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Are you looking for more than a job? Are you looking for a career? A career with great pay, health benefits and a solid pension? Do you want to do your part to build and maintain America’s industry and infrastructure?
If you answered yes, then look no further.
The UA offers a multitude of career paths and advancement opportunities. You can choose to be a journey worker, project manager, designer, project engineer, business manager or just about anything you can imagine. At the UA we do more than build, we make opportunities! You can choose your own path.
As a UA member the opportunities are limitless. You can work on residential, commercial or industrial or agricultural projects. Work in rural or urban settings, pipelines, shipyards; work wherever you want, you decide! The UA’s apprenticeship training program allows you to earn college credits towards an associate’s or bachelor’s degree – all at little or no cost to you. Earn while you learn – there is no limit to what you can achieve.
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Which Piping Profession is right for you?
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Pipefitters and Steamfitters: install, maintain and repair piping systems for applications such as power plants, refineries and heavy industrial facilities. They also install and maintain systems important to consumers in residential homes and commercial facilities. Pipefitting skills are critical as new energy sources are developed for energy independence. Lucrative and sustainable careers are present in the constructive industry and will increase well into the future.
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Plumbers: perform essential work that protects the health and safety of our citizens. Plumbers install drinking water, waste and ventilating systems in homes, offices, schools, hospitals and manufacturing facilities.They also build wastewater treatment systems to ensure the security of our potable water. The demand for plumbers and will increase significantly in the the years ahead due to the growing focus on green and sustainable technologies, water conservation and energy efficiency.
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Service Technicians: install, maintain and repair plumbing, heating, ventilating, air conditioning and refrigeration systems. They perform these essential duties throughout residential commercial and industrial sectors. Theses skilled working also perform essential work towards our national goal to improve energy efficiency. The demand for these technicians is predicted to grow by more than 30 percent in the next several years.
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Welders: are found in almost every site worldwide. These skilled workers cut and join a variety of steel, cast iron, plastic materials complex and specialized products. Projects range from pipelines and power plants to pharmaceutical and computer chip factories. These critical skills are crucial now as estimates show there will be a demand of hundreds of thousands of skilled and certified welders.
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The UA has been helping our members and their families for over 130 years. We are a strong, proud union with affiliates throughout the world. A career at the UA means a secure future for you and your family. You and the UA can make it happen!
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