Southeast Iowa Mechanical Contracting Industry Development Fund

Labor relations- 1) participated in quarterly health and welfare and pension trust meetings for local 125; 2) participated in regular trustee meetings for the joint apprentice training committees (jatc) for local 125; 3) worked closely with local 125 to provide online and on-demand training, enabling persons to comply with Iowa plumbing and Mechanical systems board requirements; 4) participated in regular labor-management meetings to maintain workforce stability and improve training programs to meet customer demands.

Government affairs 1) provided input to the state of Iowa requesting additional funding for the rebuild Iowa infrastructure Fund (riif); 2) provided input on proposed state government reorganization - specifically as it relates to the Iowa plumbing and Mechanical systems board. The input was successful and the board was not impacted by the changes. ; 3) provided input on the Iowa apprenticeship act, the Iowa office of apprenticeship, and Iowa apprenticeship council.

Safety-1) maintained and improved upon the mcai training vault web-based training database that streamlines training documentation and statistics for classes taught by the mcai, union, employers, and third party providers. Iowa statewide licensing ceu credits continue to be tracked in conjunction with this system; 2) assisted with the filming of two (2) new safety videos to be distributed to over 2,600 Mechanical contractors nationwide.