Benefits of Membership With MSR

MANUFACTURERS

Welcome to Merit Shop Resources, Inc. online. We are a 501 c 3 not-for-profit corporation. We were founded for the express purpose of promoting a culture that endorses and facilitates technical education within our schools and colleges. We are active in our communities, working with industry, construction, vendors, schools and craftsmen to help provide a technical education for each and every high school student, post high school student, and returning Veteran that seeks to educate themselves in the manufacturing and construction trades.

With your support our efforts will reach one more student that needs help with tuition, one more parent that needs convincing that a technical education is the right thing for their student. And one more returning Veteran that needs our assistance.

Your support will help fund general tuition, training equipment purchases, and, as needed, specialty instructors to assist with safety training for basic safety courses at our technical schools and colleges so that our graduates will have a good background in safety when they enter the workforce.

Please support our common cause, your donations are fully tax deductable.

CONTRACTORS

As a contractor member of our consortium you are able to instantly access our complete database of pipefitters, ironworkers, welders, millwrights, industrial electricians, operating engineers, instrument fitters, carpenters, insulators and laborers. We recruit and retain the industry's best trained construction worker. Our proprietary database allows you to see the entire list of craftsmen available. You can sort them by years of experience, formal training, safety training held (such as OSHA 10 or 30) and group them with other craft you have selected. You can contact them individually or as a group giving them your preferred call back number.

Your membership and support helps recruit and train the young craftsmen and women that we need for today's projects and to make sure we have the resources required for future growth.

Supporting us is just good business and your donations are fully tax deductable.

BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP FOR THE CONTRACTOR:

Provides instant access to a better trained pool of industrial craftsmen

Allows sorting by discipline, skill, experience, certification and location

Allows the contractor to make better choices based on the craftsmen's skills and qualifications

Contractor can contact craftsmen by phone or email

Eliminates the need to keep an up-to-date listing of craftsmen

Greatly simplifies the management of the labor pool

Contractor can hire labor local to the project thus reducing costs

Helps keep the labor force engaged in the industry

Most cost effective means of recruiting a diminished labor force

Data captured by searches will be used to help vocational/technical schools set their curriculum

VENDORS

Vendors, your membership allows you to showcase your goods and services on our online blog/marketplace without further charge, all the while supporting technical education for deserving high school graduates and veterans. Your donations are fully tax deductible.

CRAFTSMEN

If you currently work in the construction industry or are enrolled in construction related vocational training, becoming a member of Merit Shop Resources is the next logical step in your career! Think of this as a free lifetime listing in the yellow pages of construction craftsmen.

The nation is experiencing a shortage of trained and capable construction craftsmen so skills like yours are much in demand. Our state of the art database enables contractors to search for and contact the craftsmen they need. This database also allows you to showcase your training and experience to a potential employer.

By entering your work related information into our database you will be assured that your name and skills are accessible to hundreds of contractors in the industry! This database is available to you at NO CHARGE and is good for a lifetime! No one will contact you for any other reason than offering employment, and, your contact information will never be shared or sold. The information you enter is only that found on a simple resume, name, experience, contact information, but, the benifits last a lifetime!

BENEFITS FOR CRAFTSMEN:

Craftsmen join for free. Free means FREE, there is never a cost to you at all.
Simple to setup and use - takes just minutes
Always visible to the contractor when labor is needed
Ability to keep your contact information up to date
Allows you to update your training and certifications as you advance in your career.