Have Skills To Share?
IFRC ultimately is about trade skills. Helping to promote credible organizations teaching trade skills. If you have some background that can help, please step forward and let us know.
Supporters Welcome!
Whether you are a single person who wants to donate or a humongous corporation who has some resources that will help, you are most welcome!
Certification
IFRC is about helping to create more qualified people to learn skills to fill millions of available jobs. One of the major roles is to certify.
our mission
education
LEARN IT. Advocacy for programs to teach valuable job skills that contribute to rewarding careers in residential renovation, remodeling, and recovery. There's more to education than a 4-year degree and these valuable jobs cannot be outsourced. We'd like to see shop-class make a comeback!
Safety
Safety on the job seems like common sense to most people. But there's a lot more to the topic as it pertains to skilled trades. We're interested in helping to promote a safe workplace and long productive careers for all skilled craft workers.
Certification
PROVE IT. Whether you are a seasoned tradesman or a new vocational graduate the IFRC provides the means to validate your skills beyond all doubt. Certification encompasses theory, experience, and hands-on practical application judged against well established best practices.
Ethics
IFRC sees ethics as an important core component for a successful career in the skilled trades such as replacement remodeling and contracting. Trust and confidence in people with a reputation for high integrity almost guarantee success.
Career Skills
USE IT. Use your proven trade skills by filling one of the millions of available positions — progress in your career towards many opportunities to expand both trade and valuable organizational and business skills. Certification gives customers and employers alike a high confidence level and a strong preference to support it.
Business
A career as a skilled craftsman generally means more opportunities and responsibilities over time. IFRC is intent on setting its members on numerous paths for success including people skills, technology, management, and entrepreneurship.
Help Wanted
you can be a part of us...
IFRC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization conceived by volunteers, run by volunteers, and supported by volunteers. Please consider joining or supporting IFRC in some capacity towards fulfilling its mission. We need you!
our projects
Projects include many man hours and resources donated by generous companies and individuals.
IFRC has developed and refined a proprietary prototype universal testing station. Reusable & highly flexible design provides many exterior and interior challenges in a small space.
Skills Testing Stations
Coordinating a two-day professional siding and windows replacement skills assessment had many moving parts that needed to come together. Among the challenges: erecting multiple identical test stations.
Skills Assessment Site Coordination
Teams arrived bright and early for Day 1. After briefing and some ground rules, four teams of two professionals were assigned stations and went to work.
Siding Skills Assessment Day 1 of 2
All on-site support staff and the contractor test teams were set to complete day 2 bright and early. We estimated correctly and all team completed the assessment.
Siding Skills Assessment Day 2 of 2
The siding master skills test posed many challenges a pro siding contractor would face. Successful completion of the grueling exam is proof of an accomplished pro.
One of four completed test stations
because of our partners we are doing more good for more people!
IT TAKES TEAM WORK!
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