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President Trump tasks newly appointed Lori Chavez-DeRemer "to create tremendous opportunity for American Workers, to expand Training and Apprenticeships, to grow wages and improve working conditions."

The Heavy Metal Summer Experience is a nonprofit program, supported by trade industry associations, vendors, educators, and individuals, that aims to introduce students across the U.S. and Canada to mechanical, electrical, and plumbing careers.

DoD's withdrawal of project labor agreement mandates reveals mounting challenges in federal construction, where payment uncertainties and policy shifts are deterring contractors.

The annual event will be redesigned this year, with a focus on creating a competition addressing the skills apprentices need today, plus the technology they can expect to work with in the future.

Going forward, federal prime contractors will need to file bid protests to get out of government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs), Brubeck of ABC says.

A federal court has struck down President Biden's mandate requiring project labor agreements on large federal construction projects, but some cities continue to embrace PLAs.

Shortly after his victory on Election Night 2024, President Donald Trump announced a key nominee for his next administration: Republican Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer of Oregon.

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.

Approximately 60% of graduates from SMART Heroes are actively working in the sheet metal trade nationwide.

Program offers veterans a concentrated seven-week course equivalent to the first year of sheet metal apprenticeship training.