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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | THE SMART VAN APRIL 21, 2011  The SmartVan Partners with Mike Rowe’s Trades Hub The SmartVan will be supplying Trades Hub with content for the field service set, complementing the material the site pulls in from experts in the construction, plumbing, welding and electrician fields, just to name a few. Trades Hub, an extension of MikeRoweWORKS , is “dedicated to championing the cause of hard workers and reinvigorating the skilled trades.&#. More about ServiceMax. | THE SMART VAN JUNE 21, 2011  Locksmith Scams Paint All Field Service Techs in Bad Light All good advice, but while The SmartVan feels the pain of consumers taken advantage of by dishonest locksmiths, we’re just as worried (if not more so) about what these kinds of stories mean for all field service employees, from HVAC techs to plumbers and electricians. Consumers are advised to make sure locksmiths arrive in a company vehicle, like this one. | | | | | |
| THE SMART VAN SEPTEMBER 26, 2011  Infrared is the New (Old?) Green Electricians can use it to check distribution panels from a safe distance. Would your customers like to save money on energy and on your own company’s labor charges? Would you like to increase technician productivity, reduce the amount of callbacks and offer your customers something more than your competition is offering? Yes, I know, infrared has been around for a long time. Not really. | THE SMART VAN NOVEMBER 30, 2012  Extreme Field Service: How to Service a Mountain We’ve got one electrician, and a group of guys that go out to repair the hydrants and do maintenance, or change the oil on the motors. Most field service people are in the business of fixing a thing — a piece of equipment, appliance, or cable line. Barrett Burghard services a mountain. The SmartVan spoke to Burghard to ask what, exactly, goes into upkeeping a mountain. | THE SMART VAN JUNE 1, 2011  Nissan NV Shakes Up Commercial Van Market, Doubles as ‘Man Cave’ It’s rare that closed-vehicle manufacturers pay much attention to plumbers, electricians, carpenters and handymen.&#. Now that Nissan’s new NV2500 has made its debut in the commercial van market, techs and reviewers alike have been able to take it out for a spin. Aukofer of Scripps Howard News Service. More about commercial vans on The SmartVan. More about ServiceMax. | THE SMART VAN FEBRUARY 9, 2012  Deep-Sea Robot Technician: SmartVan’s Job of the Week They are seeking an experienced electrician to provide installation, troubleshooting, customer training, and factory floor support. Did you know that right now there are advanced underwater robots working in some of the most extreme conditions, deep in the ocean, to keep our underwater gas and oil machinery working properly? For more, check our job board here. Deep-Sea Robot Technician. | | | | | | | |
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THE SMART VAN | TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 2012  Why Field Service Firms Can’t Lose with Online Listings
Consumers are increasingly going online to find and vet plumbers, contractors, electricians, and other service providers. It used to be that service organizations found customers by branding their trucks, placing a Yellow Pages listing and relying on their work (and their happy customers’ referrals) to keep the work orders coming. That’s no longer the case — any business that relies solely on the Yellow Pages is destined for the trash heap, just like those bulky books. Yelp and Angie’s List are two of the largest sites people turn to, but they’re only the beginning. Urgent.ly MORE >> -
THE SMART VAN | FRIDAY, JULY 27, 2012  Fed Report Contains Good News for Tradesmen
It isn’t that there aren’t enough young people qualified to be electricians, for instance. It’s that most of the people being hired on as electricians come from a different background, and so the entire process of hiring has to be slowed down as they come aboard. The past four or five years have been a particularly painful time for many people in the trades. dramatic economic recession, followed by a slow and grueling rebound that seemed to favor technological expertise over blue-collar work that has left the field a little grey around the temple. They made up 2.3 MORE >> -
THE SMART VAN | FRIDAY, JULY 27, 2012  Fed Report Contains Good News for Tradesmen
It isn’t that there aren’t enough young people qualified to be electricians, for instance. It’s that most of the people being hired on as electricians come from a different background, and so the entire process of hiring has to be slowed down as they come aboard. The past four or five years have been a particularly painful time for many people in the trades. dramatic economic recession, followed by a slow and grueling rebound that seemed to favor technological expertise over blue-collar work that has left the field a little grey around the temple. They made up 2.3 MORE >>
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