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Certification systems managers work behind the scenes to help SMART members succeed

Charlett Hardaway and Sheila Livingston, certification systems managers at the National Energy Management Institute Committee (NEMIC), have been an ever-present force guiding members of the International Sheet Metal, Air, Rail…

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December 5, 2022

Digital curriculum opens up learning to all members

Nothing is built and installed in the sheet metal industry without plans and specifications (or specs). Where a piece of duct fits into a plan, how the ventilation is created…

December 1, 2022

Coordinators Conference hosted in person for first time since 2019

The International Training Institute (ITI) held its annual Coordinators Conference Aug. 11-12 at the Hilton in Union Square, San Francisco, just as the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail…

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October 21, 2022

Helpline for unionized sheet metal workers marks fifth year, growth

Union to hire second dedicated counselor to field 24/7 calls from union members In 2017, as awareness of mental health and substance use disorder struggles increased, the unionized sheet metal…

September 15, 2022

TABB Hall of Fame inducts retired Los Angeles educator

Lance Clark never considered himself a “TAB guy,” so when John Hamilton, director of implementation of the National Energy Management Institute Committee (NEMIC), called to deliver the news he had been…

September 13, 2022

ITI names Illinois instructor new director of research, development and technology

The International Training Institute (ITI), the educational arm of the unionized sheet metal industry, has welcomed David St. Peter, of Sheet Metal Workers Local 265 in Carol Stream, Illinois, as…

September 13, 2022

SMOHIT Safety Committee works behind the scenes for all-around safety improvement

As one of his first actions as program director in 2021, Aldo Zambetti created the Sheet Metal Occupational Health Institute Trust (SMOHIT) Safety Committee, a hand-picked group of longtime safety…

September 12, 2022

Local 104 to open new, state-of-the-art training center

Sheet Metal Workers Local 104 Bay Area Industry Training Fund is scheduled to open a new training facility Oct. 1. The new 32,000-square-foot facility was renovated from an existing warehouse…

Attendees at the hand-held laser welder training standing together

September 8, 2022

Instructors train on hand-held laser welders for first time thanks to ITI grants

Representatives from 10 training centers for the International Training Institute (ITI), the educational arm of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation (SMART) workers, attended the first…

September 6, 2022

ITI hosts Bias and Belonging for Coordinators training

A new class offered to International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation (SMART) training coordinators is designed to aid in the fight against problems with implicit bias in…