APPRENTICESHIP

BOILERMAKERS

Boilermaker’s Local One Apprenticeship Program requires, at a minimum, the following every six months: completion of 6 written self-study lessons, on-the-job training modules and passing a written exam. To graduate to journeyman boilermaker status, you must complete a minimum 6,000 hours of on-the-job training and you must attend, participate, and complete a minimum of 150 hours per year of classroom instruction.

CARPENTERS

Includes all Carpenters and Millwrights

Apprenticeship is the best way to start your career as a Carpenter. Whether you have experience on a job site or have never used tools before, apprenticeship programs are designed to give you the skills for success. Each program has classroom and shop projects that are designed to develop your skills so that you will be ready for the job site.

ELECTRICIANS

We’re making a new era of electricians, what are you waiting for? Choosing the Inside Wiremen program requires a 5-year commitment that includes 8,000 on-the-job work hours and 900 classroom hours to complete. Choosing the Data Technician program requires a 4-year commitment that includes 6,400 on-the-job work hours and 720 classroom hours to complete. For more information on these programs, please visit our website.

IRONWORKERS

This is a four-year apprenticeship training program. Apprentices are paid and receive benefits while gaining experience through on-the-job training. To graduate from the program, you must achieve 5,600 on-the-job training hours, documented by a contractor who participates in our Apprenticeship Program. You will also complete a minimum of 204 hours of hands-on or classroom training each year.

NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS FINISHING TRADES INSTITUTE

Includes Painters, Glazing, Drywall Finishing
Apprenticeships in the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades are open to anyone living in North America who is 18 years old with a high school degree (or equivalent) and reliable transportation. We work in the Finishing Trades as industrial and commercial painters, drywall finishers, wall coverers, glaziers, glass workers, floor covering installers, sign makers, display workers, convention and show decorators and in many more exciting occupations.

PIPEFITTERS

UA apprentices learn through both classroom and on-the-job training in what is considered by many to be the best construction industry apprentice program in the world. The five-year apprenticeship period is divided into one-year segments, each of which includes 1,700 to 2,000 hours of on-the-job training and a minimum of 216 hours of related classroom instruction. Contact us for information about our work force, our career opportunities and our dedication to the advancement of the piping industry.

ROOFERS

The length of our apprenticeship is five years and 5500 on-the-job training hours. At the completion of our program, an apprentice becomes a journeyman, fully qualified to perform the work of the roofing trade and earns the industry top pay for their skill. To learn more, please visit our website.

SPRINKLER FITTERS

“The Training Center covers all aspects of commercial, industrial and residential fire protection, including installation, repair, inspection and testing of all fire protection systems. For over a century, the UA has been training the most highly qualified workers in the United States and Canada. In addition to our five-year apprenticeship programs, Sprinkler Fitters Local 281 offers continuing education opportunity that includes journeymen training and certification, as well as an associate degree program.

Over the past several decades, the United Association’s training programs have produced a stable, skilled workforce responsible for building and maintaining piping systems in the various industrial and residential facilities that make up the North American landscape.”