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If you or someone you know would benefit from the Metal Museum's Blacksmithing Apprenticeship, please submit an application online. All materials are due by Monday, March 4 with award notification by March 19.

 

Artists programs at the Metal Museum support metalsmiths, their creative processes, and the development of new ideas and work. These programs provide opportunities for ongoing research, professional development, and networking and they ultimately strive to foster apprentices' creative growth. Apprentices work 40 hours per week - primarily in the Smithy - on Museum commissions, and the artists have access to the shops in their off hours to develop a body of their own work.

 

 All over London, upcycled stretchers from World War II can be found on public display — not as monuments or memorials, but as everyday elements of urban infrastructure. Many housing estate fences, initially stripped for critical materials to aid the war effort, were reconstructed with stretchers suspended between vertical supports.

When the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a memorandum in 2018 announcing that agency inspectors are now authorized to use camera-carrying Unmanned Aircraft Systems—or drones—to collect evidence during inspections in certain workplace settings, employers across the country should have collectively raised their eyes to the sky. This development means that OSHA inspectors are not only authorized to conduct in-person inspections of your workplace, they can fly remote-controlled aircraft above your worksite to track down safety violations. While most would agree that workplace safety is of the utmost importance, the use of drones to inspect a worksite raises new concerns for employers.

Transporting equipment between construction sites requires attention to the details.

 

The major risk when transporting equipment occurs during the loading and unloading procedure. Following a few basic guidelines can help ensure safe equipment transport. We contacted Nathan Uphus, sales manager, Felling Trailers, to provide a list of the top 10 safety tips.