Training News
Medical Gas Certification Class
[12/13/2011] - We will begin a Medical Gas Certification Class on Tuesday, January 31st through Thursday, March 1st on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:30pm - 9:30pm. You MUST attend all classes. There will be a Med Gas Braze Practice Test on Saturday, February 18th and a Medical Gas Braze Test on Saturday, March 3rd. (These times will be discussed in class.) You must call the Technology Center to register. Open to any UA member.  more
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First Aid / CPR Adult and Infant Training
[12/13/2011] - Saturday, January 28th - 7:30am - 4:00pm
You must call the Technology Center to register. Open to any UA member or their family. more
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OSHA Raises Lift Crew Requirements to a Higher Level
[11/29/2011] - Crane operators, signal persons, and riggers will be required to be certified/qualified more
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Qualified Rigger/Signal Person
[9/7/2011] - We will be holding qualified rigger/signal person training classes on the following Saturdays: January 21st, February 18th. The class will be an eight hour class from 7:30am - 3:30pm, Room 201. Lunch will be provided. This class will include review of crane signals, crane limitations, qualified person requirements, signaling practice scenarios, inspections of rigging before use, hitch configuration, capacities, basic knots, and recognizing association hazard. Qualified Rigger/Signal Person Cards will be issued after course completion. Meets OSHA 29 CFR Part 1926.1430 requirements. (This course is open to any UA member with the exception of first year apprentices.) You MUST call the Technology Center to register.
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UPMC ICRA 8 Awareness Seminar
[9/7/2011] - We will be holding Infections Control Risk Assessment Classes on the following days: Monday and Wednesday evening, February 13th and February 15th ~ 5:30pm - 9:00pm ~ (You must attend BOTH evenings) ~ Steamfitters Technology Center Room 204, Instructor Sean George ~ This course will be a requirement for any tradesman working in a UPMC facility. It will instruct the tradesman how to recognize and minimize potential life threatening infection sources to patients through proper work habits. This class is open to any UA Member. Class space is limited and you must pre-register by calling the Steamfitters Technology Center.
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Auto CAD Classes
[8/31/2011] - We will be offering an AutoCAD class beginning January 9th on Mondays and Wednesdays. The class will begin at 6:00pm the first night, however as a class you will decide on a permanent start time that works well for everyone. Please call the Technology Center to register. This class is open to any UA member. more
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OSHA Fact Sheet
[2/22/2011] - Answers to your questions about Signal Person Qualifications link
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Email Notifications
[2/22/2011] - In order to receive email information about upcoming events and classes, please give us your email address by calling the Technology Center. more
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TWIC - Transportation Worker Identification Credential
[4/20/2009] - In this time of heightened security, all transportation workers need to become informed about the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC). You will need a TWIC to gain unescorted access to secure areas of Maritime Transportation Security Act (MTSA) regulated facilities and vessels. more
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Training Events
Training
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 the United States and Canada.
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.
No one can match the commitment or investment. The UA spends
over $100 million annually on training programs efforts
involving approximately 100,000 journeymen and apprentices
in over 400 local training facilities at any given time.
If the United Association wanted to select the area which
best reflects this commitment to the training and excellence
produced, it could well look to state of Pennsylvania.
Thanks in part to our relationship with the Mechanical
Contractors Association, Steamfitters local 449 offers state
of the art training year round.
We train apprentices and journeyworkers in many skills
including: Pipe Fabrication, Pipe Welding, Orbital Tube
Welding, Medical Gas Systems, Process Safety Management,
Instrumentation /Calibration, Heating/Air
Conditioning/Refrigeration, Rigging, Pipe Drafting, OSHA
Safety, Computer Aided Drafting, Computerized Pipe Design in
3D, Primavera (Computer Software) Planning and Scheduling,
and more.
In addition to our five-year apprenticeship programs, we
offer continuing education opportunity that includes
journeymen training and certification, as well as associate
degree programs.
Click Here to contact the Steamfitters Local 449 Technology
Center.
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