OSHA classes

OSHA classes

BOARDMAN

The Home Builders and Remodelers Association of the Valley is offering a series of Occupational Safety & Health Administration classes for 2015.

OSHA has been increasing its enforcement actions on home-building sites throughout the country. Data show the number of fatalities in residential construction increased 37 percent compared with a 3 percent increase in nonresidential construction in 2012.

The classes will take place at the Holiday Inn, 7410 South Ave., from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Jan. 29, Feb. 26, March 19 and March 26. Each class will focus on a different topic related to the 2013 top-10 most-frequently cited federal OSHA construction standards.

The cost is $20 per class for HBA members and $30 per class for nonmembers. Registration is required through the HBA office at 330-965-9779 or jennie@hbamv.org.

Property auction

COLUMBUS

A wide selection of computers, electronic items and heavy equipment will be available for bid at the Ohio miscellaneous-property auction at the Ohio Department of Administrative Services, 4200 Surface Road, at 9 a.m. Saturday. Doors open at 8 a.m. Purchased items must be paid for in full the day of the sale. Cash, and credit cards from Visa, Discover and MasterCard are accepted.

Job-skills workshop

PITTSBURGH

Job-Applications.com will have a free jobs-skills workshop from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Pittsburgh Marriott City Center hotel, 112 Washington Place, downtown.

The workshop is designed to help job-seekers fine-tune resumes, develop a professional social media presence and gain confidence managing the interview stage of a job search.

The workshop is the second in a series by the Canton, Ohio-based company.

Home-price growth in US remains mild

WASHINGTON

U.S. home values rose at a measured pace in November, a sign that demand remains weak as many buyers have been priced out of the market.

Real-estate provider CoreLogic says prices increased 5.5 percent in November compared with 12 months earlier. That was up slightly from October’s year-over-year increase of 5.4 percent, which was revised downward from a previously reported 6.1 percent.

CoreLogic projects that price growth will remain mild in 2015 as the U.S. real-estate market continues to recover from the lows reached after the Great Recession.

Great Lakes freeze cost put at $705M

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich.

An organization representing U.S. cargo shippers on the Great Lakes says last year’s deep freeze cost the economy an estimated $705 million and shows the need for another heavy icebreaking vessel.

The Lake Carriers’ Association said Tuesday the volume of freight that U.S.-flagged ships hauled on the lakes between Dec. 1, 2013, and May 30, 2014, was about 7 million tons lower than the same period a year earlier.

Vindicator staff/wire reports