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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! |