SMART Heroes graduates to enter sheet metal career
Eighteenth class prepared seven US Army members for apprenticeship Seven members of the United States military graduated as the 18th class of the SMART Heroes program Monday, Aug. 17 at…
Apprentices
Local 10 apprentice mixes artist heart with sheet metal experience
Roderic Olson has always been an artist and was a professional muralist until the Great Recession reared its ugly head. But what may have seemed like a setback at the…
Indiana apprenticeship focuses on service
Sheet Metal Workers Local 20 training centers in Gary and Evansville, Indiana, are meeting industry demand for more service specialists with new five-year service-specific apprenticeship programs. Sean Webb, who instructs…
Ohio schools, contractors working together to help students build careers
In Ohio, high school students are introduced to the apprenticeship their sophomore year, and for Sheet Metal Workers Local 24, it’s a system that has been a successful recruitment tool…
SMART Heroes welcomes second graduating class
Thirteen members of the United States military graduated as the second class of the SMART Heroes program’s Colorado location Dec. 16 at Sheet Metal Workers Local 9, 1420 Quail Lake…
Sheet metal apprenticeship welcomes SMART Heroes graduates
Fourteen service members completed program, begin new career in trades Twelve members of the United States military and two veterans graduated as the 13th class of the SMART Heroes program…
Ohio apprentice training coordinators use Skills USA to scout the future
Ohio sheet metal apprentice training coordinators, business managers, organizers and agents look for the best students to recruit to their apprenticeship programs, and over the years, they’ve found the state…
SMART Heroes graduates 11 service members to apprenticeship
Four military branches represented in 12th Washington sheet metal class Six members of the United States military and five recent veterans graduated as the 12th class of the SMART Heroes…
Sheet metal apprentices help dreams come true for nonprofit
Just like with many community service projects, this one began with a phone call. Larry Collette, a retired pipefitter, called the business office at Sheet Metal Workers Local 80 in…
Apprentices do their part to provide clean water around the world
Although many Americans drink safe, clean water every day, many people around the world do not. During this summer’s national Skills USA competition, Sheet Metal Workers Local 110 apprentices had…