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The Training Cup Challenge encourages industry professionals to participate in Watts Works training, including eLearning, rep-sponsored Lunch & Learn trainings and visits to Watts Learning Centers.

As part of the program, participants will complete structured training and receive industry-recognized credentials, including OSHA-10, First Aid/CPR (FA/CPR), and Fall Protection Awareness.

The event will include several segments of technical training presented by John Siegenthaler, P.E.

The platform currently supports plumbing contractors, with additional features and expanded trade coverage planned as part of a long-term development roadmap. 

Did you know that plumbing apprenticeships can be dated all the way back to the European medieval period? Back in the 1300s-1500s, Masters of trades would take on young, unskilled workers and teach them their craft in exchange for their indentured servitude, wherein they would work for years without pay while they honed their craft.

Interplay Learning has been ranked No. 10 on the Austin Business Journal’s fastest-growing private companies list.

Xcelerator aims to equip home service contractors with the systems, structure and financial clarity needed to eliminate bottlenecks and scale with confidence.

You can teach anyone to sweat a copper joint or wire a circulator pump. What’s much harder to teach is attitude, curiosity, pride in craftsmanship, and the ability to make a customer feel at ease.

Launching in January, the small-group program will bring together up to fifteen PHCC members each month for guided discussions, shared problem-solving, and accountability.

Interplay Learning’s 2025 State of Skilled Trades Training Report reveals how simulation-based learning is reshaping technician development, showing that employers are ramping up workers faster, improving retention and overcoming persistent labor shortages through immersive digital training.