"Every day I'm using the skills I learned in LIUNA Training's Trench and Excavation Safety course, including using trench boxes, benching, sloping, and shoring, marking out utilities, proper access and egress, and more. What I learned helped me effectively push for more safety."
Regarding Trech and Excavation Safety training,
Boston, MA

"My training has made me a safer worker, which also makes me a more productive worker So far I have no accidents on the job and I believe that the training I get is the reason for that."
Regarding the Hazardous Waste Worker Training, Seattle, WA

"It has given me an awareness about working on landfill sites and dealing with different gasses. I am more careful with chemical handling and ventilation and am also more aware of hazards caused by concrete and dusts from grinding and cutting."
Regarding the Hazardous Waste Worker Training, Los Angeles, CA

"Because of my hazardous waste training, I have avoided exposure to concentrations of silica containing dust, dust from pigeon droppings, have known when to test for hydrogen sulfide, and have avoided mixing chemicals."
Regarding the Hazardous Waste Worker Training. Hammond, IN

"I really value the training I've had because it not only saved by life many times but also enabled me to help others avoid bodily harm."
Regarding Safety Training. Niagara Falls, NY

"It has given me the skills and confidence to handle anything, even to serve as a first responder. On one job, people were passing out from dehydration. I helped to move them to decon, remove their PPE, get fluids into and onto them to rehydrate and cool them down."
Regarding Safety Training, Oak Ridge, TN

"LIUNA's safety training is a valuable resource. At a job site I was over–exposed to zinc and from my training I knew to acquire the MSDS, was able to identify the symptoms, took mechanical means (ventilation) to minimize the concentration, and obtained proper respirators."
Regarding Safety Training, Newark, NJ

"This course was invaluable in helping me recognize hazards as well as obtain work on roadway projects and projects requiring certification. I put my new knowledge to work immediately."
Regarding Work Zone Safety Training, Portland, OR

"On traffic control jobs, your life depends on being able to know everything that's going on around you, constantly. This course gave me the skills and proper equipment techniques I needed to be safe and keep others safe."Regarding the Work Zone Safety Training, Las Vegas, NV

"This is a must have course. I highly recommend that all instructors should take the class. It is a higher level learning for the instructor."
–LIUNA Instructor, regarding the Instructor professional development course

"Great job. I will be putting the material learned to use right away!" "Instructors were great, always there and answered many questions. They were very well experienced in the computer field."
–LIUNA Instructor, regarding the instructor's "Basic Computer" class

The instructor was awesome. He knows more about concrete than anybody I know. Best training I've had."
–LIUNA Instructor, regarding the instructor's "Decorative Concrete" class

"A+++ We need Labor History II with field trips to historical sites. Those who forget the past are destined to relive it. Make this class mandatory."
–LIUNA Instructor, regarding Apprenticeship Coordinator training course, "Labor History and Current Issues"

"It is because of LIUNA Training that I am a credentialed instructor. It has opened the door to education. If it weren't for LIUNA Training, I would never have pushed myself to attain this level of training and education."
–LIUNA Instructor, regarding his own training

"Keep doing the great job that you are doing. My students know who you are and what you contribute to their education and future earning potential."
–LIUNA Instructor feedback

"Training that will never leave you lacking, but you'll still want more!"
"The best! I have watched it grow. It is always getting better."
"Willing to go that extra mile to provide training and materials no matter the area."
"The best! I have watched it grow over the years and it continues to get better."
"LIUNA Training takes the lead with training among all the trades."
–LIUNA Instructors on instructor training programs

"Working in the Department of Energy arena requires us to use only highly trained individuals, and as our work fluctuates we are constantly hiring new people. Being able to train our employees in a timely fashion by an accepted DOE trainer is imperative to our successful operations. The training our employees receive at the LIUNA training center is second to no other in the Knoxville/Oak Ridge area."
–Robert Arnold, Branch Safety Engineer, Performance Abatement Services, Knoxville, TN, on DOE Training

"I personally took this course in early 1996. A year later I became my company's safety director, and I believe that the knowledge that I received through this education has assisted me in my position to keep my workers safe every day. My workers rely on me to guide them through the correct path, from HASPs to supplying the correct tools and PPE, through the work process and procedures. Over the years I have also had the institute put on Haz&ndashMat and other training specifically for our company. I cannot express enough good comments regarding the institute's training."
–Susan L. Nair, Safety Director, Fisher Contracting Co., Midland, MI regarding the MI Laborers Training & Apprenticeship Institute HW Worker training

"SEC would like to extend our thanks and appreciation for the training programs that the Laborers' training center offers and for the prompt attention you give to our rushed and last minute training needs. The training programs you have in place make it easier for our craft personnel to be successful therefore making us successful. Thank you again for the valued service you provide this industry."
–Tammy Matthews, Project Coordinator, Safety and Ecology Corporation, Knoxville, TN

"Local 471 has had over 150 Construction Craft Laborers trained in the Hazardous Waste Worker Training Program. These laborers have been a vital part of the General Motors Remediation Site in Bedford, IN. The training that our members have received has greatly increased their skills as laborers and has given them additional safety training that they may not have received if their training was through another contractor or employer."
–Roger D. Kent, Secretary Treasurer, Business Manager, Local 741, Bloomington, IN

"Many large construction users are requiring this type of hazardous waste training just to enter their property: Ford, G.M., Chrysler and DTE are just a few. We hope to see the high level of training we currently have available in hazardous materials continue well into the future."
–Mark Pulice, Secretary Treasurer, Local 1191, Detroit, MI,

"We depend on the high quality training and professionalism that they {LIUNA Training} provide. One of the programs that gives us an opportunity to showcase our skills and training is the Hazardous Waste Program. For many years our membership has utilized the training not only on hazardous waste sites but in other aspects of construction. We believe that the continuation of the program is a necessity."
–William Bass, Business Manager, Local 1076, Pontiac, MI

"LIUNA's progressive step–by–step approach to weatherization training gives work–ready candidates skill building experience with rapid immersion into hands–on and infield activities. The training plan takes the whole–house approach using diagnostic tools for home assessment."
–Helen Perrine, Executive Director, Affordable Comfort, Inc. a non&ndashprofit organization defining the best way to make homes energy efficient

"LIUNA is where excellent weatherization trainers result in a qualified 'boots on the ground' green workforce."
–Carla Maxwell, Project Manager, Affordable Comfort, Inc.

"You are definitely a part of the change. This is an exciting field with a lot of opportunity. From the President on down, we think there is a great future for our communities to benefit from the work you are doing here. We need the ideas, the creativity, the leadership that we saw here today in training."
–Nancy Sutley, Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), on visiting a weatherization technician training class.