Crane Industry Services joins with National Safety Council in promoting National Safety Month during June 2016. Observed annually, the focus is different for workers and managers, who face equally important, but unique safety challenges. According to NSC, when leaders and employees are engaged in safety awareness, companies experience lower injury and illness rates.… Read more...
Crane Industry Services (CIS), and its partners, announce Trade Up a new skilled labor supply pipeline for contractors. Specializing in preparing workers for most skilled trades in crane operation, construction, heavy industry, and manufacturing, the Trade Up program is part skills-gap assessment, part coordinated training, and part recruitment effort.
Trade Up has immediate openings for up to 12 contractor employers interested in participating in preparation for projects that will require skilled labor in the next six to 18 months.… Read more...
By Debbie Dickinson
In the United States, women represent less than 9 percent of construction workers, according to 2014 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and only 1.3 percent are working as operating engineers or other construction equipment operators. Other countries report similar statistics. There are a variety of reasons women don’t consider construction as a career path.… Read more...
NCCER’s 2015 Construction Career Pathways Conference, sponsored by Fluor, Turner Industries and Build Your Future, was held on Nov. 19, 2015 in New Orleans. More than 160 representatives from the construction industry and education worked together to create common, actionable goals to implement in their communities.
View materials from the conference, including best practice profiles, speaker bios, collaborative activities, fact sheets and more.… Read more...
Improving Training for At-Risk Workers
Jobsite fatalities remain high for young, Hispanic construction workers
A recent report released by the American Society of Safety Engineers and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health identifies young, Hispanic construction workers as being the most at risk for being killed on the job.… Read more...