Sprinkler Fitters Local 483 Training Center

Organized Labor

Keith Jones, Instructor
There's always something new to learn. You can't get complacent in this trade. There's always innovations, new codes for seismic bracing, new products to make things easier to install and less expensive. And sometimes the innovations are improvements and sometimes not. I like to see the guys learn. At first they have that look of a deer caught in the headlights, but after you explain it to them a few times, you can see the light come on in their brain. They've got it. We get guys from different backgrounds. Some guys come from really hard times. We've had guys fresh out of rehab or even right out of jail. I can remember a few years later one of those same guys pulled up next to me on the street driving a company truck. Now he's a foreman running work, completely turned his life around . It's a great feeling knowing we're giving guys a second chance, and they are making it.