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Articles Tagged with ''skilled trades''

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Interplay Learning launches interactive in-the-field guides

These guides aim to support technicians in real-time & boost first-time fix rates.
June 3, 2025

Interplay Learning's In-the-Field Guides are designed for on-the-go use, to boost confidence, improve fix rates, and cut downtime.


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The Blue Collar Coach | Kenny Chapman

The apprenticeship mindset: Lifelong learning as a leader

The best leaders never stop learning.
Kenny Chapman
May 30, 2025

In the trades, apprenticeships form the basis for skill development, but the concept should extend beyond entry-level roles to become a lifelong approach to leadership.



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President Trump signs executive order promoting skilled trades and apprenticeships

This Executive Order aims to modernize the federal workforce development.
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Kristen R. Bayles
May 9, 2025

This order aims to help equip the future skilled trades workers of America with the training, knowledge and experience that is needed to increase the number of skilled trades workers and apprentices in the U.S, and to invest in the reindustrialization and economic growth of America.


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Explore The Trades and Ferguson grow skilled trades education with new grants to 10 schools celebrating expansion and new opportunities for trades education

The ten schools are located throughout the U.S, and received grants in both plumbing and HVAC equipment.
May 7, 2025

Ferguson hopes that these grants will encourage Gen-Z to work in the skilled trades. 


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Guest Editorial | John Akhoian

Plumbing contractors need to rethink recruiting to attract the next generation

How contractors should handle the rising costs to acquire leads.
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John Akhoian
February 21, 2025

With a decline in skilled trades workers, finding a reliable plumber is increasingly difficult. As thousands of job openings are projected annually, plumbing contractors must rethink their hiring strategies.


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Elite Trades Championship Series to host Second Annual Plumbing National Championship

December 11, 2024

The Plumbing National Championship is made possible by the generous support of national sponsors and partners, including SharkBite, a Reliance Worldwide Corporation (RWC) brand; Florida PHCC; and Intersport.


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ACCA announces launch of children’s book for HVACR industry

December 9, 2024

 The book is designed to help combat workforce challenges by sparking curiosity in trade careers early on.


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Brady Kroll Competes as WorldSkills 2024 Contestant

September 16, 2024

Kroll represented the state of North Dakota at the SkillsUSA Championships and won a national silver medal in Plumbing in 2022. 


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NFPA Survey finds an increase in use of digital tools among skilled trades workers, despite collaboration being top challenge in 2024

August 21, 2024

Eighty-two percent of respondents use digital tools daily to help streamline training and development programs. The majority of respondents within this group recognize the diverse benefits that digital tools offer the skilled trades industry.


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National Technical Institute expands Phoenix campus in response to growing demand for skilled trade education

August 20, 2024

The new building will house all plumbing and electrical classrooms and labs, while the existing building will expand its HVAC and Commercial Refrigeration lab space.


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