Having grown up in the mechanical (HVAC) world: I live and breathe it, I especially enjoy the mission-critical side of it, both learning on an ongoing basis and sharing what I have learned. However, today there is an unprecedented need for many more people to service the products within these facilities, as well as for HVAC specialists overall. All the while, technologies that drive these operations and machines are evolving at breakneck speed. The larger concern is the number of people available and trained to do the work of keeping facilities and machinery operating properly and efficiently...
It Is Simple: The Skilled Trades Community needs more people. We need more people to gain exposure to the trades, through schools, through company and industry outreach efforts, as well as mentor-mentee relationships. I have been concerned with this for years now and have never been satisfied with the number of people joining the trades as a career … and now - we need them more than ever.