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Home » skilled trades

Articles Tagged with ''skilled trades''

Vocational education
Guest Editorial

Mike Bidwell: The value of vocational education

Tradespeople must fight to encourage students to find career paths that match their skills and goals.
November 5, 2021

 The COVID-19 pandemic left no industry untouched in terms of challenges, and in the home services space specifically, we all had to adjust to ensure we could keep delivering our essential expertise despite so much uncertainty.


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American Plumber Stories

'American Plumber Stories' aims to fix the trades' labor shortage

Pfister’s new docuseries promotes plumbing as a fulfilling and rewarding career
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Nicole Krawcke
September 17, 2021
What do street drag racing, stock car racing, a senior basketball team and kite surfing have in common? They’re all hobbies of professional plumbers. Pretty cool, right? Pfister certainly thinks so, as the bath and kitchen manufacturer has launched a new docuseries featuring the lives of plumbers throughout the U.S.
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XOi and Nexstar Network announce strategic partnership

September 8, 2021

The partnership promises to ease the skilled-trades labor-shortage gap by instantly providing education, coaching, documents and technical manuals directly to field service technicians through XOi’s Vision app.


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TD

TDIndustries announces inaugural All-Star Under 20 Intern List

August 25, 2021

To celebrate 20 years of a robust internship program, TD commemorated this milestone with a special list of interns who were 20 years old or younger.


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Nicole Krawcke: Overcoming the negative stereotype

Plumbing manufacturer launches new docuseries promoting the plumbing industry as a financially rewarding career.
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Nicole Krawcke
August 9, 2021
The skilled trades are certainly no stranger to the difficulties amidst a labor shortage. The most experienced trade pros are nearing retirement, and when you combine that with the lack of high school graduates entering the trades, the skills gap continues to grow.
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Tools & Tiaras

LIXIL Americas, Tools & Tiaras hold skilled-trade summer camp for girls

July 26, 2021

Tools & Tiaras is an organization dedicated to advancing the interest of young girls and women who want to pursue careers in traditionally male-dominated trade professions.


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Bradford White and Plumbers without borders

Bradford White partners with Plumbers Without Borders to champion skilled trade careers

May 11, 2021
Bradford White announced its partnership with Plumbers Without Borders, a grassroots non-profit organization working to increase global access to safe water and sanitation.
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Trade Hounds

Karen Scally: How technology can solve the skilled trades shortage

Trade Hounds, founded in 2019, is an online platform created exclusively for tradespeople.
Karen Scally
April 7, 2021

The service trades shortage is dire.

According to a 2020 report, 71% of contractors say there is a lack of skilled tradespeople.


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Breaking News: Roto-Bot Solution

Seattle-based plumbing company leverages tech surroundings to launch ‘contactless plumbing.’
April 1, 2021

Bob Oates Sewer & Rooter, a family-owned and operated plumbing company, is announcing the launch of new AI-powered plumbing services, Roto-Bot, enabling more contactless interactions while helping the company scale.


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Nicole Krawcke

Nicole Krawcke: Changing the narrative on plumbing

Industry pros need to combat the stereotype to overcome the labor shortage.
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Nicole Krawcke
March 9, 2021

I am lucky enough to talk to contractors, both large and small, all across the U.S. Inevitably, when I ask them about their greatest challenge or greatest future challenge, the answer is always the same: The skilled trades labor shortage. 


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