Who helps keep our food frozen or cooled so it safely gets to our dinner table? Steamfitters! In today's video from Building Wisconsin TV, host Stuart Keith meets with the pros from Summit Refrigeration Group to learn about Ammonia Refrigeration Systems. Owners, Mike Conti, Rick DeGroot and Fred Anderson give us a tour [...]
Learn about ammonia refrigeration systems with Summit Refrigeration Group and Steamfitters Local 601 and see how they're used to help keep our food frozen and cooled so it can safely get to our dinner tables.
The current shortage of skilled workers is causing the Building Trades to increase their recruitment efforts to bring in and train good people. Pay and benefits are the same for women and men and jobs are plentiful. Steamfitters Local 601 is one of several trades taking proactive steps in the recruitment of apprentices, [...]
In today’s video from Building Wisconsin TV, we learn about excavating with side boom tractors. Host Stuart Keith meets with Terry McGowan from Operating Engineers Local 139 and Josh Retzleff from KS Energy Services. Stu goes first to Coloma WI to check out the training required and then to Wrightstown WI to watch a natural gas pipeline being installed. Subscribe to the Building Wisconsin Blog to [...]
December is Plumbing Careers Month on the Building Wisconsin Blog. In our last post, we featured the Plumbers Local 75 Apprenticeship Program. In today’s video from Building Wisconsin TV, host Stuart Keith travels to Madison Area Technical College to see how Plumbers 75 plumbing apprentices prepare for their Journeyman Plumbers Test. This could be you. Go to Plumbers75Careers.com to get started. [...]
Our followers know that it's Transportation Awareness Month on the Building Wisconsin Blog. While Wisconsin voters are concerned about pothole-filled roads and highways as discussed in today's featured article, there's more to our state's transportation infrastructure. In today’s video from the Building Wisconsin TV series, we’ll watch as a new natural gas pipeline is being [...]
In today’s video from the Building Wisconsin TV series, we'll learn about the training required to operate side boom tractors. Host Stuart Keith meets with Terry McGowan from Operating Engineers Local 139 and Josh Retzleff from KS Energy Services. We'll travel to Coloma WI to check out the training and then to Wrightstown WI to watch a natural gas pipeline being installed. Subscribe to [...]
A beautiful new complex off I-90/94 in Madison houses the Steamfitters 601 Training Center. In today’s video from the Building Wisconsin TV series, we’ll tour the facility. Host Stuart Keith meets with Joel Zielke and Dave Singer from Steamfitters 601 who talk about the construction process and show the completed Training Center. Stu also meets with Brad Werlein from General Heating to find out what this facility means for [...]
In today’s video from the Building Wisconsin TV series, we learn about the operation of side boom tractors. Host Stuart Keith meets with Terry McGowan from Operating Engineers Local 139 and Josh Retzleff from KS Energy Services. Stu travels to Coloma WI to check out the training required and then to Wrightstown WI to watch as a natural gas pipeline is being installed. Subscribe [...]
In our last post, we featured $50,000 reasons to train to become a Wisconsin Operating Engineer. A great way to start is through the Operating Engineer Pre-Apprenticeship Courses offered to high school students as an elective. Classes are online through Destinations Career Academy. Check out today’s video from the Building Wisconsin TV series to learn more. Subscribe [...]