Plumber, Pipe Fitter and HVAC Tech Apprenticeship Applications

WELDER TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION PROGRAM

The United Association established the UA Welder Training and Certification Program to provide comprehensive training and qualification for our member welders. The program trains and qualifies welders in the SMAW, GTAW, GMAW, FCAW, Machine, Semi-Automatic, Automatic and Orbital Welding processes. Since its inception in 1993, the UA’s welder training and certification program has qualified over 45,000 welders. The flexible program can accommodate special requirements of project owners and contractors. An owner can request that welders be tested and certified for a specialized procedure that may be needed on a new or unique process. The UA WCP is accepted by owners and contractors, such as American Electric Power, British Petroleum, Entergy, Conoco-Phillips, Fluor, Ashland/Marathon, Commonwealth Edison, Shell Chemical, Black & Veetch and Bechtel.

PIPEFITTING AND CERTIFICATION PROGRAM

For 125 years, the UA has trained pipefitters to meet the evolving needs of our industry; we are proud of the state-of-the-art training we provide our members, including the latest certifications and instruction in cutting-edge technologies and new trends in the many areas in which we work. 

Our members can be found all across North America, working in single-family homes, high-rise apartment buildings, data centers, supermarkets, food warehousing and processing facilities, power plants, chemical installations, manufacturing facilities, waste water and water treatment plants, schools and hospitals. 

PLUMBER AND CERTIFICATION PROGRAM

The skilled plumbers of the United Association are among the best trained and safest skilled tradespeople working in the building industry today. Our contractors and members are actively engaged in plumbing installation, repair, service and maintenance of piping and plumbing systems and equipment used for drinking (potable) water distribution, sanitary waste drainage, storm water systems and gas distribution. Our contractors and members also work on technical installations for medical gas in hospitals and nursing homes, hydronic in-floor heating, solar thermal panels, heat pumps, cross-connection control and many other systems necessary for the health and safety of the general public.

HVAC TECH AND CERTIFICATION PROGRAM

Industrial, commercial, institutional and residential climate control systems—such as freezers and coolers in supermarkets and the heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems in schools and shopping malls—are technologically advanced machines that require calibration and maintenance. Not only is it essential that this equipment keep working, but the high cost of energy requires that they operate as efficiently as possible. 

UA HVAC service technicians install, maintain and repair all sizes of heating and cooling systems for residential, commercial, institutional and industrial applications and are experts in all of the various refrigeration systems that make it possible to store and transport food, medicine, and other perishable items.