Philadelphia Installers Get State-Of-The-Art Train

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Philadelphia Installers Get State-Of-The-Art Train
Philadelphia, PA, November 8, 2005--The craft of floor covering will now be taught in a brand new, state-of-the-art facility for the professionals of INSTALL Local 1823. The largest portion of a newly opened and expanded training center of the Philadelphia Metropolitan Regional Council of Carpenters is dedicated to floor covering training. The Carpenters Apprenticeship Training Facility now includes another 66,000 square feet of instructional area, making its total structural footprint 125,000 square feet. Expanded areas for carpet and resilient mockups and classrooms for theory instruction will enable the center to host more apprenticeship and journeyman skill upgrade training courses. The new 200-seat auditorium, wired for teleconferencing, and a new computer lab, also are now available for use. The center celebrated its expansion with a grand opening event recently, which was attended by several local dignitaries, state legislators, and Bill Irwin, executive director of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters International Training Center. “We can easily and confidently say that the members of INSTALL Local 1823 will now learn, or upgrade, their craft in one of the best training centers in North America,” said John McGrath, president of Local 1823 and the coordinator of Philadelphia’s INSTALL program. INSTALL is an acronym for the International Standards and Training Alliance. It represents the North American floor covering industry’s most comprehensive training program for residential, commercial and institutional floor covering installers because training takes place over four years for apprentices and in an ongoing manner for journeymen skill upgrading. Thirty-five of the top mills and manufacturers in the flooring industry are partners in the INSTALL alliance and help steer the curriculum that is used in 25 INSTALL training centers throughout the United States and Canada, including Philadelphia. There are about 700 floor covering professionals of INSTALL Local 1823 with an average 20 years of experience working for local commercial and residential flooring contractors. These contractors are known collectively as the INSTALL Liberty Bell Group, and can be found on the web site www.flooranswer.com. The site supplies everyone from homeowners to commercial project managers with information ranging from troubleshooting everyday problems to tips in selecting a competent contractor. For more information about the INSTALL Local 1823 program, visit www.flooranswer.com or call 215-569-3044.