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Register for Heavy Metal Summer Experience


Heavy Metal Summer Experience is a three-day camp, July 18 - 20, that will introduce high school students to exciting careers in plumbing, pipefitting, and sheet metal trades. In collaboration with the Local 533, Local 8, and Local 2 training centers, you'll have the opportunity to explore the world of union trades and discover why it's a smart career choice. During this camp, you'll get hands on experience using industry tools and equipment while working alongside experienced professionals who will guide you through every step of the process. You'll spend time at each trades' training center as well as visit a construction jobsite. By the end of this camp, you'll have new skills and experience as well as an understanding of what it takes to be successful in this industry. 
   

HEAVY METAL SUMMER EXPERIENCE - HMSE

Ignite Your Future

Are you a high school student looking for lucrative career opportunities working with your hands? Does the thought of skyrocketing college tuition sound overwhelming? Working in the union trades offers exciting, high-tech careers for people who enjoy hands-on work and creative problem solving. Join an industry that PAYS YOU to learn!

Enter the Heavy Metal Summer Experience!

This summer, get ready to rock at our free three-day Heavy Metal Summer Experience, where you'll be introduced to exciting careers in plumbing, pipefitting, and sheet metal trades. In collaboration with the Local 533, Local 8, and Local 2 training centers, you'll have the opportunity to explore the world of union trades and discover why it's a smart career choice.

During this camp, you'll get hands on experience using industry tools and equipment while working alongside experienced professionals who will guide you through every step of the process. You'll spend time at each trades' training center as well as visit a construction jobsite. By the end of this camp, you'll have new skills and experience as well as an understanding of what it takes to be successful in this industry.

Apply now for our Heavy Metal Summer Experience Camp and get ready to rock your future!

Why Explore a Career in the Trades? 

Great pay, exciting projects, equity & opportunity. Building trades offer so much variety - whether you love the idea of using your tech skills to “pre-build” systems in CAD, you enjoy helping people remain safe and comfortable where they live, work, dine, or shop, or you want to build - construction just might be the place for you. Ignite your future in the trades! 

  • Construction offers career opportunity throughout the nation. With 40% of the workforce retiring soon, opportunities are open. 
  • Get paid to learn! Earn competative wages, excellent benefits, on the job training, career opportunities, and no student debt burden.
  • Gender pay gap in construction is one of the lowest of all industries, women earn 99.1% of their male counterparts.
  • Union training in the trades is open to everybody - Equal opportunities abound for all, no matter your size or physical strength.
 
SCHEDULE
Day 1 - July 18
8:00 AM
11:00 AM
11:30 AM 
3:00 PM
Safety Orientation & Camp Expectations
Overview of the Mechanical Industry 
 Lunch and Transportation 
SMART Local 2 Training Center 
Drop off 
Day 2 - July 19
8:00 AM 
8:45 AM
11:15 AM
12:00 PM
3:00 PM
Meet at HMSE Muster Point/ Transportation 
Plumbers Local 8 Training Center
Lunch and Transportation 
PipeFitters Local 533 Training Center
Drop off
Day 3 - July 20
8:00 AM
9:00 AM
11:30 AM 
12:00 PM
3:00 PM
Transportation 
Jobsite Tour
Lunch & Transportation
Builders Training Center
Graduation Ceremony  - Family Event!
 

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