Industry publication, December 2001

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competitors. All support and use ing records and curricula give the the open-shop, modular training curricula of the National Center WHAT JOURNEYMAN CRAFT WORKERS EARN firms a common language and ability to assess training levels. for Construction Education and If shortages appear on power POWEB/UiBOSIBIU. AR’ and other projects, a new t^e of Research, Gainesville, Fla., which liffiON’ HOHMiON’ NOSBIUOH also keeps records on what mod- j gjyff S/hf. (atg.) S/lir. (a»H.) W.(ng.) hybrid contractor now is available ules workers complete. I to provide teams of skilled non- “If we have a project going I “I®®™™®® 38.31 21.58 30.61 j union journeymen along with down and BE&K and Zachry have i Oarpenters 32.00 10.96 19.41 ! helpers and supervision. Not a one coming up, the human j Bginert masons 31.39 NA 18.72 i labor broker, Adanta-based Craft- resources people will work togeth- I j Force can perform entire civil or 38.39 20.80 21.83 er to move [skilled craft people] 1 ! mechanical packages under the over,” says H. Dean Risinger, vice : IbsbMob WorkfiPS 35.86 NA 16.91 I overall supervision, direction and I president for training and devel- i Iranwitos-nMtniblg 35.43 20.06 17.09 j inspection of the general contrac- i opment for TIC Steamboat I |n,mrtePS-slra«hiral 35.85 20.73 19.70 ; tor, says President Steve Greene, r Springs, Colo., which currently . employs about 3,000 craft workers ; “■WW*-tea*y 25.47 13.32 ! former head of craft training and 13.72 ' development for Fluor Daniel and in the power market and has 15 ilillwrigllts 33.10 20.38 20.03 Becon Construction. “People work plants under contract. “We need equipment opBrators 33.67 21.70 20.82 for us and are not leased,” he to keep them working in an area, ” emphasizes. The firm now has a he says. Adds Kennedy: “It doesn’t 30.05 NA 11.44 team of 50 working on a cogenera­ do any of us any good for people Pipnrrtters 36.99 20.94 21.28 tion plant in Dalton, Ga., and has to leave.” Ptaobers 37.73 NA 21.26 a database of 10,000 workers who “We are not having a lot of dif- have expressed an interest in work­ 1 NA 21.12 19.08 ing for the firm, says Greene. ficulty in staffing plants, but there is always a challenge in craft qual- '0DFa2ll-BijBta.l«rii«li^WiSs^’l’*Sl«»ffiW»slr&l«l»^»®>fl»irt(«SB>d Notes TIC’s Risinger: “We are ity,” says Risinger. “We are working fn® Mbh ’fJB B(ia>^ ngi nrw laD raitsls, wjjaa oJ friaga tefSs); U^st naWB receptive [to the concept] and it is trough NCCER to bring quality 8mm; BB ftastraEllm tallies BejL, PamitiKl (UMalta Saultas be. another tool in the toolbox.” □ up.” Kennedy notes that the train- By William G. Krizan

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