Shelby Erectors Joins SEAA/NCCER Ironworker Craft Training Program

April 20, 2016 - Shelby Erectors Inc., Davie, Fla, is the latest  company to join the SEAA/NCCER Ironworker Craft Training Program. The company completed training to become authorized to provide training and assessments for Reinforcing Ironworkers.

 

The Steel Erectors Association of America in partnership with NCCER is creating a network of Ironworker Training Units and Assessment Sites around the country. “This program is intended to make high-quality Ironworker training available to a wider marketplace,” said Tim Eldridge, craft training and assessment coordinator for SEAA and president of Education Services Unlimited.

 

While SEAA members benefit directly by raising the knowledge and skill level of their employees, the construction market also benefits by providing an entry point for new workers looking to join the industry. “Potential income, training, and job opportunity all go hand-in-hand in attracting a new generation to this field,” said Tom Underhill, executive director of SEAA.

 

Shelby Erectors’ training programwill focus on the skills specific to reinforcing steel construction for cast in place concrete structures. They are the first reinforcing steel erector to participate in the program; other companies are structural steel erectors.

 

Other companies currently participating in the program include: Atlas Manufacturing (Washington, D.C.), Cooper Steel (TN), Eastern Erectors (LA), Garrison Steel (AL), S&R Enterprises (FL and PA), Schulz Ironworks (NC), Steel Fab (PA), and Trident CC (SC). Scheduled to begin the process this spring is All Things Metal (AZ), a recent new member of the association, and Derr & Isbell Construction (GA), which is coming on board as an Authorized Assessment Site.