Over the past two months, this column has focused on the building owner’s role in obtaining meaningful and timely training on new equipment and systems installed as part of major capital projects. O&M ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Electric & Gas Industries Association EGIA and the EGIA Foundation have launched a new initiative, “Developing a High-Performance Diverse Contractor Workforce.” The program is ...

Adequate training is one of the most important factors when it comes to new employee retention. Additionally, ensuring that your veteran employees stay current on all the latest techniques, technology ...

SACRAMENTO, CA – Contractor University, a division of Electric & Gas Industries Association (EGIA) and an industry-leader in helping home services contractors build better businesses, is proud to ...

In recent years, the volatility of the economy and growing overall work shortage have compounded the existing skilled trades labor gap. A chronic pain point for trades industries has transformed into ...

Who does that guy work for? Highly skilled tradespeople don’t often work under an temporary-employee agency’s umbrella, but moderate to low-skilled laborers can be brought in for tasks that don’t ...

It is nearly a decade since enactment of the National Construction Authority Act 2011. There are indeed positive impacts we can point at in the industry since this law was created. We have, after a ...

As businesses around the world are adapting and changing how they handle in-person meetings in response to the Coronavirus, workplace training is emerging as one of the hardest-hit activities. However ...

The CITB has run out of  funding for training courses booked under its Employer Network initiative. Contractors are now being ...

On May 31, 2017, all cleared government contractors are required to complete insider threat employee awareness training prior to being granted access to classified information. The regulation mandates ...