APPRENTICES

Reservist returns from deployment to sheet metal apprenticeship

Staff sergeant recalls the support union leadership showed during deployment Staff Sgt. Antonette Ventura’s path to becoming a sheet metal journey person took an unexpected detour when she was deployed…

Tale of two cities: reopening sheet metal training centers in 2020

There are more than 140 union sheet metal training centers in the United States and Canada, and they vary in size — from city to rural, a few dozen apprentices…

ITI program helps apprentices access online content throughout pandemic

When the pandemic hit, training centers had to find ways to continue education online for apprentices. While first-year apprentices are assigned an iPad at the beginning of the school year…

ITI, Interplay Learning team up to bring hands-on, VR service training to SMART members

The ITI has partnered with Interplay Learning to bring hands-on training to members of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation (SMART) and apprentices across the country through a…

Grants can help training centers build programs

To many training directors, grants can be scary. They require information, time, paperwork and accountability that can be difficult to squeeze into a day filled with all the other tasks…

Local reaches out, finds success with Building Inspectors Program

Sheet metal workers in New Jersey partner with Rutgers University to fill niche CRANFORD, N.J. – Re-inventing the wheel isn’t always necessary when it comes to curriculum and training. For…

Industry technology helps sheet metal workers move forward

Advances in software, tools improve efficiency, keep members working FAIRFAX, Va. – The sheet metal trade may be one of the oldest in the country, but modern technology propels it…

Sheet Metal Workers Local 67 to host multi-trade event Nov. 17 for National Apprenticeship Week

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS — To celebrate National Apprenticeship Week Nov. 14-18, Sheet Metal Workers Local No. 67 Area Joint Apprenticeship, along with ApprenticeshipUSA, will host an open house from 9 a.m.…

Columbus sheet metal workers open doors for Apprenticeship Week

Students from Fort Hayes, Eastland to visit, create tool tray as intro to school Sheet Metal Workers Local No. 24 will host an open house at the Columbus Sheet Metal…

Apprentices serve up community service, gain on-the-job skills

California apprentices raise money, repair air conditioning units for charities FAIRFAX, Va. – More than 10,000 apprentices attend training at more than 150 schools across the country, so upon graduation…

Apprentices help put training center back together after fire

Sheet metal workers invest in their careers with renovated school in Troy, Mich. FAIRFAX, Va. – The sheet metal apprentices in Troy, Michigan learn all forms of the trade while in…

Sheet metal apprenticeship an accredited, honorable education path

Accepted students earn as they learn, graduate four-, five-year programs debt free FAIRFAX, Va. – The International Training Institute (ITI), the education arm of the unionized sheet metal and air conditioning…