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Award recipients recognized at home for safety culture at work

SMOHIT Safety Champions Conference, awards rescheduled for 2021 FAIRFAX, Va. – Although the 2020 Safety Champions Conference and Safety Matters Awards was rescheduled this year due to the pandemic, the Sheet…

American Nevada Company wins elite building honor

TOBY Award among most prestigious in commercial real estate HENDERSON – American Nevada Company was recently presented with The Outstanding Building of the Year (TOBY) Award, presented by the Building…

Path to Washington fire life safety legislation packed with strategy, hard work

When going into any large project, a plan makes life infinitely easier. For years, Steve Musser, business agent for Western Washington Sheet Metal Local 66, was in search of a plan…

Expert in the unconscious helps people of all ages understand pandemic dreams

Vivid and frequently frightening pandemic dreams are a nightly occurrence for many during worldwide stay-at-home orders. Author/dream analyst Patricia Eltinge is helping people nationwide by discussing what those dreams are…

ITI doesn’t miss a beat putting courses online amid isolation orders

On a Friday spring afternoon, participants in the International Training Institute’s Fire Smoke Damper Technician and Fire Life Safety Level 2 for Instructors class played a game of Jeopardy before the end-of-the-week…

Former Nev. attorney general offers 1 million free book downloads

George Chanos provides free copies of “Millennial Samurai” during quarantine LAS VEGAS – Former Nevada Attorney General George Chanos is giving away 1 million free downloads of his newest book,…

SMART MAP peer training brings suicide, substance abuse prevention to members

The SMART Members Assistance Program (MAP) and the Sheet Metal Occupational Health Institute Trust (SMOHIT) have been offering trainings to union leadership on the local level for the last three years in a concerted…

Trades Women Build Nations brings union sisters together

More than 2,700 union women — more than 200 sheet metal sisters — and their allies gathered Oct. 4-6 in downtown Minneapolis for Trades Women Build Nations, a meeting of the…

Biannual conference is a true sign of Partners in Progress

The sheet metal Funds were well represented at the Partners in Progress Conference held Feb. 25-26 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. The biannual labor-management event brings together SMART (Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and…

Local 40 lab video helps educate all to value of fire life safety

Sheet Metal Workers International Association Local Union 40 in Connecticut created its Fire Life Safety lab two years ago to share it with politicians, fire officials and other Sheet Metal, Air, Rail…

Fifth annual Safety Champions Conference set for March

The Sheet Metal Occupational Health Institute Trust (SMOHIT) plans to host the 2020 Safety Champions Conference March 22-24 at the Westin Riverwalk, San Antonio, 420 W. Market St. The conference continues SMOHIT’s…

California sheet metal veteran makes mentorship a priority

Once on the dentist track, Bob Dak’s career has served generations of apprentices CITY OF INDUSTRY, Calif. – Bob Dak was well on his way to a career in dentistry when…

Indiana apprenticeship focuses on service

Sheet Metal Workers Local 20 training centers in Gary and Evansville, Indiana, are meeting industry demand for more service specialists with new five-year service-specific apprenticeship programs. Sean Webb, who instructs general…

SMART Heroes second location celebrates first graduating class

SMART Heroes Local 9 in Colorado Springs celebrated its first graduating class Oct. 7. Three participants completed a seven-week course to earn the equivalent of their first-year sheet metal apprentice…

Five locals earn Platinum Designation at Eastern Regional Apprenticeship Conference

Mike Harris, program administrator of the International Training Institute (ITI), presented five sheet metal training centers with Platinum Accreditation during the Eastern Regional Apprenticeship Conference this spring. Locals who earned the designation include Local 85 in…

Celebrity Speakers signs world record Everest climber Apa Sherpa

Riveting speaker focuses attention on education, opportunities for his people LAS VEGAS – Bruce Merrin’s Celebrity Speakers Bureau has agreed to represent world record mountaineer and inspirational speaker Apa Sherpa…

Philadelphia passes fire life safety legislation

Earlier this year, Philadelphia joined the growing list of cities, counties and states with fire life safety ordinances, laws and legislation to regulate the inspections of fire and smoke dampers and smoke…

Valley Bank chosen No. 1 lender of SBA 504 loans in Nevada

Lending program allows businesses to expand while saving thousands HENDERSON, Nev. – The Small Business Administration (SBA) has chosen Valley Bank of Nevada as the leading lender in Nevada of…

Sheet metal’s top Testing, Adjusting, Balancing honor goes to Davor Novosel

Davor Novosel, retired National Energy Management Institute Committee (NEMIC) chief technology officer, was recently inducted into the Testing, Adjusting and Balancing Bureau (TABB) Hall of Fame during the 2019 International Certification Board (ICB)/TABB Conference…

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Award recipients recognized at home for safety culture at work

American Nevada Company wins elite building honor

Path to Washington fire life safety legislation packed with strategy, hard work

Expert in the unconscious helps people of all ages understand pandemic dreams

ITI doesn’t miss a beat putting courses online amid isolation orders

Former Nev. attorney general offers 1 million free book downloads

SMART MAP peer training brings suicide, substance abuse prevention to members

Trades Women Build Nations brings union sisters together

Biannual conference is a true sign of Partners in Progress

Local 40 lab video helps educate all to value of fire life safety

Fifth annual Safety Champions Conference set for March

California sheet metal veteran makes mentorship a priority

Indiana apprenticeship focuses on service

SMART Heroes second location celebrates first graduating class

Five locals earn Platinum Designation at Eastern Regional Apprenticeship Conference

Celebrity Speakers signs world record Everest climber Apa Sherpa

Philadelphia passes fire life safety legislation

Valley Bank chosen No. 1 lender of SBA 504 loans in Nevada

Sheet metal’s top Testing, Adjusting, Balancing honor goes to Davor Novosel

SMART Heroes graduates 39 new members in first half of 2019, announces second location

Ohio apprentice training coordinators use Skills USA to scout the future

ICB Conference takes on 18th year with camaraderie, grass roots successes, teamwork

Second SMART Heroes program set for Colorado

Sheet metal locals share hosting duties for Mid-Atlantic state competition

Northwest Apprentice Contest welcomes students from seven states

Henderson Development Association names new board members

International Training Institute welcomes new field representative, Lisa Davis

Training centers rise to the challenge of accreditation

Hawaii sheet metal workers partner with local officials to bring fire life safety to forefront

Sheet metal worker extends career with computer knowledge

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