December 4th Certification
12/10/2004
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INSTALL is a marketing tool used to win work. INSTALL stands for the International Standards and Training Alliance. It is cooperation between manufacturers of flooring, contractors and the UBC. INSTALL uses endorsements by flooring contractors, and UBC. INSTALL uses endorsements of our excellent training by flooring manufacturers to market our contractors and members as the most talented trades people in the flooring business.
INSTALL Local 1823 has used the INSTALL marketing tool to organize many contractors and win much work. IT'S GOOD FOR BUSINESS.
We have recognized its value and have become leaders in this campaign. Council Representative John McGrath is chairman of the INSTALL marketing Committee and a member of INSTALL Labor/Management Committee, which created the INSTALL program. Jim Valente and Steve Raisner were prominent members of the team that created the INSTALL curriculum, which is now uniform across our Brotherhood.
INSTALL'S ultimate purpose is to win more work, to make this goal a reality, it must involve our membership, both journeymen and apprentices. The International and the Labor/Management Committee envision an INSTALL Certification can be used a diploma to show that a member has attained expert status. Homeowners, Contractors, architects, designers and customers can see an industry endorsed credential that our members have unparalleled training, The Best In The Business.
The International needed a council to run the initial certification. On itÇs maiden voyage there were bound to be challenges, so the host had to be committed to the program and capable to overcome the challenges. Because of our involvement in the INSTALL program and our contribution to the training curriculum, the International chose our Council and INSTALL Local 1823.
From Wednesday, December 1st to Saturday, December 4th apprentices and journeymen participated in the certification. We are especially proud of the 45 journeymen from INSTALL Local 1823 that volunteered on Saturday, December 4th.
They showed pride and dedication. The members of the International's training committee were present, headed by International Training Director Bill Irwin, were hugely impressed by our members and our training program. Director Joe Durkin and his staff really showed our excellence that week.
From this effort, the grading standards for the INSTALL certification will be set. The INSTALL certification will be available to our membership to be used to show our excellence and to win more work.