Speakers from management and labor focused on how to continue to attract qualified people to the plumbing industry, union and trade associations Feb. 29 - March 2 during the Union-Affiliated Contractors’ Unity 2016 Conference in Pompano Beach, Fla.
“Finding good people is the biggest challenge for our customers. There is a shortage now for plumbers and HVAC techs,” said Bruce Carnevale, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Bradford White Corp. “We have a skills gap in this industry. We need to continue to talk about it, and we need to do something about it. We need to make our industry cool again by talking about electronics and other new products and technology. We have enough jobs but we need to train people to take these jobs.”