FAIRFAX, Va. – The list of past inductees into the Testing Adjusting and Balancing Bureau (TABB) Hall of Fame read like a list of mentors to Pat Pico, the 2018 inductee.
Catie Rogers is known to recruit around town at her favorite local spots when she witnesses women with a hard work ethic who have what it takes to be successful in the trades. Her passion to recruit began when she herself entered the sheet metal industry in 2013 and had no women to confide in or look up to.
Sheet metal workers can install drive cleats efficiently and with limited shoulder strain using this tool. Manufactured out of hardened steel, it is designed to work with slotted drive system (SDS) rotary hammer drills that have the hammer only mode.
New U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum imports are going to have major consequences for a multitude of manufacturing segments around the globe, but the HVAC industry looks to be particularly impacted.
Recent history suggests post-9/11 veterans are having a difficult time finding jobs. According the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), unemployment for this group reached 12.1 percent in 2011.
Behind the work, training, bids and contracts is the business of sheet metal work, and for decades, training coordinators and instructors have taught Business 101 to their members at their home training centers. The class was geared to educate members on the financial, human resources and general operation of a business using in-person classes, books and expertise.
In the skilled trades, qualified workers are as valuable as ever before. The skills gap and labor shortage the trades are experiencing are widespread and well-covered, but when dissecting the specific skill sets required to succeed in the HVACR industry, sheet metal training is one area that can, at times, be overlooked.
MiTek Industries Inc. (MiTek), a diversified, global business supplying a wide range of engineered products, proprietary business management and design software, and automated equipment sold into the broad construction and industrial end markets, announced that its subsidiary, M&M Manufacturing, has acquired Snappy™ Company.
ICB/TABB is a function of the National Energy Management Institute Committee (NEMIC) — a not-for-profit organization jointly funded by the SMACNA and SMART, the International Association of Sheet Metal Air, Rail and Transportation Workers.