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career in the pipetrades is a prestigious,
well-paying one, with possibilities for advancement and
even ownership of your own firm. What's more, BAA contractors
are equal opportunity employers, who offer careers regardless
of sex, race, national origin, or religious faith.
If you have the right stuff, you could be eligible for the five-year Apprenticeship
Contractor Training Program, where you can stoke up on all
the practical knowledge a piping professional
needs to have -- plus be eligible to earn while
you learn with a BAA contractor.
Is a Career in the Pipetrades Right for Me?
- Am I interested in how things work, and how to make them work?
- Do I usually come up with creative solutions to problems?
- Am I prepared to take an aptitude test based on mechanical reasoning,
spatial relationships, and numerical reasoning?
- Am I ready to invest the time and effort in a career that can deliver a high level of satisfaction and a very good income?
If you answered "yes" to those questions ... Read on!
What Do Piping Tradespeople Do Anyway?
Piping tradespeople - plumbers, steamfitters and pipefitters - install
building systems that carry water, steam, gases and various
chemicals to provide power, heating, cooling, refrigeration and
sanitation. These are comforts we take for granted.
Piping tradespeople work from drawings and blueprints. They cut,
bend, weld, and join piping systems that go into everything
from homes to hospitals, skyscrapers, tunnels, and much
more. You can find them doing their work in new construction
as well as maintaining existing constructions.
Who Do Piping Tradespeople Work For?
Union pipe tradespeople are independent "journeymen".
That means they are members of the union and work for mechanical
contractors - firms are not the ones who provide the working, moving
systems in a given building. This includes heating and cooling,
as well as process-driven systems such as refrigeration or the flow
of liquids on a production line.
As A Member of Local 85, You'll Be A Trained Professional
When your application is accepted for the Local
85 Apprenticeship
Contractor Training Program, you will begin your plumbing apprenticeship
at Local 85 in Saginaw. During your 5-year apprenticeship program,
you will learn plumbing, pipefitting, welding, isometric drawing,
template layout, blueprint reading and mathematics. You will study
computer assisted drawing, plus all the latest in safety techniques.
From pumps to pneumatic controls from soldering to steam boilers
and more, you will earn the licenses to make you a solid professional.
The PipeTrades: Not Just A Job - A Career!
The future promises maximum job security in Michigan. And your training
in the pipetrades is also "portable" to anywhere in
the country. As a professional pipetrades member of Local
85, you will have generous benefits programs working for
you, including healthcare, unemployment plans, and a strong
retirement fund.
What's The Next Step?
If you answered "yes" to most of all the questions above,
you will do well in the piping trades. So, join the Apprenticeship
Contractor Training Program today by contacting us at:
1-800-LOCAL 85
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