Sheet Metal Occupational Health Institute Trust (SMOHIT)

SMOHIT-SMART MAP relaunches in-person, localized peer trainings

SMOHIT-SMART MAP, the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation (SMART) workers’ Member Assistance Program, administered by the Sheet Metal Occupational Health Institute Trust (SMOHIT), has reignited peer…

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December 12, 2022

Sheet Metal Workers Local 18 integrates suicide prevention into COMET training

At Sheet Metal Workers Local 18 in Waukesha, Wisconsin, the past few years have provided organizers with insight into what members go through in terms of mental health struggles, substance…

A woman consoling a man, both wearing yellow vests

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 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…

June 16, 2022

Aldo Zambetti steps into new role as SMOHIT administrator

It was only last year Aldo Zambetti joined the Sheet Metal Occupational Health Institute Trust (SMOHIT) as its program director, and as of Jan. 1, he moved into the role…

Photo of Mike McCullion holding an award

June 14, 2022

SMOHIT honors those who promote safety culture

A time-honored tradition at the Sheet Metal Occupational Health Institute Trust (SMOHIT) Safety Champions Conference is to honor those in the industry who have fostered in practice a true safety…

Screenshot of the virtual SMOHIT Safety Champions Conference

June 14, 2022

SMOHIT Safety Champions Conference goes virtual for second year

For the second year, out of an abundance of caution, the sixth annual Sheet Metal Occupational Health Institute Trust (SMOHIT) Safety Champions Conference was held virtually April 14 and 15…

June 7, 2022

Sheet Metal Workers Local 33 delivers suicide prevention training

Everyone has been touched by suicide in some way — whether it’s news of a celebrity who seemingly had experienced no outward problems or a close friend who was struggling…

Andy Gillilard and Greg Daniels posing next to Local 9 sign.

January 10, 2022

Local 9 SMART MAP program works to eradicate stigma around mental health

Andy Gilliland, training coordinator at Sheet Metal Workers Local 9 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, knows he can’t save them all. But it doesn’t stop him from trying. According to the…

September 16, 2021

SMOHIT welcomes new program director

This summer, the Sheet Metal Occupational Health Institute Trust Inc. (SMOHIT) welcomed Aldo Zambetti as program director. Zambetti started in sheet metal in 1980 and spent 20 years at the…