Sheet Metal Workers Local 104 Training Center

Organized Labor

David Rivera, Apprentice
My dad was a carpenter, and I worked as a union carpenter for 16 years. But then he told me sheet metal was a better side of construction. I enjoy it. It’s more technical, you get to learn things like CAD, and it offers more chances to move up. There’s a lot of math to learn, but you’ve just got to apply yourself. I work for a small shop in the city, and we do a lot of architectural. I can drive by some of the jobs we did and see the big pipes on the side of the building and say, “I did that.”