SMACNA Chicago provides a common voice in legislative issues and labor relations for contractors involved with heating, ventilating, air conditioning, architectural sheet metal work, pollution control, materials handling, roofing, testing and balancing, and retrofitting. SMACNA Chicago provides its members with the latest training, information, and services vital to maintaining their edge in the sheet metal industry. Working alongside member contractors through educational programs and industry-specific committees, SMACNA Chicago helps member contractors improve their businesses, while elevating the entire sheet metal industry.
SMACNA News
SMACNA College of Fellows Scholarship Award Winner
Mark Swanson, grandson of Erwin Zirotski, a thirty year veteran of F. E. Moran, won the 2010 Victor and Marty Comforte College of Fellows Scholarship. Mark will attend Illinois Wesleyan University this fall. Mark is an outstanding student who is a member of the National Honor Society and the Foreign Language Honor Society. He is an Eagle Scout, a volunteer at the Field museum, and plans to become a scientist that studies wildlife.
The $2000 scholarship was designated for outstanding young people who are SMACNA Chicago members, employees of SMACNA contractors, staff, or family members of any of these groups. The scholarship goes toward tuition at an accredited four-year college or university.
SMACNA Chicago Careers
Management
For engineering graduates, experienced project managers, construction management graduates, estimators… the possibilities for promising and lucrative careers are endless in the sheet metal industry.
Salaries are competitive with top level management positions, and a career in management in this field could lead to owning your own contracting business.
call 708-544-7007 or email info@smacnachicago.org to have a contractor contact you.
Apprenticeship Training
For more than 100 years, the SMACNA/SMWIA Local 73 training program has been creating expert sheet metal workers capable of providing levels of safety and productivity that are unmatched in the industry. We’re meeting the needs of the sheet metal industry in the 21st century by constantly improving and updating our curriculum and facilities.
Our training curriculum includes:
- Layout
- Custom Fabrication
- Drafting
- HVAC Systems
- Safety
- Welding
- Hoisting and Rigging
- Indoor Air Quality/Energy Management
- Retrofitting Environmental Systems
- Testing and Balancing
- Cleanroom Training
Why Join SMACNA Chicago
From labor-management cooperative efforts to legislative action to educational seminars, SMACNA Chicago provides its member contractors with the resources necessary to lead the sheet metal industry into the future.…(click here)