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Contractors, Local 17 partner to offer continuing education for TAB technicians

In March, a sub-group of Boston-area Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors’ National Association (SMACNA) held a course at Sheet Metal Workers Local 17 near Boston in order to help…

July 16, 2019

SMOHIT Safety Champions Conference helps members stay safe

The fourth annual Sheet Metal Occupational Health Institute Trust (SMOHIT) Safety Champions Conference, held Feb. 24-26 at the Tempe Mission Palms Hotel and Resort in Tempe, Arizona, was best seen…

July 2, 2019

Heroic apprentice saves life of fellow co-worker, mentor

A few days following the Fourth of July last summer, journeyperson Scott Hintz and Dan Hubbard, a third-year apprentice, were working in the industrial shop with fellow craftspeople at Doral…

June 27, 2019

Husband, wife enjoy sheet metal apprenticeship as family

When Josh Buckley decided to take a chance on the SMART Heroes sheet metal training program, he didn’t realize just how much it would alter the course of his family’s…

June 24, 2019

Training program addresses mental health wellness, substance abuse prevention

The SMART PREVENT Training Program contributes to the overall quality of life of the members of the unionized sheet metal industry with a special emphasis on preventing substance abuse and…

June 20, 2019

SMART Heroes program graduates 11th class of veterans

Fourteen active military, one veteran celebrated with ceremony June 17 Fourteen members of the United States military and one recent veteran graduated as the 11th class of the SMART Heroes…

May 29, 2019

New chief technology officer joins staff at NEMIC

Soph Davenberry has joined the staff at the National Energy Management Institute Committee (NEMIC) as the chief technology officer upon the retirement of Davor Novosel. Davenberry comes to NEMIC from…

April 26, 2019

Veterans graduate from SMART Heroes program

Seven active military, two veterans celebrate with ceremony April 22 Seven members of the United States military and two recent veterans graduated as the 10th class of the SMART Heroes…

April 26, 2019

Indiana local hosts Ultimate Apprentice Contest

Indiana Sheet Metal Workers Local 20 apprentices from Evansville, Fort Wayne, Gary, Indianapolis, Lafayette, South Bend and Terre Haute competed in the Indiana Ultimate Apprentice Contest April 4-6 at the…

April 26, 2019

Region hosts first apprentice contest in a decade

After a decade away, Midwest states participated in the first Great Plains Apprentice Contest Feb. 21 and 22 in Kansas City, Missouri. Twenty-eight apprentices from six states and 10 locals…

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Contractors, Local 17 partner to offer continuing education for TAB technicians

SMOHIT Safety Champions Conference helps members stay safe

Heroic apprentice saves life of fellow co-worker, mentor

Husband, wife enjoy sheet metal apprenticeship as family

Training program addresses mental health wellness, substance abuse prevention

SMART Heroes program graduates 11th class of veterans

New chief technology officer joins staff at NEMIC

Veterans graduate from SMART Heroes program

Indiana local hosts Ultimate Apprentice Contest

Region hosts first apprentice contest in a decade

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