Getting Skilled in the Trades Can Transform Your Life.
Manage episode 430693772 series 3446548
Welcome to the Sparky Life Podcast, where we celebrate careers in construction with your host, Lia Lamela.
The Sparky Life Podcast is proudly sponsored by SupplyHouse.com. SupplyHouse.com offers electricians the Trade Masters program, providing benefits like free shipping and order discounts. Visit supplyhouse.com/team to join the program today.
This week, we are honored to have Robert McLaughlin, the director of the Electrical and HVAC Training Center in New York. Robert is a certified OSHA and NFPA Safe Safety Instructor, board member of Habitat for Humanity, and on the Education Committee for Metropolitan Air Conditioning Contractors. He also holds a master electrician's license and owns his own electrical contracting company. Robert brings a wealth of experience and insights into the importance of vocational education and training.
Quotes:
"First you build it by, you know, letting them(students) know that you have a good plan for them. But then you got to show it to them, right? Prove it out."- Robert McLaughlin
"The idea is that you are in control of your own destiny. How hard you work and what you put into this is, is going to be how you get there."- Robert McLaughlin
"Once you're successful and you're able to do something, you got to make sure you reach back and take somebody with you."- Robert McLaughlin
Follow Lia Lamela:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lia-lamela-820a33155/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sparkylifeoflia/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesparkylifepodcast
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqPJrIaE7fL1uXgfdIcBYlw
- Website: https://sparkylifesolutionsllc.com
Follow Robert McLaughlin:
- Website: https://www.electricaltrainingcenter.edu/careers#InstructorForHIre
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-mclaughl
Sparky Life Membership Subscription Opportunities
Click on the Buzzsprout Support Link
Join Us and Subscribe!
Membership Subscription Levels
1. Be a Part of The Circuit…for only 10 cents a day or $3. Per Month
As a Circuit Member you have made the choice to support Sparky Life so it can develop and grow. You will be the first to know about special online events and sneak peaks about upcoming episodes.
2. Be a Part of Live Wire…for only 17 cents a day or $5. Per month
Get a digital thank you directly from Lia Lamela, with an invitation to join the Sparky Life network. Sparky Life as a thank you will send you a free $5 Starbucks card.
3. Be an Honorary Sparky…for only 33 cents a day or $10 Per month
Sparky Life invites Honorary Sparky members to submit to the podcast, any questions you may have about the skilled trades, or the construction industry. Your questions will be digitally answered directly by Lia Lamela and a few questions may actually be selected to be answered on air on the Sparky Life Podcast. You can send your questions to thesparkylifeoflia@gmail.com or DM us @sparkylifeoflia.
100 Episoden