Applications can be made online at: GETPIPING.COM
Current official government issued photo ID and $25 non-refundable processing fee, payable by major credit card only, must be provided at the time of application.
Plumbers and Steamfitters LU 486 Membership and the Mechanical Contractors' Association of Maryland, Inc.
There is a non-refundable processing fee of $25.00 due at the time of application. The fee is payable by major credit card only.
If selected for training, you will receive an Apprentice Scholarship for your training. You will, however, be responsible to pay for your books. These materials are approximately $525 for the first year and about $350 on average for the next four years.
You are required to pay union dues, $31.00 per month, once you have been placed on the job site for one of our participating contractors.
Two, which are held on Mondays and Wednesdays, or Tuesdays and Thursdays, between the hours of 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. You may be required to attend a few Saturday classes between the hours of 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. depending upon your year/group class schedule.
Classes begin in September of each year and usually end in June of the following year like the public school system.
You will be employed by one of the participating contractors signatory to an Agreement with Plumbers/Steamfitters LU 486 as jobs become available. LU 486's work jurisdiction is Baltimore City and surrounding counties and also includes the Hagerstown and Frederick area and Sussex, Delaware area. You are required to work 8 hours per day, 5 days a week usually between the hours of 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. You will need your own transportation to get to and from the job site.
At the Plumbers/Steamfitters' Training Facility, 1201 66th Street, Baltimore Co., Rosedale, Maryland, 21237, OR at the Plumbers & Steamfitters Facility, 1301 W. Washington St., Hagerstown, MD 21740. OR the Plumbers/Steamfitters Facility, 26705 Sussex Hwy., Seaford, Delaware, 19973
You will be dispatched by Local Union 486.
Plumber and Steamfitter Apprentices and Journeyman install piping in buildings, industry, schools, hospitals, etc. Additionally, they install and service heating and cooling systems and do their own control work. They also do their own welding. A Plumber/Steamfitter also installs and repairs pipe, fittings and fixtures of hot and cold water, vacuum, oxygen, gas and drainage systems. They also do layout of pipe and pipe connections and provide openings for pipes in walls and floors. They cut and thread pipe using pipe cutters, cutting torches, and pipe threading machines.
- Complete the online application at www.getpiping.com and pay the non-refundable $25 processing fee payable by major credit card only. Must have a current official government issued photo ID
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Take the assessment testing and achieve a passing grade. Link to be provided via email in January.
- After you pass the assessment tests you will be notified by email to provide the following:
- Provide a copy of your high school transcript or a copy of your GED Certificate with scores attached.
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Submit to our office the three personal reference forms that you receive from the school's office after they have been filled out by either a former employer or an acquaintance. The Apprenticeship Committee prefers that you do not use relatives as personal references.
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After you provide all documentation listed above you will appear in person for a "personal interview" by the Joint Apprenticeship Committee on the date that has been scheduled for you.
When you appear before the Joint Apprenticeship Committee for your personal interview, your application, assessment test, and high school transcript or GED scores will be reviewed. Interview questions asked will be personal history, your goals, and what, why, when and how you became interested in our apprenticeship program. If you have taken math, mechanical drawing, or plumbing/welding/electrical subjects in high school, you will receive extra bonus points. The committee compiles an overall score for each applicant that qualifies for an interview. They are then placed on an eligibility list. After all qualified applicants have been interviewed, a selection is made by the Apprenticeship Committee from the eligibility list from the highest score, downward. Job opportunities dictate the number of applicants selected for training.
$48.5k+ Now in wages and benefits, while you’re in school, with FREE Tuition. 125k+ in 5 years at graduation.
1st Year - Medical plan for you and your family after qualifying. To qualify, you must work 250 hours during a work quarter before medical insurance is purchased for you during the next insurance quarter. You will also receive a pension benefit.
2nd - 5th Year - Medical for you and your family, pension and annuity.
LICENSES:
a. State of Maryland Plumbing License.
b. State of Maryland HVACR License.
c. Gasfitters' License.
CERTIFICATIONS/QUALIFICATIONS:
a. Medical Gas Certification.
b. Backflow Certification.
c. CFC Qualification.
d. Welding Qualification.
e. Ten hour OSHA Certification including " Right to Know Law."
f. Confined Space Certification.
g. CPR Certification.
h. Standard First Aid Certification.
No, but if you have experience, it will be acknowledged.
Last year 460 people applied.
About 80 people per year are selected which is about 33% of the people who meet the basic eligibility requirements.