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As unemployment hovers near historic lows, over 80% of construction firms have reported they are having a hard time finding qualified workers to hire, while the U.S. Department of Education reports that there will be 68% more job openings in infrastructure-related fields in the next five years than there are people training to fill them.

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In general, millennials view of work is different from what employers have traditionally experienced. Most have not held any job before or during college. While, like most others, they want interesting jobs with good pay and benefits, their priority is a work-life balance. Many critics of millennials view this as lacking a work ethic.

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This October celebrate all the hard-working men and women who help build America today and motivate those who seek to be the next generation of craft professionals tomorrow.

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Small contractors need to think seriously about marketing in fiscal 2019 and beyond, about how to integrate it into the corporate culture and use customer touch points and social activity as opportunities to market the company, to tell their story in ways that resonate with the niche they serve.

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Most contractors acknowledge the necessity, if not the virtue of training their team. Training results in greater knowledge, improved performance, fewer mistakes, and provides a motivational boost. Well, the same thing that applies to the team, applies to the boss. Yet, business owners often neglect their own training, telling themselves the following myths.

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The devastating results of the 2018 hurricanes and wildfires are still vivid in many of our minds. Disasters present themselves in many forms. A Business's ability to handle these disasters is critical not only to its future and success, but also to the success of the community. How will your business react to the challenges presented by a disaster?

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Please secure your spot in advance. We prefer to see all of our returning students taken care of before classes fill!

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ABSOLUTELY! Join your fellow PHCC Texas members for our 2019 Walk on the Capitol, January 30, 2019 in Austin. The license you have earned is of extreme value. You earned it! As the leading association representing the plumbing and air conditioning industry in Texas, our goal is to stand up for the license holders and registered apprentices. We recognize how important it is to the citizens of Texas to have qualified and well-trained skilled labor.

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Incorporated in 1997 and with sales over one million annually, they are one of Corpus Christi's premier plumbing companies. They are a family run and operated company with strong ties to the community. They are Members of the Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce and the Corpus Christi Builders Association.

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Join now and begin receiving your member benefits today through 2019.

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This 24-Hr course covers finance; legal; local, state & federal rules/regulations; insurance - bonds - workman’s comp; OSHA awareness; customer service as adopted in Section 363.13. Students who successfully complete the full 3-day course will receive an official PHCC 'Certificate of Completion' as proof of having fulfilled all RMP education requirements and for filing with the TSBPE.

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This course is designed to fulfill the requirements of The Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners Rules Sect 363.11(b). Specifically, "Before a Plumbing Inspector, Journeyman, or Master Plumber may qualify to take the Medical Gas Piping Installation endorsement examination, the applicant must complete a training program approved by the Board which pertains to subject matter applicable to the installation of medical gas piping systems" per the (NFPA) 99 Health Care Facilities Code. Also, per new rules, it is strongly advised that each candidate for the Journeyman or Master Med Gas endorsement complete a sufficient amount of brazing practice prior to attending the class.

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The PHCC Water Supply Calculator App offers a single resource to determine water supply fixture units and minimum fixture branch sizes for common plumbing fixtures, typical pressure drops in water meters, equivalent lengths of fittings.

The app also allows a user to input a fixture unit demand, resulting in suggested pipe size, determines GPM demand, pressure drop/100’, and velocity in Type "L" copper pipe; with selectors referenced to the National Standard Plumbing Code, the Uniform Plumbing Code, and the International Plumbing Code.

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