UCC News: Application Deadline & Continuing Education Classes

The Utah Career Center is now accepting applications for qualified apprentices until Friday, October 19, 2018.  Applicants can pick up and return applications to the Utah Career Center located at 640 North Billy Mitchell Road, Salt Lake City,…

How to Boost Your Team’s Productivity

We all have too much to do and too little time to do it. As a boss, you may have already learned how to plan, prioritize, and streamline your work. But how can you help your team members do the same? Should you dictate the processes and tools…

Utah Career Center: Upcoming Evaluator Training & CE Courses

The Utah Career Center will be holding a short training night on Wednesday, August 8 at 6PM for those willing to assist with instructor evaluations. The evaluator program is extremely beneficial to the apprenticeship program in general and instructors…

Blomquist Hale Employee Assistance Program

As we enter into the fourth year since the Employee Assistance Program was implemented, we want to remind members of services the UMCA and UA Local 140 have secured through the services of Blomquist Hale.  All UMCA contractors and their employees…

5 Behaviors of Leaders Who Embrace Change

By: Edith Onderick-Harvey At best, mergers and acquisitions (M&A’s) have a 50/50 chance of reaching their intended results. Study after study puts the failure rate closer to 70-90%. Why is the failure rate so high? Repeatedly, research…

UMCA Golf Tournament Hole In One

The UMCA held the Annual Golf Tournament at the Park City Golf Club where members enjoyed a beautiful day in Park City. The day began with an 8am shotgun start where golfers took to the course and showed their skills. In a closely contested…

UMCA & UA Local 140 Bargaining New Agreement

The bargaining committees for the UMCA and UA Local 140 opened negotiations last month and are working diligently to negotiate a successor agreement that will benefit both sides. At this stage in negotiations, the level of communication and…

MCAA 2017 Construction Technology Report

JB Knowledge in association with the Mechanical Contractors Association of America (MCAA) have released the 6th Annual Construction Technology Report. Data for this report was complied in 2017 and is an indicator of the technology being used…

The Power of Listening in Helping People Change by Guy ItzchakovAvraham N. (Avi) Kluger

Giving performance feedback is one of the most common ways managers help their subordinates learn and improve. Yet, research revealed that feedback could actually hurt performance: More than 20 years ago, one of us (Kluger) analyzed 607 experiments…

Register Today For The Annual UMCA Golf Tournament

Registration for the UMCA 2018 Annual Golf Tournament is now open! Join us for beautiful day in Park City. The tournament will be held on Friday, June 29, 2018 at the Park City Golf Club. The day will begin with an 8:00 AM shotgun start followed…

Special Request From The Utah Career Center Apprentice Program

The Utah Career Center is still looking for volunteers to be class evaluators for the Fall semester. Evaluators are asked to commit to attending one class, twice during the semester on nights that are decided in advance and fit the evaluator's…

UCC News: Competition Winners & Upcoming Classes

On Saturday, May 5, 2018 the Utah Career Center held an apprentice skill contest that determined the apprentice representatives for the June District 5 Regional Contest. The competition was very close with each participant being a highly skilled…