Are You Right For a Career in Pipefitting

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Are You Right For a Career in Pipefitting ?

• Am I interested in how things work and how to
  make things work?
• Am I excited by problems that need solutions
  and am I usually capable of coming up with
  creative ideas?
• Am I prepared to pass an aptitude test, based on
  mechanical reasoning, spatial relationships and
  numerical reasoning?

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• Am I prepared to attend apprentice school for
  eight hours, every two weeks, and 26 weeks a year
  for five years, while being employed by a piping
  contractor?
• Am I interested in going beyond the basics to
  upgrade my skills with journeyman training, to
  take opportunities in technological training, to
  move into management ranks, or eventually, if I
  choose, into owning and operating my own company?

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• Am I prepared to invest the time and effort in a
  career that spells prestige, satisfaction and a
  very good income?
• If you answered YES to most or all of the
  questions, you should be talking about a
  pipefitting career with your school counselor,
  with employing mechanical contractors, or with a
  tradesmen or officials of Pipefitters Local 636.
  Youll find all of them most helpful in your
  career quest.

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As a 636 Pipefitter, Youll Have a Real Career.

• Whats more, as an important part of the
  construction industry, pipefitting is well
  respected for its many contributions to
  everyones health and well being. Pipefitters
  are paid well, too, with some journeymen earning
  a more than comfortable living after just a few
  years on the job.

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As a 636 Pipefitter, Youll Have a Real Career.

• There are many good reasons to pursue a career as
  a union Pipefitter. For one thing, its
  interesting work, where youll never be bored.
  Every day is different and challenging, and
  getting the job done right is always deeply
  satisfying.

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Want Does A Pipefitter Do?

• Basically, Pipefitters cut bend and join
  pipes. Working on large industrial piping
  systems that carry steam, gases, and chemicals to
  supply power, heating and refrigeration, they
  work from blueprints and drawings indoors,
  outdoors, in homes, hospitals, shopping centers,
  in every kind of structure from skyscraper to
  tunnel, on new construction and maintenance and
  remodeling projects.

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• Most Pipefitters work for mechanical
  contractors so called, because they are the
  companies who take responsibility for the
  mechanical operations of a building. That
  includes heating air conditioning, and the flow
  of liquids and gases.
• As a member of Local 636, you will be a part
  of the United Association of Journeymen and
  Apprentices of the Plumbing Pipefitting
  Industry the UA. This international
  organization has over a 100 year history in
  fighting for higher work standards, promoting
  better working conditions, and sponsoring the
  finest apprentice and journeymen training
  available anywhere.

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• As a union Pipefitter you will be a trained
  professional, having come through a thorough
  five-year apprentice program sponsored by
  Pipefitters, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
  Service Local 636 of the United Association.
• That adds up to thousands of hours of training
  that prove you have the talent, the knowledge and
  the skill to perform a most important job in one
  of the most significant industries in today's
  economy.

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First Year Classroom

• Basic Math/ Algebra/Geometry
• Takeoffs/Offsets
• Soldering/Brazing
• Basic Sciences
• Heat Exchanger Principles
• Saturated Steam Tables
• Pumps
• Principles of Welding

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First Year Hands-on

• Power Washing of Coils
• Cleaning Tubes
• Soldering
• Brazing
• Padding-Welding
• Horizontal Fillet Welding

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First Year Pay Rate

• Period
  Wage Fringes
  Total
• 1st Period 14.00 10.03
  24.03
• 2nd Period 14.00
  10.03 24.03
• Taxable wage rate
• Vacation Holiday Fund 1.51
• Dues Check Off 0.38

Insurance Fund 4.10 Defined Benefit
Pension
1.70 Defined Contribution Pension
1.10 S.U.B. Fund

.33 P.I.E.T.F. .40 Retiree/Widow
Fund .28 Industry Fund
.18 International Training Fund .05
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SECOND YEAR CLASSROOM

• Drafting, CAD
• Rigging
• Reclaim and Recovery of CFCs
• Principles of Welding
• Basic Electricity
• CONSTRUCTION APPRENTICES ONLY
  SERVICE APPRENTICES ONLY

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Second Year Hands-on

• Drafting
• Vertical Fillet-Welding
• Rigging
• Knot-Tying
• Electric Wiring
• Overhead FilletWelding
• CONSTRUCTION APPRENTICES ONLY
  SERVICE APPRENTICES ONLY

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Second Year Pay Rate

• Period
  Wage Fringes
  Total
• 3st Period 16.00 10.03
  26.03
• 4nd Period 17.25 10.03
  27.28

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Third Year Classroom

• Steam Boilers
• Hydronic Boilers
• Hydronic Systems
• Hazwoper Standards
• Principles of Welding
• Electric Controls
• Refrigeration
• CONSTRUCTION APPRENTICES ONLY
  SERVICE APPRENTICES ONLY

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Third Year Hands-on

• Electric Control Loops
• Electrical Troubleshooting
• Refrigeration Compressor Teardown
• Plate 3G45- Welding
• Plate 4G45- Welding
• CONSTRUCTION APPRENTICES ONLY
  SERVICE
  APPRENTICES ONLY

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Third Year Pay Rate

• Period Wage
  Fringes
  Total
• 5th Period 18.50 10.03
  28.53
• 6th Period 19.75
  10.03 29.78
• Insurance Fund 4.10
• Defined Benefit Pension
  1.70
• Defined Contribution Pension
  1.10
• S.U.B. Fund
  .33
• P.I.E.T.F. .40
• Retiree/Widow Fund .28
• Industry Fund .18
• International Training Fund .05

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Fourth Year Classroom

• Hydronic Heating Cooling
• Pipe Layout
• Centrifugal Absorption Systems
• Pneumatic Controls
• CONSTRUCTION APPRENTICES ONLY
  SERVICE APPRENTICES ONLY

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Fourth Year Hands-on

• Pneumatics Controls
• Sch 40 2G 5G Welding
• Sch 80 5G- Welding
• CONSTRUCTION APPRENTICES ONLY
  SERVICE APPRENTICES ONLY

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Fourth Year Pay Rate

• Period Wage
  Fringes
  Total
• 7th Period 21.00 10.03 31.03
• 8th Period 22.00 10.03
  22.03
• Insurance Fund 4.10
• Defined Benefit Pension
  1.70
• Defined Contribution Pension
  1.10
• S.U.B. Fund
  .33
• P.I.E.T.F. .40
• Retiree/Widow Fund .28
• Industry Fund .18
• International Training Fund .05

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Fifth Year Classroom

• Start/Test/Balance (Air/Water)
• Basic Computers
• Direct Digital Controls
• CONSTRUCTION APPRENTICES ONLY
  SERVICE APPRENTICES ONLY

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Fifth Year Hands-on

• Start/Test/Balance (Air/Water)
• Fiber Optics
• Basic Computers
• Direct Digital Controls
• Sch 80 6G- Welding
• UA Certification
• Uphill Sch 40 6G- Welding
• CONSTRUCTION APPRENTICES ONLY SERVICE
  APPRNTICES ONLY

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Start/Test/Balance (Air/Water)

• Fiber Optics
• Basic Computers
• Direct Digital Controls
• Sch 80 6G- Welding
• UA Certification
• Uphill Sch 40 6G- Welding
• CONSTRUCTION APPRENTICES ONLY SERVICE
  APPRNTICES ONLY

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Fifth Year Pay Rate

• Period Wage
  Fringes
  Total
• 9th Period 23.00 10.03 33.03
• 10th Period 24.00 10.03
  34.03
• Insurance Fund 4.10
• Defined Benefit Pension
  1.70
• Defined Contribution Pension
  1.10
• S.U.B. Fund
  .33
• P.I.E.T.F. .40
• Retiree/Widow Fund .28
• Industry Fund .18
• International Training Fund .05

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Classroom Training To Help You Be The Best There
Is

• As an apprentice at the Pipefitting
  Industry Training Center, youll attend classes
  for eight hours every two weeks total of 1000
  hours of classroom training over your five years
  that can put you among the leaders in the
  construction industry.
• This all starts with a 40hour orientation
  program on safety, your UA heritage and the
  subject of tool use.

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• Once into the curriculum, youll study high
  purity piping systems, the pharmaceutical and
  computer chip industries, as well as computer
  assisted drawing (CAD). Youll discover the
  techniques of mechanical drawing, blueprint
  reading and welding (all apprentices will be
  exposed to welding theory and the types of
  welding procedures)..

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• And you will dig into industrial controls,
  refrigeration and air conditioning systems, steam
  and hydronic heating systems, and commercial and
  residential mechanical systems.
• A key part of the service apprentice
  training will include a Service Program, where
  youll learn about servicing and maintenance of
  air conditioning, compressors and HVAC systems.

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• Plus, youll become expert in codes and
  code issues affecting the industry, as well as
  the important areas of safety and safety
  training.
• In short, youll learn the cutting edge
  technologies youll need for success in the years
  ahead.
• Then, once youve completed your
  apprenticeship, youll become a full-fledged
  journeyman pipefitter, with the equivalent of a
  masters degree from any university, and be able
  to command the respect and good earnings that
  come with your professional status.

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• Indeed, with the help of your union, you
  will most likely step into a job thats just
  waiting for you, with no searching on your part.

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Youll Be Part of A Tradition of Excellence More
Than A Century Old

• When you complete your apprentice program at
  the Pipefitting Industry Training Center, youre
  ready to tell the world youre a pipefitting
  professional and a member of Pipefitters Local
  636.
• And even though youve already earned up to
  200,000 total while learning for five years,
  youll be ready to command the 60,000-plus
  annual income that the union Pipefitters make.

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• Also, after 30 years on the job, youll
  have a million dollar annuity and an additional
  pension plan with guaranteed benefits during your
  lifetime with liberal health insurance programs
  (health, dental, eye-glass benefits). It wasnt
  always that way, though. Over 100 years ago,
  when the United Association of Plumbers and
  Pipefitters was founded, the standard workweek
  was six 10 hour days at 3 per day.
• But thanks to the dedication of the United
  Association people including Local 636, which

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• was chartered by the UA in 1914 a shorter
  work week, wage increases and fridge benefits
  soon became realities. At the same time, basic
  jurisdictional rights to represent Pipefitters
  exclusively in a given area were established.
• As Local 636 grew, the eight hour day
  became the standard and the 40-hour workweek the
  rule. Today, our members are proud of these
  achievements.

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• And we look forward to being joined by
  motivated, Talented sand trained young people,
  dedicated to the principles and progress of our
  past as we move into our future.