Portland sheet metal worker earns national position
Lisa Davis was well on her way to becoming “Dr. Davis” after graduating from the University of California with a bachelor’s in biology. Then a sheet metal worker apprenticeship at Local 16 in Portland, Oregon, changed her career course.
Completing a five-year apprenticeship and three-year service technician program, Davis is now a true sheet metal worker. She organized and started a Diversity Committee and mentoring program at Local 16 and studied to become a full-time instructor in the service apprenticeship and building trades apprenticeship programs.