Training

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.

In the past year, the manpower shortage we face has become item number one on many business people’s list.

Union training is the gold standard for plumbing apprenticeships.

Mestek has announced that John Wrobel has joined its team as Director of Training and Development.

PHCC will share select events with RSES at next year’s conference, Oct. 9-12, in Albuquerque, N.M.

The Charlie Wallace Service Scholarship and A. O. Smith Scholarship are $2,500 individual awards given to top-performing students enrolled in a plumbing/heating/cooling-related course of study.

Members of the Task Force on Apprenticeship Expansion represent a wide range of American companies as well as trade, industry and educational groups.