Tradespeople must fight to encourage students to find career paths that match their skills and goals.
November 5, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic left no industry untouched in terms of challenges, and in the home services space specifically, we all had to adjust to ensure we could keep delivering our essential expertise despite so much uncertainty.
What do street drag racing, stock car racing, a senior basketball team and kite surfing have in common? They’re all hobbies of professional plumbers. Pretty cool, right? Pfister certainly thinks so, as the bath and kitchen manufacturer has launched a new docuseries featuring the lives of plumbers throughout the U.S.
The partnership promises to ease the skilled-trades labor-shortage gap by instantly providing education, coaching, documents and technical manuals directly to field service technicians through XOi’s Vision app.
The skilled trades are certainly no stranger to the difficulties amidst a labor shortage. The most experienced trade pros are nearing retirement, and when you combine that with the lack of high school graduates entering the trades, the skills gap continues to grow.
Tools & Tiaras is an organization dedicated to advancing the interest of young girls and women who want to pursue careers in traditionally male-dominated trade professions.
Bradford White announced its partnership with Plumbers Without Borders, a grassroots non-profit organization working to increase global access to safe water and sanitation.
Seattle-based plumbing company leverages tech surroundings to launch ‘contactless plumbing.’
April 1, 2021
Bob Oates Sewer & Rooter, a family-owned and operated plumbing company, is announcing the launch of new AI-powered plumbing services, Roto-Bot, enabling more contactless interactions while helping the company scale.
I am lucky enough to talk to contractors, both large and small, all across the U.S. Inevitably, when I ask them about their greatest challenge or greatest future challenge, the answer is always the same: The skilled trades labor shortage.