Training For The Future

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 an area which reflects this commitment to the training and excellence produced, it could well look to Massachusetts. Thanks to an agreement the New England Mechanical Contractors Association, Pipefitters Local 537 runs our program during the evenings and on weekends in our state of the art training facility.

In addition to our five-year apprenticeship programs, Pipefitters Local 537 offers continuing education opportunity that includes journeymen training and certification, as well as an associate’s degree program.

Our Training Center is located in Dorchester and the address is as follows:

40 Enterprise Street
Dorchester, MA 02125
617-825-3777

Timothy T. Gilligan, Training Coordinator

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Current Training News Items and Pertinent Information

Training Events

10/20/2009  thru  10/31/2010	Tuesday: FYI: ADDRESS CHANGES FOR JOURNEYMAN & APPRENTICESDOWNLOAD ATTACHMENT: 20091020180952.address change memo.doc
10/20/2009  thru  10/31/2010	Tuesday: DIRECTIONS TO THE PIPEFITTERS LOCAL 537 TRAINING CENTERDOWNLOAD ATTACHMENT: 20091020181239.Directions to Training Center-09.doc
01/01/2010  thru  12/31/2010	Friday: OTHER OSHA-10 COURSE INFORMATION If you would like to take the OSHA-10 course on-line, you can go to www.keene.edu and enter OSHA-10 in the search engine OR go to the direct Keene associated site to register at www.clicksafety.com/keene/.  Currently, there is a fee for this on-line course.  Immediately upon completion of this course, you can print out an OSHA-10 Certificate.
01/07/2010  thru  12/02/2010	Thursday: Contractor Drug Testing   Contractor Drug Testing is available on regularly scheduled union meeting nights held at the Training Center from 6:30 – 8:00pm.   Also, walk-in service is available on Wednesdays from 2:00-5:00pm (no appointment necessary) at:   Modern Assistance Progams, Inc. 1458 Hancock Street, 3rd Floor Quincy, MA 02169 617-774-0331
03/15/2010  thru  05/04/2010	Monday: Winter/Spring 2010 OSHA 10 Hour Course Schedule @ 4:00 - 9:30 PM at IBEW Local 103 256 Freeport St. Dorchester, MA The Construction Institute announces open registration for OSHA 10 Hour Courses.   Contact them at 617-436-4159 for dates or use Online Registration at www.builtbest.org   www.builtbest.org