Today’s Mechanical Tradesman
Since instituting the Plumbers and Steamfitters Apprenticeship program in 1941, the Local Union 486 has given hundreds of hours of free instruction, on-the-job-training and job opportunities to participants. Many of today’s successful mechanical tradesman completed the five-year program and are employed in the various industries that these trades serve. They are expert technicians, skilled journey workers, trained managers, and high wage earners.
Where they work:
- High rises
- Power plants
- Water treatment plants
Health care facilities
Stadiums
Schools & colleges
Hotels
Casinos
HVACR facilities
What they’ll be doing:
- Operating hydraulic and electric controls
- Monitoring digital technology control systems
- Installing backflow preventers
Installing natural & medical gas systems
- Reading and interpreting building drawings and specifications
- Calculating for systems
- Commercial plumbing, heating, cooling & refrigeration
- They are welders, riggers, steamfitters
What’s in a Union?
- The Union provides job information, training programs and benefits
Provides a safe working environment
- Union members and officers promote good labor relations
- Union members and officers work with businesses to supply highly trained labor for any size or type of project
- The Union inspires excellence and pride!
Union workers do the job right – on time and on budget!
Application Deadlines
Seaford, Delaware & Martinsburg, West Virginia
Applications for the 2019-2020 school year
are now being accepted.
Baltimore, Maryland
Applications for the 2019-2020 school year
are now being accepted.
There is a non-refundable processing fee of $75 due at the time of application to be paid by Credit Card.
No official documents needed to apply.