About Us
COE Accredited
The Finishing Trades Institute of the Ohio Region is accredited by the Commission of the Council on Occupational.
The Mission of the FTIOR
The FTIOR provides necessary skills to individuals for career advancement to journeyman status and continued education in the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades construction industries.
This commitment to apprentice and journeyman education and training is essential to the success of our various skill trade unions and our contractor associations.
The FTIOR exists to serve a number of purposes:
- To supply all contractors with highly skilled workers including apprentices, journeymen, supervisors, project managers, etc.
- To facilitate a unique learning environment with varying instructional objectives and technologies.
- To provide activities and resources that fosters a positive, comprehensive training environment.
- To provide career advancement through a combination of classroom instruction as well as shop and field experiences.
- To provide maintain a leading edge and safe workforce through journeyman continuing education classes.
Cleveland
cincinnati
toledo
columbus
With four (4) state of the art training centers, we specialize in complete training for Drywall Finisher, Glazier, Painter – Indust Coating and Lining App Specialist and Painter-Decorator. Men and women are afforded comprehensive curriculum and unequaled training.
The FTIOR invests in the education of the apprentices and journeymen as a means to build strong communities throughout the State. It is impressed upon our members that acquiring vital trade specific skills is necessary in securing and maintaining competitive wages, health and pension benefits, and favorable working conditions.
Our Vision
The FTIOR’s vision is unparalleled. Our comprehensive training programs are a collaborative effort designed to supply our union contractors and associations the most uniquely qualified work force, now and into the future.
Main Campus and Instructional Service Centers
Through the affiliation with District Council 6, the FTIOR has a main campus and three instructional service centers:
- Main campus located at 8257 Dow Circle W, Strongsville, OH 44136
- Cincinnati Instructional Service Center 200 Kovach Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45215
- Columbus Instructional Service Center 8700 Memorial Drive, Plain City, OH 43064
- Toledo Instructional Service Center which the FTIOR partners with the Northwest Ohio Construction Education Center 4535 Hill Ave, Toledo, OH 43615
Staff List
George Boots
Director of Training
Chief Administrator, COE
Statewide
866-239-4575 ext 131
440-783-2909 – Cell
georgeb@ftior.edu
Tiffnee Sims
Secretary
COE Accreditation Liaison
Veterans Program Certifying Official
Statewide
440-239-4575 ext 133
tiffneed@ftior.edu
Full time instructors
justin Oshel
Drywall Finisher
MAtt Harper
Glazier
Duane Behanna
Painter-Decorator
Joe Kintyhtt
Painter -Decorator
part time instructors
BJ Hornschemeier
Glazier
Chris Gardner
Glazier
Daniel Constantini
Painter-Industrial Coating & Lining App Specialist – Instructor
Daniel McLaughlin
Drywall Finisher
Jason Liskai
Glazier
John Houlis
Painter-Industrial Coating & Lining App Specialist – Instructor
Nick Papadorotheou
Glazier
Equal Opportunity
No employee of the FTIOR will discriminate against an applicant for employment or a fellow employee because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sex (including pregnancy status or gender identity), sexual orientation, genetic information or because they are an individual with disability or a person 40 years or older. No employee of the FTIOR will discriminate against any applicant or fellow employee because of the person’s veteran status. This policy applies to all employment practices and personnel actions including advertising, recruitment, testing, screening, hiring, selection for training, upgrading, transfer, demotion, layoff, termination, rates of pay, and other forms of compensation or overtime.