By John Akhoian If you’ve talked to any business owner or critical manager over the past several years about the state of the home service industry, you will no doubt have heard about the ongoing labor shortage and its effects on productivity. Home service owners and managers have built training and retention programs to keep Read more
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SupplyHouse.com, a leading e-commerce supplier for the heating, plumbing, HVAC, and electrical trades, announced yesterday that they are making a $57,000 contribution to the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors—National Association (PHCC) and the PHCC Educational Foundation in support of training and workforce development projects. As part of their Trade Tuesday campaign, SupplyHouse.com pledged to donate $2 for every engagement on Read more
Keeping your field employees happy can be a challenge. Being so cut off from the office, it’s often hard for them to feel connected to the rest of the team. As an article entitled, Distributed Teams Vs. Remote Teams: What’s The Difference? points out, there is actually a difference between distributed and remote teams. Generally Read more
Program developed in concert with Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry to recruit, train and retain skilled maintenance workers Apple Valley, Minn. — Uponor North America (Uponor) has developed an apprenticeship program with the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) to help recruit, train and retain skilled workers in the midst of the skilled Read more
Three top HVAC apprentices received awards in the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors–National Association (PHCC) Educational Foundation’s second annual HVAC Apprentice Contest, held Oct. 8-9 in New Orleans, La. The Foundation’s HVACR Apprentice and Journeyman Training Committee members were on hand to set up and judge the contest, which was a highlight of the PHCC–National Association’s CONNECT 2014 Read more