Awards

Award recipients recognized at home for safety culture at work

SMOHIT Safety Champions Conference, awards rescheduled for 2021 FAIRFAX, Va. – Although the 2020 Safety Champions Conference and Safety Matters Awards was rescheduled this year due to the pandemic, the…

November 21, 2019

Five locals earn Platinum Designation at Eastern Regional Apprenticeship Conference

Mike Harris, program administrator of the International Training Institute (ITI), presented five sheet metal training centers with Platinum Accreditation during the Eastern Regional Apprenticeship Conference this spring. Locals who earned…

April 15, 2019

Apprenticeship with 39 percent veterans earns national award

The recruitment of military veterans is a priority for the unionized sheet metal industry, especially on the training side. At Sheet Metal Workers Local 9 in Colorado Springs, the recruitment…

March 21, 2019

Four JATCs the recipients of first ITI trustee grants

Last summer, the International Training Institute (ITI) trustees approved a measure to allow the ITI to award grants to unionized sheet metal training centers that need to train members in…

December 19, 2018

Training coordinator named Procore’s 2018 Hard Hat Hero

Six days before the end of Procore’s Hard Hat Hero contest, Randall Krocka, Sheet Metal Occupational Health Trust (SMOHIT) administrator, gave the green light to throw Chris Caricato’s hat into…

June 20, 2018

Northern California man named to 2018 TABB Hall of Fame

Veteran sheet metal professional receives national award FAIRFAX, Va. – The list of past inductees into the TABB Hall of Fame read like a list of mentors to Pat Pico,…

June 11, 2018

Locals embrace spring apprenticeship contests

Competition was in the air this spring as apprentices across the country competed for cash, prizes, and most importantly – bragging rights. While some locals have been hosting contests for…

June 7, 2018

Sheet metal workers prove safety is first during Safety Champion Awards

Local 80 members, H.M. White employees, save co-worker due to CPR training FAIRFAX, Va. – The Sheet Metal Occupational Health Institute Trust (SMOHIT), the safety arm of the unionized sheet…

June 7, 2018

Conference makes camaraderie a lesson worth remembering

Sheet metal professionals gather for 17th TABB/2018 ICB Conference FAIRFAX, Va. – People are at the heart of the sheet metal industry, and the 17th annual Testing Adjusting and Balancing…

June 28, 2017

New York man inducted into TABB Hall of Fame

Owner of U.S. Test and Balance has traveled to Baghdad, across country for work FAIRFAX, Va. – Bill Carr, president of U.S. Test and Balance in Hopewell Junction, New York,…