Airconditioning, Refrigeration and Mechanical Contractors Association of Southern California, Inc. 3602 Inland Empire Boulevard, Suite B-206, Ontario, CA 91764 (909) 477-4515 Telephone (909) 477-4516 Fax [email protected]ALERT Second Quarter 2012 Peter Buongiorno, President Barr Engineering David Miles, Vice-President Weatherite Corporation Gary Lumsden, Secretary Allison Mechanical Dee Kennedy, Treasurer Couts Heating & Cooling, Inc. Robert Lake, Past-President EMCOR Service Mesa Energy Systems, Inc. Richard J. Sawhill Executive V.P. ARCA/MCA Southern California Robert Carder, Board Member Air-Ex Air Conditioning, Inc. Casey Condron, Board Member Wittler-Young Service Company Mike Gallagher, Board Member Western Allied Corporation Scott Limbacher, Board Member Stater Bros. John Mueller, Board Member Jackson & Blanc Greg O’Neill, Board Member Air Conditioning Solutions, Inc. Ken Westphal, Board Member ACCO Engineered Systems Rose Bayus, Office Manager Debbie Sawhill, Special Projects Board of Directors Office Staff Service Training Center Updates The Joint Journeyman and Apprentice Training Center (JJATC) is expanding the curriculum for its journeyman continuing education program (CEP). The first year had forty-five journeyman enrolled in the new CEP program, and saw this number increase to fifty-seven for the second year. With respect to the other journeyman training programs, the training center experienced an increased participation of 20% (205 to 246). The non-conventional classes offered in the CEP program have proved to be attractive to the journeyman. This increase in participation has allowed the Journeyman Training Committee (JTC) to continue its expansion to include three forms of training; the traditional journeyman training program, the CEP programs, and Online Blackboard Courses. The online training will have several diversified topics designed to interest all journeymen. The Mechanical Equipment Serviceman (MES) and Tradesman training classes are currently under review by members of the MES/T Training Committee. The daytime training was moved back to evening classes this past September. The move was made too enable greater flexibility for participation by MES and Tradesman employees working in the service department. On June 6, 2012, the Service Managers Roundtable will be held at the Orange County Training Center. The meeting will begin at 10:00 a.m. and conclude no later than 2:00 p.m., with lunch being provided. The expansion of hours from a normal Service Managers Roundtable is to allow a discussion with members of the training committees, who will also attend the meeting. The purpose of this discussion is to explore the training needs for the contractors who employee MES and Tradesmen. It is the intent of these training committees to incorporate the ideas generated at the June 6 meeting into the training programs beginning September 2012. Please plan on having a representative of your company attend this June 6 meeting.
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Airconditioning, Refrigeration and Mechanical Contractors Association of Southern California, Inc. 3602 Inland Empire Boulevard, Suite B-206, Ontario, CA 91764
Richard J. Sawhill Executive V.P. ARCA/MCA Southern California
Robert Carder, Board Member
Air-Ex Air Conditioning, Inc.
Casey Condron, Board Member Wittler-Young Service Company
Mike Gallagher, Board Member
Western Allied Corporation
Scott Limbacher, Board Member Stater Bros.
John Mueller, Board Member
Jackson & Blanc
Greg O’Neill, Board Member Air Conditioning Solutions, Inc.
Ken Westphal, Board Member
ACCO Engineered Systems
Rose Bayus, Office Manager
Debbie Sawhill, Special Projects
Board of Directors
Office Staff
Service Training Center Updates
The Joint Journeyman and Apprentice Training Center (JJATC) is
expanding the curriculum for its journeyman continuing education
program (CEP). The first year had forty-five journeyman enrolled in the
new CEP program, and saw this number increase to fifty-seven for the
second year. With respect to the other journeyman training programs,
the training center experienced an increased participation of 20% (205 to
246).
The non-conventional classes offered in the CEP program have proved
to be attractive to the journeyman. This increase in participation has
allowed the Journeyman Training Committee (JTC) to continue its
expansion to include three forms of training; the traditional journeyman
training program, the CEP programs, and Online Blackboard Courses.
The online training will have several diversified topics designed to
interest all journeymen.
The Mechanical Equipment Serviceman (MES) and Tradesman
training classes are currently under review by members of the MES/T
Training Committee. The daytime training was moved back to evening
classes this past September. The move was made too enable greater
flexibility for participation by MES and Tradesman employees working
in the service department.
On June 6, 2012, the Service Managers Roundtable will be held at the
Orange County Training Center. The meeting will begin at 10:00 a.m.
and conclude no later than 2:00 p.m., with lunch being provided. The
expansion of hours from a normal Service Managers Roundtable is to
allow a discussion with members of the training committees, who will
also attend the meeting. The purpose of this discussion is to explore the
training needs for the contractors who employee MES and Tradesmen. It
is the intent of these training committees to incorporate the ideas
generated at the June 6 meeting into the training programs beginning
September 2012.
Please plan on having a representative
of your company attend this June 6 meeting.
Second Quarter 2008 ARCA/MCA Southern California ALERT Page 3 Second Quarter 2012 ARCA/MCA Southern California ALERT Page 2
Pete Buongiorno, president
The economic climate throughout Southern California continues to struggle even as
we hear of possible signs of recovery elsewhere in the country. Our ARCA/MCA
Southern California representatives are keenly aware of the difficultly in bidding and
securing jobs. The ARCA/MCA Southern California board of directors, as well as
each industry committee, has been attentive to the needs of Association member
companies by maximizing the value of the contributions paid to the various industry
programs. These industry programs (such as the training centers, the health and
welfare funds and the pension funds) provide the infrastructure that assists a company
to be successful.
The different training committees work with union representatives to ensure
valuable training programs to assist contractors and their employees to be the best
trained workforce in the industry. While the media is constantly covering issues related to problems in health
plans and pension plans around the country, we are fortunate that we have been successful in sustaining our
programs with minimal increased cost to the contractor. With medical costs continuing to soar and minimal
return on investments, sustaining our industry benefit plans will be an ongoing challenge. The board of
directors, committee members and the contract negotiation committee will make the decisions necessary with
an outlook to a better future.
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ORGANIZATIONAL PRACTICES
Eliminate the silos between construction and service Remember what make you successful when you first started Encourage imitative and accept failure without recrimination Support employee with appropriate levels of delegation Build a business, not a bureaucracy Create a structure that assigned employee’s responsibility for their own performance, then set performance goals and manage results, not task lists, methods or actions
BUSINESS SUSTAINABILITY PRACTICE
Create a profile of the types of customers that are good matches for your company Manage the business by focusing on services most important to continued success Fund for the future, especially technology Invest in development of high performers Have a succession plan in place for techs as well as key managers
MSCA Service Contractors Best Practices
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Welcome to the newest members of the ARCA/MCA Southern California board of directors
Mike Gallagher
Western Allied Corporation
Casey Condron
Wittler-Young Service Company
Fourth Quarter 2011 ARCA/MCA Southern California ALERT Page 3 Second Quarter 2012 ARCA/MCA Southern California ALERT Page 3
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