Tiffannie Bond

Tracing Anthony Kocurek’s rise from a high school summer job in sheet metal to Hall of Fame recognition, highlighting the power of mentorship and a lifelong commitment to advancing the TAB industry.

SMOHIT is equipping union sheet metal halls and training centers across the U.S. and Canada with naloxone kits.

Leaders and professionals in testing, adjusting and balancing (TAB) gathered in Albuquerque for the 2025 ICB Conference, exchanging insights on the future of indoor air quality, fire life safety, and workforce development.

ARPs and pre-apprenticeship programs are different in every city, every state, but they can help fill vacancies with employees who are ready, skilled and in it for the long haul.

ITI welcomes Darek Scarlavai, who has more than 10 years of experience teaching registered apprentices and journeypersons, and Pittsburgh veteran Joshua Moore as field staff representatives. 

Five years ago, the SMART Heroes program started giving veterans and active-duty military on the brink of transition to the civilian world in Western Washington a shot at a career as a sheet metal worker.

In 2017, as awareness of mental health and substance use disorder struggles increased, the unionized sheet metal industry launched its Helpline, operated around the clock by a licensed counselor.

The International Certification Board/Testing Adjusting and Balancing Bureau (ICB/TABB) Conference returned in person for the first time since 2019 April 25-27 at the Sheraton Park Hotel in Anaheim, California. 

Staff Sgt. Antonette Ventura’s path to becoming a sheet metal journey person took an unexpected detour when she was deployed to Saudi Arabia in late 2020, during the middle of her apprenticeship.

Months after the planned ribbon cutting was derailed by COVID-19, Local 71 of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation (SMART) workers in Buffalo, New York, formally unveiled its newly expanded 19,000-square-foot training center.