This year marks the 10th anniversary of the program, which has awarded more than $600,000 to plumbing apprentices across the United States and Canada since its inception.
Academy courses include classroom lectures and a hands-on laboratory designed to educate HVAC professionals about LG’s HVAC products, including technical training on installation and service.
This donation marks the 13th collaborative project for Xylem, WWT and Hometown H2O – a
domestic water initiative dedicated to bringing clean, sustainable water to people and
communities in need across the United States.
Rohit Nair will provide installation, maintenance and troubleshooting training on the company’s full line of high-efficiency boilers and water heating equipment.
The House That She Built movement helps create a sense of urgency to overcome the international labor shortage in construction by elevating the skilled trades within underrepresented communities.
METUS plans to use the facility to generate 60 distribution center jobs and empower HVAC businesses with the training and support needed to sell, install and service all-climate heat pumps.
Petri said that the industry needs to recruit more at the middle and high school levels to let teenagers know that they can attend trade school after high school for much less than the cost of a typical four-year college.
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