Turner Industries
Turner Industries is a leading industrial services company providing maintenance, construction, fabrication, equipment, and plant services to clients across the energy and manufacturing sectors. With a long-standing commitment to safety, workforce development, and operational excellence, Turner Industries invests in the skilled professionals who keep critical industries running. Learn how Turner Industries is using NCCER to empower its workforce, support employee development, and prepare the next generation of craft professionals.
How does your organization use NCCER programs and services?
We integrate NCCER programs and services across our entire workforce strategy to recruit, train, credential, and retain our craftspeople and leadership. Utilizing certified internal instructors, local ABC chapters, and community college partnerships, we deliver craft upskilling and frontline leadership training. Furthermore, we leverage NCCER assessment and credentialing services—including Crane and Rigging—to validate technical competency, advance employee career paths, and directly satisfy our clients’ certification requirements.
Which pieces of NCCER’s system does your company use?
- NCCER Fundamentals of Crew Leadership program; Industrial Crafts Curriculum via textbooks, training partnerships, and NCCER Connect; Craft Pro; Craft assessments and Certifications; Crane and Rigging Certifications; Build Your Future (BYF)
Why did your organization choose NCCER?
At Turner Industries, safety is not merely an operational requirement—it is the foundation of our company culture. We chose NCCER because its nationally recognized, portable credentials reflect this commitment, embedding rigorous safety protocols and standardized craft education into every level of training. NCCER allows us to satisfy client certification requirements while leveraging their comprehensive educational resources to engage high school talent, build recruitment pipelines, and systematically upskill our craftspeople while we reinforce our safety culture at every touchpoint.
What results or successes have you experienced?
We have trained over 4000 individuals using the NCCER Crew Leader program.
NCCER Connect:
- FCL
- Craft Curriculum
- Core Curriculum
Upgrade Training:
NCCER gives us several resources to train and upgrade our current and future workforce.
BYF and HS CTE Engagement:
We continually hire graduates of high school programs that utilize NCCER curriculum and through interactions at Build Your Future
Site Specific Training Programs / Training Program Successes
One of Turner Industries’ high school students that they were looking into hiring took a tremendous increase in pay because of his skill set –> he did Core and then the first two levels of pipefitting while he was still in school
- Turner gave him a scholarship and then hired him
- He’s under 21 years old, took the NCCER Journey-Level Assessment at the end of his training program, scored a 90, but also passed every other competency
Turner Industries hires from schools that do NCCER training –> they provide the instructors, guest speakers, etc. To help them do their training so that they are ready to work at Turner Industries
Turner Industries is also starting to incorporate HammerMath by doing more workshops with high schools and colleges
NCCER Connect – Turner Industries uses it to help supplement their programs within their jobsites that may be farther away from their regional HQ. They have praised NCCER Connect for its portability and ease of use
What advice would you give to other contractors considering NCCER?
Don’t reinvent the wheel. Avoid the costly and time-consuming process of building custom curricula when NCCER offers a turnkey, industry-standard framework ready for immediate deployment. Use NCCER’s modular programs strategically—select the specific training and assessment pathways and delivery methods that best fit your organizational needs. Treat NCCER not as a tactical training checklist, but as the core framework for a comprehensive workforce development strategy that bridges early recruitment with lifelong craft progression.
