Sheet Metal Workers Local 18

Sheet Metal Workers Local 18 integrates suicide prevention into COMET training

December 12, 2022

Construction Organizing Members Education Training (COMET), News and Events, Sheet Metal Occupational Health Institute Trust (SMOHIT)

At Sheet Metal Workers Local 18 in Waukesha, Wisconsin, the past few years have provided organizers with insight into what members go through in terms of mental health struggles, substance…

Five Questions: Ted Kuczynski, former ITI administrator

December 9, 2021

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Apprentices, International Training Institute (ITI), News and Events

Ted Kuczynski’s life set out on its course from the moment he joined Sheet Metal Workers Local 18’s apprenticeship program in 1971. He began teaching part time soon after his…

STEPS Challenge winners reflect on their success

August 31, 2021

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News and Events, STEPS Challenge

Since 2017, the Sheet Metal Occupational Health Institute Trust, Inc. (SMOHIT) has organized a STEPS Challenge twice each year among members who want to walk their way to better health,…

Safety award honorees from 2019, 2020 acknowledged during conference

June 17, 2021

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Awards, News and Events, Safety, Sheet Metal Occupational Health Institute Trust (SMOHIT)

Every year, the Sheet Metal Occupational Health Institute Trust Inc. (SMOHIT) hosts two contests open to members and contractors: the Safety Matters Awards and the Safety Design Contest. During this…

Simons joins national sheet metal organization as BIM specialist

December 10, 2020

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Building information modeling (BIM), International Training Institute (ITI), News and Events

Madison native takes leadership role with International Training Institute FAIRFAX, Va. – The International Training Institute (ITI), the education arm of the unionized sheet metal industry, has named Madison, Wisconsin,…

Heroic apprentice saves life of fellow co-worker, mentor

July 2, 2019

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News and Events, Safety, Sheet Metal Occupational Health Institute Trust (SMOHIT), Worker safety

A few days following the Fourth of July last summer, journeyperson Scott Hintz and Dan Hubbard, a third-year apprentice, were working in the industrial shop with fellow craftspeople at Doral…

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