Hiller Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Electrical, Total Tech School and Praxis S-10 hope to go national with their Transition to Trades Program with the United States Army.
Dwyer Franchising, LLC (“Dwyer Group”), one of the world’s largest franchising companies of trade service brands, has announced the largest Women in the Trade (WITT) Scholarship class since the program was launched in 2012.
The Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors—National Association (PHCC) Educational Foundation’s recently launched online platform, PHCC Academy®, includes an expanded focus on customer service and soft skills in the apprentice eLearning courses by...
Who doesn’t know what a plumber does? Apparently, a lot of people, including the young people the industry is trying to recruit and members of Congress.
Online education for the technical trades can be a much more entertaining and engaging endeavor than most of what America’s top universities are churning out.
While we have been collectively opining, worrying and wringing our hands about the absolute lack of available manpower entering the trades, events outside anyone’s control have seemingly brought the issue national attention.
The skilled-labor shortage is on the minds of many in our industry, especially as budgeting decisions are being made for 2018 recruitment. Here, one large manufacturer discusses its strategy for tackling this growing problem.
Watts has published a new e-book – Water Safety: Protecting Our Communities from Backflow Incidents – to help early-career plumbing engineers and others understand the serious risks of backflow and what they can do to prevent it.
This year’s award winner is Timothy Kauffman of Chesapeake, Va., who is studying HVACR installation, service and repair at Tidewater Community College.
