Editorial Bringing Different Backgrounds Together Can Benefit Plumbing Trade It doesn’t matter what your background is, it’s how you use it in this industry. December 20, 2018
Online Exclusives Prison Inmates Given Opportunity to Learn Plumbing Skills A Kansas correctional facility is ramping up its vocational training offerings for an offender demographic that has the highest recidivism rates December 12, 2018
Online Exclusives Staying Positive: Help Employees Break the Cycle of Negative Thought Learning to turn off those all-too-common negative thoughts makes employees more resilient and better able to cope with change and stress November 22, 2018
Online Exclusives Do Your Part to Communicate the Value of the Plumbing Trade At the root of the knowledge gap and the struggle to find the next generation of skilled workers is the perceived value of the plumbing trade November 05, 2018
Online Exclusives Community Plumbing Challenge Comes to the United States Households in the Navajo Nation in New Mexico will be the beneficiaries of this year’s project October 15, 2018
Editorial Apprenticeships Are No Match for Google Unlike search engines, apprenticeships bring education and real-world working experience to plumbers. September 26, 2018
Editorial More Conversations With Employees Could Be Better Than a Once-a-Year Review Want a more productive and successful team? Get going with more frequent conversations about each employee’s performance and plans for the future with your company. August 30, 2018
Online Exclusives Museum Provides Glimpse Into Plumbing’s History One plumber’s collection of industry artifacts that started in the 1950s has grown into a museum that aims to educate plumbers and nonplumbers alike August 29, 2018
Online Exclusives The Challenge of Getting Young People Interested in the Skilled Trades A four-year college degree is still strongly pushed as the main option for people coming out of high school, but one blogger provides a good breakdown of the counter argument July 25, 2018
Online Exclusives Contractor Makes Workforce Development a Priority Like many of his colleagues, Patrick Wallner has had difficulty finding skilled workers for his company, so he’s made that area a focus in his work for the PHCC July 05, 2018
Editorial Why Should They Hire You? Being knowledgeable and having people skills will put you ahead of the pack. June 28, 2018
Online Exclusives Training Program for Women Helps Middle Eastern Country Battle Plumbing Problems Since 2011, Jordan’s Water Wise Women program has trained more than 300 female plumbers May 23, 2018