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First-Year Apprentices Build a Strong Foundation with OSHA 30 Training
Our first-year Sheet Metal, Service, and Testing, Adjusting and Balancing (TAB) apprentices are completing OSHA 30 training—an important step in developing safe, skilled, and productive industry professionals.
Throughout the training, apprentices learn how to recognize workplace hazards, follow essential safety practices, and help maintain safe and efficient jobsites. Introducing these principles during the first year reinforces our program’s commitment to safety, responsibility, and professional excellence.
By combining comprehensive safety education with hands-on technical training, our apprenticeship program prepares students to enter the workforce with the knowledge, confidence, and jobsite awareness needed to succeed in today’s construction industry.
Fifth-Year Sheet Metal Apprentices Advance Their Revit and BIM Skills
Our fifth-year Sheet Metal apprentices are entering their second week of Revit training and making excellent progress. Students are learning to confidently navigate both 2D and 3D environments while developing essential Building Information Modeling (BIM) skills.
The class is also gaining hands-on experience creating walls and adding windows and doors to detailed digital building models. This advanced training prepares our apprentices to use modern design technology, read and develop coordinated construction plans, and contribute more effectively on today’s technology-driven job sites.
By combining skilled-trades education with industry-leading software, our program continues to prepare productive, highly qualified sheet metal professionals for the future of construction.