Training News

Spring Classes NEW [3/9/2010] - Please check out our upcoming spring classes by clicking on link: link
OSHA 10/OSHA 30 [2/8/2010] - We will be offering an OSHA 10/30 class for any UA member who is interested.  The OSHA 10 classes will run on Tuesday March 9th, Thursday March 11th, Tuesday March 16th, and Thursday March 18th.  You must attend all four classes in order to receive your OSHA 10 certification.  If you would like to receive an OSHA 30 certification, you would attend all the classes for the OSHA 10 and then continue on with the additional 20 hours of classes for the OSHA 30.  Please call the Technology Center at 412-481-0333 to register. more
First Aid/CPR [2/8/2010] - We will be offering a First Aid/CPR Class to any UA member or family member on Saturday, March 27th.  Class space is limited, so please call the Technology Center to schedule at 412-481-0333.  If there is interest, an infant CPR demonstration can be performed/instructed. more
		Downhill Welding Class [1/19/2010] - In the upcoming weeks, we will begin offering downhill welding classes to any 449 Journeyman who has a valid welding certification, either a 6G Gas Certification or any UA Weld Certification, and who would be interested in becoming proficient in downhill welding.  more
		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

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.