Items Tagged with 'Workforce'

Eagle Pipe Heating & Air in Washington demonstrates the power community involvement has in making the trades attractive to the next generation. 

Among the primary topics discussed during congressional meetings was the need to strengthen workforce development initiatives and expand pathways into the skilled trades.

HVAC may be safe from AI, but the industry’s labor challenges persist. A report from Randstad offers solutions to overcome the skilled labor gap. 

The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ latest fatal injury workplace report shows an overall decline in incidents in the HVAC and plumbing category. 

With nearly 192,000 HVAC jobs projected to go unfilled by 2030, the workforce crisis is accelerating. 

As the HVAC labor shortage intensifies, contractors and manufacturers are investing in training programs to prepare technicians for the field. 

Training HVAC technicians in the field does not have to come at the expense of productivity or day-to-day operations.  

Thousands of techs are ready to advance. Licensing bottlenecks are what’s holding the industry back.

The bill directly supports ACCA’s 2025-26 policy priority to strengthen the HVACR workforce by making federal workforce development funds more accessible to contractors’ in-house training programs.