The students participating in the FCEF 10-week installation program worked with sheet goods in week three. With the help of some donations from Congoleum, they installed their first sheet vinyl floor.
During week 2 of the FCEF Basic Installation Flooring Program, the students step out of the classroom and into the training space where they get hands-on experience learning to install laminate.
Jim Aaron, executive director, Floor Covering Education Foundation, talks about the launch of the program while Dave Garden, CFI Master Instructor, shares the students’ response to the first week.
Customers and colleagues attending a recent Schönox Hands ÖN Training session at the company’s Florence Support Center in Florence, Alabama, split their week between learning the speed and performance characteristics of both Schönox and Porsche.
The number of U.S. secondary schools embracing trade skills curriculums is growing rapidly, according to the Home Builders Institute (HBI). The chief executive of the nation’s largest nonprofit organization in construction skills training says middle and high schools are reexamining the need to expose more of their students to the trades.
Chris McKee was appointed president, and Dave Garden was appointed to the newly created position of executive director of education, both effective May 16.
