Sheet metal apprenticeships prepare for a modern HVAC career
At the Sheet Metal Workers Local 88 Joint Apprenticeship & Training Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, an ever-evolving core curriculum ensures sheet metal apprentices have the tools they need to carve out a modern career in the skilled trades industry.
SHEET METAL WORKERS LOCAL 88 TRAINING DIRECTOR Ed Abraham was a third-year apprentice when he started drafting for one of the largest mechanical contractors in Las Vegas, Nevada.
His first job was the Bellagio Hotel, he remembers. “They brought me into the trailer and said here you go start drawing.” Then in 1995, the company told him he was out of a job because they were going to go computerized.