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…
International Training Institute (ITI)
When COVID-19 hit, training at Local 105 got creative
Across the country, schools of all types are trying to figure out how to operate while keeping employees and students safe from COVID-19. Training centers — each with their own…
SMART Heroes graduate to sheet metal career
Sixteenth class includes members Army, Navy, Air Force Nine members of the United States military and four veterans graduated as the 16th class of the SMART Heroes program. Out of…
ITI doesn’t miss a beat putting courses online amid isolation orders
On a Friday spring afternoon, participants in the International Training Institute’s Fire Smoke Damper Technician and Fire Life Safety Level 2 for Instructors class played a game of Jeopardy before…
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…
Central Pennsylvania celebrates new training center
In 2016, the administrators at Sheet Metal Workers Local 19 in Central Pennsylvania established a building committee to work together to design a new, energy efficient, state-of-the-art training center to replace the…
Successful ITI pilot program leads to California MATT Levels I, II courses
In preparation for the California Energy Commission (CEC) launch of the 2019 Title 24 standards on Jan. 1, the International Training Institute (ITI), the education arm of the unionized sheet…
SMART Foundation lays groundwork for veterans training program
The transition from active duty military service to civilian life is by no means simple. Those who take the oath to serve in the military risk their lives daily for…
National Apprenticeship Week opens doors
National Apprenticeship Week celebrated its fifth year in 2019, and members of the International Association of the Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation (SMART) Workers reached out to their communities…
Trades Women Build Nations brings union sisters together
More than 2,700 union women — more than 200 sheet metal sisters — and their allies gathered Oct. 4-6 in downtown Minneapolis for Trades Women Build Nations, a meeting of…