Welcome Members!
INSTALL professionals reflect superior training. INSTALL professionals challenge themselves. INSTALL professionals are ready to work when a job needs staffed with experts who will get the job done right, the first time. Every time. When you wear the INSTALL stripes, you represent the best in the business.
You are INSTALL. Wear it with pride.
INSTALL stands for the International Standards & Training Alliance — and you’re an essential part of that alliance. As an INSTALL North Central States mechanic, you’re the ambassador for all that INSTALL signifies:
Professionalism: INSTALL craftsmen are confident and proud. That fosters a work ethic that boosts productivity and a commitment to quality. Professionalism is evident in our work, our appearance and our customer relations. We see ourselves not only as partners in the project, but also as partners in the project’s success.
Competence: INSTALL certification is gained only after four years of theoretical and hands-on training and after demonstrating fundamental skill mastery, graduated levels of skill competence, written proof of theoretical knowledge, and hands-on proficiency. And training isn’t just for apprentices. Ongoing skill-upgrade training is mandatory, so that the latest in floorcovering techniques, products, and technology are always part of an INSTALL toolbox.
Precision: INSTALL professionals master the theory and practice of proper floor preparation, installation, and finishing procedures specifically for carpet, linoleum, vinyl and other resilients, hardwood, laminate, tile, stone, artificial turf and sports surfaces, and much more.
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Taylor Tools Upgrade (click here for banner)Thanks to Kent Meier from to Taylor Tools for coming to the Floor Coverers training center. The upgrade, held on April 19th, included demonstrations of the new tools and the proper techniques to be used with the tools. Thanks again.
Don't let your hard earned INSTALL certification expire. INSTALL requires 16 hrs of upgrade training to renew your certification. This 16 hrs is over 4 years, (with a 1 year grace period), meaning you have 5 years to do 8 upgrades. 1 upgrade = 2hrs. Current contract language remains as it has been for many years. Article 14.02 "Each journeyperson installer must attend at least two (2) floor covering seminars, planned at reasonable times, approved by the Joint Apprenticeship Committee, and attended by a Joint Apprenticeship Committee member or their representative, in any given contract year between June 1st and may 31st in order to qualify for their next pay increase..."
Please contact Chris or Kelly at the training center (651-221-1304) with questions concerning your current upgrade hour status.
Click on the above link for a calendar containing the current upgrade schedule for spring 2012. All upgrade classes are 2 hrs in duration unless otherwise noted.
Location is at the Floor Coverers Training Center at 680 Olive St Saint Paul MN unless noted for Duluth or Rochester.
Monthly Local 68 Union Meetings take place the 3rd Monday of the month start at 6:00 PM.
Meeting Locaton: Carpenters Great Hall, 710 Olive Street, St. Paul, MN 55130
Current monthly dues are as follows:
- $22.00 / monthly - Journeypersons & Apprentices
- $52.05 / monthly - Material Handlers
- $15.80 / monthly - Early Retirees
- $6.00 / monthly - Retired Rate (must have 30 years membership & at least 65 years of age)
- $0.00 - Lifetime (after 50 years of membership)