In Celebration Of American Tradesmen ... And Women

Did you know that there is a day dedicated to tradesmen? Irwin Tools has selected the third Friday of September as National Tradesmen Day. This inaugural year, National Tradesmen Day falls on Sept. 16. Irwin created this day to thank tradesmen who work in all different industries. Wall Street even honored tradesmen as Irwin Tool PresidentRoss Porterand various tradesmen from across the country rang the opening bell to the New York Stock Exchange Sept. 1.

Mike Rowe, host of TV show “Dirty Jobs” and creator of the Trades Hub, also supports this day for tradesmen. “Because of my role on ‘Dirty Jobs,’ a lot of people think I speak on behalf of America’s tradesmen,” he said. “In fact, I don’t. From what I’ve seen, tradesmen don’t really need a ‘spokesman’ - what they need are fans, regular people who understand the magnitude of their work, the impact of their chosen profession and the importance of their skill.”

You can find out more on National Tradesmen Dayhere.

Kelly Faloon was a former editor of Plumbing & Mechanical as well as the BNP Media Plumbing Group’s Integrated Content Development Specialist. She also was a former editor of the Radiant Comfort Guide the Radiant & Hydronics Report — both official publications of the Radiant Professionals Alliance — and twice-monthly Radiant & Hydronics eNews, an enewsletter for anyone interested in the world of heating with hot water.

Her editorial specialties included women in plumbing, recruiting for the trades, green construction techniques, water conservation, water treatment, hydronic heating, radiant heating and cooling, snow melt, solar thermal and geothermal.

After a 3½-year stint at sister publication Supply House Times, Faloon joined the PM staff in December 2001 as senior editor. She was named PM’s managing editor in 2006 and editor in 2013.

Previously, she spent nearly 10 years at CCH, a publishing firm specializing in business and tax law, where she wore many hats — proofreader, writer/editor for a daily tax publication, and Internal Revenue Code editor.

A native of Michigan’s northern Lower Peninsula, Faloon is a 1986 journalism graduate of Michigan State University.