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Dan Riley
Training Coordinator
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Dan Riley is a Local 104 apprenticeship graduate with 37 years as a member working in all areas of commercial, industrial, residential/light commercial fabrication, field measuring and installation in both mechanical and architectural. Riley has six years under his tool belt as a sheet metal JATC part- time instructor. He also has four years as a training coordinator for sheet metal 104 JATC training. In addition, Riley has experience in estimating, several years of training and working as a sheet metal detailer, sheet metal instructing of detailing, AutoCAD, CAD Duct and revit programs. Riley is a certified instructor of Foothill College and a certified Autodesk AutoCARD user. He has completed the following trainings: certified revit training, AutoCAD training and benchmark training.
Raymond D Gucho
Training Coordinator
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Raymond D. Gucho is a Local 104 apprenticeship graduate with 17 years as a member working in the areas of field layout and detailing, trade coordination, coordinated labor, field installation, fabrication, along with service and controls. Additional trade experience includes the following: HVAC foreman for local Mechanical Contractor; an EPA certification; OSHA 10; Bluebeam; BIM; and 3D laser scanning along with SMACNA classes. Gucho holds and Associate of Arts from Laney College in Oakland, California. When he is not working, he is most interested in custom or hot rod cars, automotive design, architecture, building science and woodworking. He also coaches youth football in his free time.
Brad De Young
Training Coordinator
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Brad De Young is a Local 104 apprenticeship graduate with over 18 years’ experience in the areas of Safety Meetings and Planning, Field lay out, Detailing, Coordination of sub – contractors and design assist. Brad feels the 3 most important aspects to our trade is safety, communication, and ongoing training. He feels it is very important to maintain an attitude of always continuing to learn. When not working Brad enjoys spending time in the outdoors, including exploring local hiking trails with his 3 children.
Henry Funcke
Outreach / Rotation Coordinator
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Henry Funcke with over 39 years of experience started as a Local 272 apprentice before merging into Local 104. Funcke has extensive experience in the following areas: shop layout; commercial and residential HVAC and architectural design (layout, fabrication and installation); sheet metal roofing systems; service work (residential and light commercial) and general foreman on HVAC and architectural jobs. He has spent over 31 years as a sheet metal instructor training apprentices. Funcke holds multiple NTF and ITI certificates for various training on industry requirements, along with a California Board of Regents Lifetime teaching credential. He has completed courses such as the OSHA 500 and instructor trainings through Canada College, U.C. Berkeley Extension, NTF (Ohio State) and ITI in New Mexico and Las Vegas, Nevada. In addition, he currently holds the following certificates: Fire Life Safety level 1, Building Envelope certification, EPA 608 Universal Certification, Forklift Train the trainer certification and a SMACNA Supervisory Training certification. Funcke is an avid reader, guitar player (classical, jazz, and blues) and enjoys fishing/hunting with a crossbow.
David G. Fordahl
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David G. Fordahl is a Local 104 Building Trades Sheet Metal graduate with 31 years of experience in the areas of sheet metal fabrication, field installation, estimating, air conditioning and refrigeration service and repair. He has held the following positions: sheet metal foreman, service department manager and apprenticeship instructor for the military and sheet metal. Fordahl has completed trainings and certifications in the following areas: Certificate of Air Conditioning and Refrigeration, Laney College; EPA 608 Proctor; NATE Proctor; OSHA Instructor; ITI Instructor Training and CPR First Aid. As a former United States Marine Corps Infantry Platoon sergeant, he has had the privilege of serving with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion 7th Marine Regiment and India Company 3rd Battalion 5th Marine Regiment. In addition, he has served as an engineer on the United States’ Coast Guard Cutter Rush and volunteered for military service during Desert Storm with the 4th LAAM Battalion 4th Marine Air Wing.
Ben Seoud
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Ben is a Local 104 Building Trades Service graduate with 10 years experience working in residential and commercial HVAC installation, service , startup/commissioning, sheet metal fabrication, sheet metal field installation, air balancing and water treatment systems. He earned several certifications including: OSHA 10, CPR, scissor lift, grade-all, fork lift, ITI Instructor 101, and ITI service instructor 1-4. He has been a part-time instructor for Local 104 training center since 2017.
Miguel Ibarra
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Miguel Ibarra is a Local 309/104 apprenticeship graduate with 34 years as a member, working in all areas of field installation, fabrication, architectural and industrial sheet metal. Additional experience includes Ibarra as a field foreman for 20 years, an instructor for 15 years and a training coordinator for 12 years. Ibarra has held secretary positions for the California Sheet Metal Industry Statewide Apprenticeship Committee and the Western States on Sheet Metal Apprenticeship and Training. Ibarra also has been the chairman for the South Bay Area Coordinators Association and a OSHA construction trainer. He currently holds a D1.1 and D9.1 welding certificate. In addition, he holds an Associate of Science in Business Administration and an ITI Instructor certificate for various aspects of the sheet metal industry. He is an avid music aficionado, motorcycle enthusiast and saxophone player; who enjoys camping and archery.
Jaime Baquera
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Jaime is a Local 104 graduate with 14 years’ experience working in shop fabrication, welding, coil line, various press breaks, power rollers, soldering, architectural fabrication and install, installation of various HVAC systems, field HVAC foreman, and layout. He earned and maintains several certifications, including: CPR, Hilti gun, scissor lift, grade-all, fork lift, OSHA Outreach Instructor C, Instructor 101, and plan grid.
In his spare time, he loves fishing, hunting, the outdoors, baseball, football and eating Italian food.
Dave Mills
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David Mills has over 31 years of experience as a member of Local 104. His trade experience includes general foreman/foreman on HVAC and architectural jobs; commercial and residential HVAC and architectural installation (shop layout, fabrication); sheet metal roofing systems and service/start-up (residential and light commercial). Mills has spent 17 years as a sheet metal apprenticeship instructor. He has completed courses and certification such as the OSHA 500, Fire Life Safety level 1 certification, ITI certificates and the EPA 608 Universal Certification.
Patrick Pico
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Patrick Pico has nearly 30 years of experience in the sheet metal industry. Pico completed his sheet metal apprenticeship in Local 104 in San Jose, California in 1995. He represented Local 104 in four regional apprenticeship contests and two national apprenticeship contests as an apprentice. Pico began as a shop fabrication sheet metal worker working in industrial sheet metal, architectural sheet metal and general HVAC fitting fabrication. He moved into the Testing, Adjusting and Balancing (TAB) discipline of the HVAC industry, working as a field foreman. He has been active for over 20 years as an educator in Local 104 training centers, as well as, contributing nationally to the International Training Institute (ITI), National Energy Management Institute(NEMI) as a certification judge, proctor, instructor and subject matter expert on various textbooks published by the ITI. Pico is a TABB Technician and supervisor along with an OSHA certified instructor. In addition, he has completed training and certifications in the areas of fire life safety, mechanical acceptance testing, and sound/vibration testing.
Seth Fain
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Seth Fain has been working 18 years in the Sheet Metal Workers Local 104 union. He became an apprentice in 2004 before becoming a journeyman in 2009. Fain spent 13 years working for Monterey Mechanical and then two years with FW Spencer. FW Spencer is a OSHPOD job performed with all sheet metal welding and fabrication from basement to roof. Jobs included all shaft work to backup generator, to roof top duct supports including all stainless steel lab and kitchen exhaust systems. In addition, he also worked a year and a half with Therma Mechanical. Fain has been instructing for SMW104 JATC for two years. He holds the following welding certificates: GMAW, FCAW, GTAW and SMAW. Fain has completed ITI instructor training 101, ITI welding fundamentals and ITI OSHA 510B. Fain has mostly specialized in industrial sheet metal for the first part of his trade welding and fabrication, heavy gauge, and school layout. Fain’s hobbies are spending time with family, camping, off-roading and motorcycles, both dirt and street.
Chris Coatsworth
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Chris Coatsworth is a Local 104 apprenticeship graduate with over 18 years of experience in the field of testing, adjusting, and balancing of various types of projects and systems. He has completed TAB, service, installation experience working in clean rooms, labs, pharmaceutical labs, office spaces, large cafeterias and industrial buildings. Coatsworth has been a TAB foreman/general foreman since 2010. In addition, he has been a part-time instructor for a Local 104 training center since 2008. He currently holds the following certifications: TABB Technician since 2004; TABB Supervisor since 2008; TABB Fire Life Safety Level 1 since 2009; TABB Fire Life Safety Levels 1 & 2; and EPA Universal Certification for handling and recovery of refrigerants. Coatsworth also placed 3rd in the National TAB Apprentice competition in 2006. He enjoys raising his four year old daughter, in addition to camping, traveling, attending sporting events and catching a new film at the movie theater.
Edward Root
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With over 26 years as a union sheet metal worker, Edward Root began his sheet metal career April 4, 1992 as a truck driver for Airco Mechanical Inc. In 1993, Root started his five year apprenticeship training in Local 104 District 2. Root has been a field foreman, shop foreman, and a PM sheet metal worker. For the last four years, he has been a Local 104 District 1 Instructor. He has completed OSHA certifications, PM classes, Cam Duct training along with CAD and ITI trainings (101,201,301). When he is not working you can find Root traveling to a new destination or camping outdoors.
Richard Graham
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Richard Graham is a Local 104 apprenticeship graduate with 20 years as a member working in the testing, adjusting and balancing field. Graham is a TABB certified and MATT technician, as well as a TAB Supervisor.
He enjoys camping, paddle boarding and mountain biking in his spare time.
Robbie Fernandez
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Robbie is a 14 year veteran within Local 104. In that time Robbie has become proficient with shop fabrication, welding, soldering, various shop tools, layout and sketching. Most recently Robbie was heavily involved in the Architectural design and fabrication, as well as installation of various HVAC designs.
Robbie holds certifications in CPR, Hilti Powder actuated, several types of lifts and forklifts. He is also an Osha 500 Outreach Instructor and has completed ITI Instructor Development 101 training.
When not working Robbie enjoys playing ball with his kids, coaching, building things and walking his pitty.