Students participate summer intro to sheet metal industry
Local 104 recently hosted a presentation and tour for the Bay Area LEEDS’ Engineering Summer Academy, which brought area high school students to its Fairfield Bay Area Industry Training Fund…
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Members hone skills, create new detailing opportunities with Revit courses
Sheet metal detailing, which is using computer-aided design (CAD) systems to provide coordination between hardware fabricators and installers, requires knowledge of building information modeling (BIM) software as well as the…
Local 104 opens new, state-of-the-art training center
Sheet Metal Workers Local 104 Bay Area Industry Training Fund opened its new training facility Oct. 1. The new 32,000-square-foot facility was renovated from an existing warehouse space in Livermore,…
Tale of two cities: reopening sheet metal training centers in 2020
There are more than 140 union sheet metal training centers in the United States and Canada, and they vary in size — from city to rural, a few dozen apprentices…