Training
Our Signatory Contractors employ the skilled manpower of
Steamfitters Local 420. No other organization serves
the training needs of the piping industry like the United
Association. For over a century, the UA Has been training
the most highly-qualified workers in Eastern Pennsylvania,
the United States and Canada.
Over the past several decades, the UA Local 420 training
programs have produced a stable, skilled workforce
responsible for building and maintaining piping systems in
the various industrial, commercial and residential
facilities that make up the Eastern Pennsylvania landscape.
No one can match our commitment or investment to training.
The UA International spends over $100 million annually on
training programs involving over 250,000 journeymen and
apprentices in over 400 local training facilities at any
given time.
If the United Association International wanted to select the
area which best reflects this commitment to the training and
excellence, it would look to Local 420 and their 57,000
square foot state-of-the-art facility. The agreement between
the Mechanical Contractors Association of Eastern
Pennsylvania and Steamfitters Local 420 is partnership that
produces excellence in the Pipefitting Industry.
The training facility at Local 420 is always filled with
apprentices in our 5-Year Apprentice Program. This ensures
that our contractors have a pool of skilled manpower at all
times. Apprenticeship in the pipe trades is a highly
selective program. Each apprentice has been carefully
screened. No one with drug or alcohol problems can qualify
and acceptance for training depends on the applicants
qualifications and the manpower needs of the trade at the
time of the selection process. The bottom line is that we
ONLY select the most qualified candidates. The intensive
technical training program consists of at least 8,500 to
10,000 hours of on-the-job training and approximately 1,080
hours of related classroom training.
As you can see, our Associations boast the most trained,
safe, drug-free workforce in Eastern Pennsylvania and
Steamfitters Local 420 welcome you to tour their facility so
that you can see it first hand.
For a tour or meeting with the Apprenticeship/Training
Coordinator of Local 420
Contact Us and we will help
you arrange a tour. We encourage you and your organization
to do so!
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