Educational Seminar.
Turning Your Takeoff into a Winning Proposal!

Advanced Sheet Metal Estimating
Turning Your Takeoff into a Winning Proposal! This program will help estimators to think differently about the estimating process, and how to approach each opportunity realistically. Estimators will learn not to look at the estimate as a number, but more as a process from job inception to job completion. This program will allow attendees to think more like a business person, and to take more of a big picture approach to the estimation process rather than just doing takeoffs and providing numbers. Topics to be covered include: customers types, the pre-bid qualification process, what foreman and superintendents say about the best estimators, contracts, various project options, how to protect your company’s interest, internal communication, job kick-off meetings, scheduling and general conditions, traps and snares and opportunities. Attendees will also participate in a case study.

Your Industry Standards Committee has combined the above two listed SMACNA educational programs to make an interesting application into how to use the new reference manual for labor units.

To view/download the document and the Registration Form in Adobe PDF format,
please click HERE

2013 GOLF TOURNAMENT - THURSDAY, MAY 30
RedCrest Cardinal Golf Club
17700 Keele Street, Newmarket

This year’s tournament will be played on Cardinal’s new RedCrest par 71 championship golf course measuring approximately 6800 yards from the back tees. Guarded by flashy bunkers, undulating greens and expansive wetlands that come into play on 14 holes. The perfect course for the avid golfer that is looking to challenge their game.

Cost:	Members:	$200.00 per golfer + HST
	Non-Members:	$225.00 per golfer + HST
	We have also invited the Golfer’s Green Hole in One Challenge in support of the Childhood Cancer Foundation to participate in our tournament this year. This is an on course optional function at the cost of $10.00 or $20.00 depending on the option chosen (cash only).
Includes:	Hot Buffet Breakfast Lunch Coupon Green Fee & Power Cart Banquet Dinner
Prizes & Gifts:	In lieu of a full prize table there will be prizes only for low net, low gross, longest drive and closest to the hole. All golfers will receive a gift.
PLEASE SEND THE COMPLETED REGISTRATION FORM ALONG WITH YOUR CHEQUE TO THE ASSOCIATION OFFICE NO LATER THAN FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013 Visa Credit Card now accepted
For TMS Golf Tournament Registration Form, please click HERE
2013 Golf Sponsorship
The Toronto Sheet Metal Contractors Association will be hosting their annual golf tournament at Cardinal Golf Club on May 30.  We will not have a full prize table. There will be prizes for low net, low gross, longest drive and closest to the hole.  All golfers will receive a unique gift. We are offering the key suppliers to our industry the opportunity to be one of our tournament sponsors. There are two levels of sponsorship. SPONSORSHIP  LEVEL ONE - $100.00
Sponsor’s name on a sign placed at any of the tees, except the first and the tenth, an acknowledgment in the program of your sponsorship and the tee sign visibly placed in the dining room during dinner. SPONSORSHIP LEVEL TWO - $200.00
Sponsor’s name on a sign placed at the first and tenth tees, an acknowledgment in the program of your sponsorship and the tee sign visibly placed in the dining room during dinner. As in past years we anticipate a great response to our sponsorship offer and to ensure your firm is recognized your sponsorship form must be received NO LATER THAN FRIDAY, MAY 17  Thank you.
For TMS 2013 Golf Sponsorship Form, please click HERE

Mark Your Calendars for TMS’s Golf Tournament

SMWIA Local 30 - 2013 Colin Gordon/Ron Browne Sheet Metal Apprentice Competition

The combined Colin Gordon and Ron Browne Competition will be held on Friday, April 5, 2013 at the Ontario Sheet Metal Workers Training Centre in Oakville.  Please encourage your apprentices to participate.

• COLIN GORDON:
  • Open to all 5th year sheet metal apprentices.
  • 1st place wins the Colin Gordon Trophy and $300 cash.
  • 2nd place wins $200 cash.
  • Both will go on to compete in the Ontario Competition to be held in the Fall.
    
    
• RON BROWNE:
  • Open to all apprentices currently attending Phases 2 or 3 night school program, or apprentices who have completed the advanced day school. 
  • 1st place wins the Ron Browne Trophy and $200 cash.
  • Note that past winners or participants in the Colin Gordon are not eligible for the Ron Browne Competition.

All entrants will do the same tests: theory, pattern drafting and shop fabrication.

Employers of apprentices entering the competition will be asked to pay their employee(s) for time they miss from work, due to the competition.

Please call Alice at the Association office 905-886-9627 for more information and/or to register your apprentice(s) for the contest or email her at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .  Note that the deadline to register is March 22, 2013.

To view the document, please click HERE

SMWIA Local 30 - Holidays And Option Days Appendix “K” Clause 16.1 & 16.2

In an effort to clarify and present an agreed to understanding
of Appendix “K”, Clause 16.1 & 16.2 Vacation and Holiday Pay,
we have compiled the following chart applicable to the statutory holidays 2013.

To view the document, please click HERE

Annual Curling Bonspiel Annandale Curling Club
Thursday, February 28, 2013

• The bonspiel will be in a box format with twenty teams participating.
  
  
• Each game will be four ends in duration with a fifteen to twenty minute re-generation period between each game.
  
  
• Lunch will be available at 11:45 am with a bar throughout the afternoon (three drinks tickets per person). Hors D’oeuvres will be available from 4:15 - 5:00 p.m. 
  
  
• Instructional session for those who are interested.
  
  
• Curling brooms and slide tape will be available at the club.  Rubber soled shoes recommended.
  
  
• The winning team will be the team with the most aggregated points at the 5:00 pm curfew
  
  

Please register by fax (905-886-9959) or e-mail ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) no later than Friday, February 18th
For more information and the Registration Form, please click HERE.

Bowling Tournament

World Bowl is a state of the art entertainment bowling centre, with 40 fully automated 10-pin bowling lanes featuring computerized scoring and a fully licensed snack bar and lounge.

Advance Notice - Please Mark Your Calendars With our Schedule Of Events For 2013!

Download this Notice in PDF format by clicking HERE

Thoroughbred Racing - A Great Fun Night to Show Appreciation to Your Employees.

Woodbine Racetrack is a Canadian racetrack for Thoroughbred horse races located at 555 Rexdale Blvd. in the city of Toronto, Ontario. It is the only horseracing track in North America which stages, or is capable of staging, thoroughbred and standardbred horseracing programs on the same day.

Download the complete form by clicking HERE, fill it out and fax it to 905-886-9959 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Dinner tickets are NOT required
Drink tickets will be provided upon arrival in the post parade Dining Room.

The night school program for Local 30 sheet metal apprentices will start at the end of September and run for 20 weeks.  There will be 11 classes, 3 phases, involving a total of approximately 250 students.  Please refer to the following General Outline for details.

Your assistance is solicited in having you verify that your apprentice(s) has received the notification and will be attending classes.  If the apprentice(s) is no longer employed by your company, has not received a notification, or indicates that he/she will encounter difficulties attending classes, you are asked to contact, or have them contact, the Association Office at 905-886-9627 or by emailing Alice Sturk at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Attendance will be enforced in accordance with the current Collective Agreement and employers are going to be asked to support action against apprentices who refuse to attend classes.  If the industry is to develop capable, confident and qualified journeymen, it must insist on compliance with approved apprentice training programs.  Local Union No. 30 and the Employers have a responsibility to ensure that the sheet metal industry and its workers are positioned and prepared to meet the ever-changing technology that buyers of construction require and demand.


Night School Program General Outline

The night school program is co-sponsored and administered by the Toronto Sheet Metal Contractors Association and Local Union No. 30 through the Local Joint Apprenticeship Committee (LJAC).  The program is set up in three phases and each phase runs for 20 weeks, one night per week, usually three hours per class.  Apprentices are required to complete the three phases of this program in addition to the day school program.  The material covered at night school is to supplement on the job training and to reinforce a number of the day school courses.  The material covered by the night school program has been approved, by the LJAC, as part of the apprenticeship-training requirement.

The Ministry of Colleges and Universities has agreed that full attendance and successful completion of each night school phase will result in a credit of 60 hours against the total apprentice-training program of 9,000 hours.

The registration fee process will be as follows:

• Apprentices will be charged a nominal $50.00 registration fee which will be collected by the instructor on the first night of classes.  Apprentices will receive a receipt for the $50.00 fee.  Following compliance with attendance requirements and successful completion of all three phases, the registration fee will be reimbursed. 

• Registration costs associated with the training centre or school will be paid by the LJAC.  There may be other registration requirements to be completed by the apprentice for the schools records; this registration should be done on the first class night.

Prizes are awarded to the top two students in each class, $150.00 for first place and $100.00 for second.  All apprentices who complete their course successfully receive a Certificate of Achievement.

At the end of the year, top 5th year apprentices compete for the Colin Gordon Trophy and $300 cash 1st place/$200 cash 2nd place.  Top Phase 3 students compete for the Ron Browne Memorial Trophy and $200 cash prize.  The winner and first runner-up of the Colin Gordon Trophy advance to the Ontario Apprentices Competition.

Each year in May the LJAC sponsors an awards presentation to honour Phase 3 graduates, top students in each class, and the competition winners.  Certificates, registration fee refunds and prizes are presented to the apprentices.  Employer representatives are invited to present prizes to the competition winners.

All cost associated with the program, including sheet metal supplies and supplementary fee paid to the teachers, are shared by the Association and Local Union No. 30.

 Hotel Name:

 Rate:

 Room Type:

 Included:

Staybridge Suites
2511 Wyecroft Road, Oakville 
905-847-2600

$124.99
$139.99
$229.99

Studio Suite
One Bedroom Suite
Two Bedroom Suite

Hot Buffet Breakfast
Light evening meals
Free Internet
Free Laundry

Hilton Garden Inn, 
2274 South Sheridan Way, Oakville
Tel 905-829-1145

$129.00
$159.00

Business Standard
Junior or Whirlpool Suite

Free Internet

Country Inn by Carlson
2930 South Sheridan Way, Oakville
905-829-8020

$ 90.00
Plus taxes

Single Queen

Continental Breakfast Included
Free Internet

Advance Notice. TSM Has Two Up-Coming Events.

“Semi-Annual Meeting Weekend”
At Hockley Valley Resort On
Friday, September 14 To Sunday, September 16

Highlights For This Autumn Weekend Include:

• Semi-Annual Meeting Of Members
• Golf Tournament
• Program For Non-Golfers
• Dinner & Entertainment
• And More…..

  
  and

“Ladies Night Gala Dinner Dance”
At One King West
on Saturday, November 17

Please mark your calendars now for these two events.

A registration form for the semi-annual weekend will be sent out shortly.

2012 GOLF TOURNAMENT - THURSDAY, MAY 31
RedCrest Cardinal Golf Club
17700 Keele Street, Newmarket

This year’s tournament will be played on Cardinal’s new RedCrest par 71 championship golf course measuring approximately 6800 yards from the back tees. Guarded by flashy bunkers, undulating greens and expansive wetlands that come into play on 14 holes. The perfect course for the avid golfer that is looking to challenge their game.

Location:

Scheduled for discussion are two timely topics:

Bill 119: WSIB Mandatory Coverage
in theConstruction Industry

Risk Management

Preventing losses from occurring
is an integral part of Risk Management

Holiday

Date

Regular Work Week

Holiday Observed

Optional Day

Family Day

20-Feb-12

Monday - Thursday

20-Feb-12

24-Feb-12

Tuesday - Friday

21-Feb-12

21-Feb-12

Good Friday

6-Apr-12

Monday - Thursday

9-Apr-12

9-Apr-12

Tuesday - Friday

6-Apr-12

2-Apr-12

Victoria Day

21-May-12

Monday - Thursday

21-May-12

25-May-12

Tuesday - Friday

22-May-12

22-May-12

Canada Day

1-Jul-12

Monday - Thursday

2-Jul-12

6-Jul-12

Tuesday - Friday

3-Jul-12

3-Jul-11

Civic Holiday

6-Aug-12

Monday - Thursday

6-Aug-12

10-Aug-12

Tuesday - Friday

7-Aug-12

7-Aug-12

Labour Day

3-Sep-12

Monday - Thursday

3-Sep-12

7-Sep-12

Tuesday - Friday

4-Sep-12

4-Sep-12

Thanksgiving Day

8-Oct-12

Monday - Thursday

8-Oct-12

12-Oct-12

Tuesday - Friday

9-Oct-12

9-Oct-12

New Year’s Day

1-Jan-13

Monday - Thursday

1-Jan-13

4-Jan-13

Tuesday - Friday

1-Jan-13

31-Dec-12

Annual Curling Bonspiel Annandale Curling Club
Friday, March 2, 2012

• The bonspiel will be in a box format with twenty teams participating.
  
  
• Each game will be four ends in duration with a fifteen to twenty minute re-generation period between each game.
  
  
• Lunch will be available at 11:30 am with a bar throughout the afternoon (three drinks tickets per person). Hors D’oeuvres will be available from 4 - 5 pm.
  
  
• Instructional session at 12 pm for those who are interested.
  
  
• Curling brooms and slide tape will be available at the club. Rubber soled shoes recommended.
  
  
• The winning team will be the team with the most aggregated points at the 5:00 pm curfew
  
  

For more information and the Registration Form, please click HERE.