Apprenticeship

The UA offers a comprehensive training program for all members. The Apprenticeship program typically runs for five-years with a graduated pay scale.
Apprentices are trained on Weeknights and on Saturday's while working, so you learn while you earn!

On the job training with the best hands in the business means that at the end of your five years as an apprentice you will be a master craftsman/woman in the plumbing and steamfitting business.

UA Local 47 members are found on all commercial projects including school construction jobs, powerhouses, chip-fab plants, hospitals and universities.

Union benefits go beyond our excellent healthcare coverage and wages. As a union member your wages and benefits are guaranteed through the collective bargaining process.

Many people don’t know that if you work without a contract in ANY INDUSTRY, your employer can change your job description at will. They can even change your salary or decide that you are not eligible for overtime pay.

As a union member, your contract spells out your working conditions, which go far beyond your wages. Health and safety issues are clearly addressed in the contract, and you are provided with representation in the case that your rights are violated by an employer.

Apprenticeship Application Process

Plumbers and Steamfitters Local Union 47 JATC will make available applications for Building Trades, HVAC Service Technicians and Residential plumbing apprenticeship training.

Applications can be picked up at the JATC office located at 186 Wagner Road in Monaca between 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. or call 1-877-774-1335; 724-774-1335 and receive an application by mail.

This is an application for apprenticeship training; there is no guarantee of a job. To be eligible for the apprenticeship the applicant must meet the following requirements:

1. Applicant must be 18 or older.
2. Applicant must be a high school graduate or equivalent (G.E.D. Certificate).
3. Applicant must be of good moral character and physically able to perform the work of the trade.
4. Applicant must have a valid Pennsylvania driver’s license to receive an application.
5. Applicant must be a United States citizen and have lived within the geographical confines of Local Union #47 for at least six months. The confines are the following counties: Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Crawford, Erie, Forest, Lawrence, McKean, Mercer, Venango and Warren. (Proof of residency will be required.)
6. Applicant may be required to take an aptitude test and if accepted into the program a substance abuse test.
7. Applications must be received at the JATC School in Monaca with copies of the following items: Birth Certificate, Official Transcript of High School Grades, Copy of Valid Pennsylvania Driver’s License and Military Form DD214, if applicable. These items will remain on file.
8. A non-refundable fee of $25.00 (CERTIFIED BANK CHECK OR MONEY ORDER) will be charged at the time the application is returned to JATC School in Monaca. Make checks or money orders payable to Local 47 JATC.

Selection of apprentices shall be made on the basis of qualifications alone and all applicants will be afforded equal opportunity under these standards without regard to race, color, creed, sex, religion or national origin.

If you have any questions on this process call George S Warzynski @ 724-774-1335 or 1-877-774-1335.

Training Center Information

Training Director
George S Warzynski
186 Wagner Road
Monaca PA  15061
t:724-774-1335
t:877-774-1335
f:724-775-6728

School Locations

JATC Committee Members

Apprenticeship News and Pertinent Information

		Click Here for the Apprentice, Mechanical Equipment Service Rates. [5/30/2008] - Click on the headline above to download a copy of the Apprentice, MES Rates good through April 30, 2011. link
		Click Here for the Apprentice, Residential Agreement Rates. [5/30/2008] - Click on the headline to download the Apprentice Residential Agreement Wage Rates for 5/1/2008 thru 4/30/2011. link
		Click Here for the Apprentice, Building Trades Wage Rates [5/30/2008] - Click on the headline above to view the current Building Trades Apprentice wage rates which are good through April 30, 2011. link
		Click Here to view a Printable Notice for Apprentice Applications [2/8/2007] - The following form details the application process for becoming a Local 47 apprentice. link

Apprentice Events

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