Apprenticeship Update: Back to School!
ABC Keystone’s Apprenticeship staff members are gearing up for another successful year of classes! In August, we welcomed Derek Robbins as a full time HVAC Instructor (all levels) and as a Sheet Metal Level 1 Instructor. We are pleased to share that Derek is EPA-certified which will provide HVAC Level 1 apprentices the opportunity to prepare for and take the EPA608 Universal Certification exam. Derek and our instructors are busy preparing for the start of the school year with classes beginning just after Labor Day.
ABC Keystone’s Local Apprenticeship Craft Competition
Free to Attend & Open to the Public! Stop by the Chapter and cheer on the best of our fourth-year students as they compete against each other and the clock during a timed craft competition for an opportunity to move on to the 2022 ABC National Craft Competition!
2021 National Craft Competitors Committed to Excellence
The Keystone Chapter has a strong tradition of training Champions, several of which have brought home gold, silver and bronze medals earned at the annual ABC National Craft Championship. Each year, we send a team of top apprentices to this event. Throughout the final three months of 2020, training was once again in full gear. ABC Keystone’s 2021 National Craft Competition (NCC) team put in countless weekend hours preparing for the competition that was to be held concurrently with the ABC National Convention in March 2021. It was certainly a disappointment to all to hear the news in January that although the 2021 convention will go on as planned, the competition had to be canceled again this year due to COVID-19 safety concerns.process of a task or project to help identify waste and eliminate it. While eliminating waste in an organization can sound negative, it is not. Eliminating waste is essential to aid the development of employees and increase organizational efficiency.
Keystone: Locking It All Together
By the time you read this article, you may have figured out February is Career and Technical Education (CTE) month. Though not in the league with other holidays like “National Donut Day” (which is June 4, 2021 – mark your calendars), without CTE your company and the construction industry would not survive.
Building Careers at ABC: Apprenticeship Update
In October, ABC Keystone celebrated Careers in Construction Month, dedicated to the many paths available for pursuing opportunities in our great industry. Earlier in November, the Chapter celebrated National Apprenticeship Week. These celebrations of construction careers continue, as every week, apprentices enter the Chapter’s training facility to learn from their instructors the many facets of their trades, each of them striving to build their own skills and futures. Read more for an update on the Electrical and Plumbing programs.
Celebrating National Apprenticeship Week 2020!
Join the ABC Keystone Chapter in celebrating apprenticeship and the many career paths and opportunities available in the construction industry! During the week of November 8-14, 2020, we will be highlighting our former apprentices and their career journeys from apprenticeship to leadership. Check back daily for updates and visit our social media channels for daily postings!
Celebrate Careers in Construction Month! ABC Keystone Welcomes 390+ Apprentices to the 2020/2021 School Year
The construction industry continues to need well-educated, skilled craft professionals, and ABC is here to help train the next generation to fill that pipeline. To learn more about the nine trades that ABC Keystone offers, please visit: abckeystonecenter.org
Local Apprentices Take Top Awards at ABC Keystone Apprenticeship Competition
(MANHEIM, Pa.) Five local apprentices received top scores at the ABC Keystone Annual Craft Competition on Saturday, September 26, 2020, held at the Chapter’s training facility in Manheim. Earning the top scores in their respective trades provides these apprentices the opportunity to move on to the 2021 ABC National Craft Competition (NCC) to be held March 9-11, 2021, in Gaylord, Texas. This year, two of the Chapter’s carpentry apprentices received tied scores, and both with be joining ABC Keystone’s NCC team in March.
It’s That Time of Year, Again
When we hear the phrase, “It’s that time of year, again,” we think of a special date or holiday. At ABC, it means it is time to start a new year of apprenticeship classes. What will the 2020/2021 school year look like? The good news is we have learned a lot from having to finish the 2019/2020 year virtually due to COVID-19.
Pipefitting Added to ABC Keystone Apprenticeship Program
ABC is excited to announce that applications are now being accepted for the Chapter’s new Pipefitting Apprenticeship program. Starting in September 2020, Pipefitting curriculum will be added for members who want the choice of having a pipefitter registered with the Department of Labor & Industry.
JLG Industries, Inc. is Here at Keystone!
By: G. David Sload, ABC Keystone President-CEO In June of 2018, JLG Industries Inc. and ABC National announced a strategic partnership that would help solve industry challenges with world-class education, […]
What’s In Store for 2020?
By: G. David Sload, ABC President-CEO As we enter the second month of 2020, we earnestly get down to the business at hand. 2020 is the third year of our […]
