Challenging Depictions of Blue-Collar Workers in Media

There’s a strange irony to the fact that when people watch classist depictions of blue-collar workers on their TVs or movie theatre screens, they’re only able to do so because skilled workers with a keen understanding of the science of electricity made it possible. The

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Trades Talk – April 2022

At Explore The Trades, we’re passionate about plumbing, heating, cooling and electrical. Careers in these trades are some of the best in the world and our focus is to bridge the technical talent gap to these essential industries. In This Issue:      ·     Outreach Calendar

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The Necessity of Improving Electrical Infrastructure

In the past several months, Explore The Trades has published a series of articles detailing the need for increased investment in the HVAC and plumbing infrastructure in America. When the average person hears the word “infrastructure,” they think of roads, bridges, tunnels, and even waterways.

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Favorable Trends for the Trades

“Better to be lucky than good,” is a tongue-in-cheek quip often used to describe favorable bounces while playing golf and other sports. I would also use it to describe prospects for people deciding on a trade career nowadays. A number of economic, demographic and social

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Can You Be a Jack of All Trades?

In my last several blogs I’ve outlined the influence of smart homes on skilled trade workers in HVAC, electrical and plumbing. Modern technology forces an interaction among these trades. Home appliances and many plumbing fixtures require electricity to operate, so that even plumbers and HVAC

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Trades Talk – March 2022

At Explore The Trades, we’re passionate about plumbing, heating, cooling and electrical. Careers in these trades are some of the best in the world and our focus is to bridge the technical talent gap to these essential industries. In This Issue:        

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Smart Homes Need Smart Plumbers

Plumbing is perhaps the least glamorous of all the skilled trades, subjected to endless potty humor. That is unfair, because plumbing is also the most fundamental of all the trades. Long before humans discovered electricity or devised central HVAC, ancient civilizations in Greece and Rome

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Smart Homes Need Smart Electricians

It’s hard to believe that there are still people alive who grew up without electricity in their homes. Think of what life was like without lights that turn on and off with the flick of a switch, without refrigerators, toasters, microwave ovens and so many

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The Necessity of Improving HVAC Infrastructure

When you hear the word “infrastructure,” you probably think of roads, bridges, railways, and ports. Maybe you even think of bills in Congress. However, infrastructure, in a broad sense, refers to the basic underlying framework of a system. One of the most important systems in

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