How To Combat Trade Labor Shortage In Hydronics

At a time when unemployment rates are high, how could there be a shortage of workers?  As contradictory as it seems, this is the current situation in the skilled trades across the nation.  Largely resulting from the abundance of baby boomers retiring from the sector, the number of skilled trade jobs is now far outpacing the supply of qualified workers to fill them!

The below data was found in a study completed by PeopleReady, showing the areas in real need of qualified workers:

• Plumber apprentices: Job postings have increased by 24% in the past month, and jobs are sitting unfilled for an average of 29 days.
• Roofer apprentices: 50%; 39 days.
• Carpenter helpers: 12%; 28 days.
• Carpentry apprentices: 33%; 31 days.
• Construction workers: 17%; 27 days.
• Electrician helpers: 15%; 27 days

Necessity is the mother of invention.  – Plato

We are once again seeing the truth of Plato’s words as this lack of skilled workers makes way for technology advances, innovation, and more efficient ways of doing things.

Here at NextGen Boiler, we are proud to provide the solution for hydronic heating with our electric boiler.  This sleek wall-mounted unit houses all components (expansion tank, heat exchanger, pump and control panel) so your boiler is no longer a mess of parts individually mounted to the wall – a huge savings on the time and labor it takes to set up the traditional hydronic heating system.  Requiring no venting, NextGen boiler also provides the flexibility to be placed virtually anywhere.  Can you believe our boiler installs in less than an hour – simply mount, plug and play!

Not only is our boiler efficient to install, but it is also energy efficient and a green solution for heat in both residential and commercial environments.   Electricity is becoming more and more economical and is the only source of energy that will operate with renewables such as solar and wind power that gas heating systems will never recreate.

Simply put, the NextGen boiler is an efficient, clean, safe and reliable heat source, reducing our carbon footprint – a perfect fit for the net zero energy buildings of today!