It's a long-term learning experience. That's where PDCA helps. The more you know, the more you realize what you don't know. Additionally, PDCA offers Director of Technical Services Gary Barrett, who answers 25 to 30 calls a day from members with questions. Barrett gets plenty of calls from commercial and residential members who want to pick up some industrial work.
Questions range from details on applying epoxies and urethanes to estimating and scaffolding.
We're all looking for one, I guess. Most of them are looking for fatter profit margins in industrial, he added. NACE and SSPC also offer many types of specific training, as do many coatings inspection firms and coatings manufacturers. Courses typically are are offered in several cities around the country at different times of the year, and last a week or less. PDCA usually has several industrial seminars at its annual convention.