal workers can get involved.
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At Central Maine Community College, the Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Technology program is so new, the boilers are still being installed — 30 of them, to be exact.
Sheet metal instructor Chris Coatsworth, of Sheet metal Workers’ Local 104, shares how previous instructors have helped his success and why he hopes to do the same with his students.