About
We help you learn while you earn.
Since instituting the UA Local 486 Plumbers & Steamfitters Apprenticeship in 1941, the Local Union 486 has given hundreds of hours of free instruction, on-the-job training, and job opportunities to participants. They are expert technicians, skilled journey workers, trained managers, and high-wage earners.
2964
Graduates to-date
7500
Minimum Hours of on-the-job Training
1250
Total hours of classroom instruction
100
Number of participating contractors
Where they work:
High Rises
Power Plants
Water Treatment Plants
Health Care Facilities
Stadiums
Schools & Colleges
Hotels
Casinos
HVACR Facilities
What they do:
- Operating hydraulic and electric controls
- Monitoring digital technology control systems
- Installing backflow preventers
- Installing natural & medical gas systems
- Reading and interpreting building drawings and specifications
- Calculating for systems
- They are welders, riggers, steamfitters
- Commercial plumbing, heating, cooling & refrigeration
What’s in a Union?
- The Union provides job information, training programs and benefits
- Provides a safe working environment
- Union members and officers promote good labor relations
- The Union inspires excellence and pride!
- Union workers do the job right – on time and on budget!
- Union members and officers work with businesses to supply highly trained labor for any size or type of project
Applicant Deadlines
Baltimore, MD
1201 66th Street, Baltimore, MD 21237
Applications will be open from November 3, 2025, to January 31, 2026.
Hagerstown, MD
1301 West Washington Street, Hagerstown, MD 21740
Applications will be open from November 3, 2025, to January 31, 2026.
Seaford, DE
26705 Sussex Highway, Seaford, DE 19973
Applications will be open from November 3, 2025, to January 31, 2026.
There is a non-refundable processing fee of $25 due at the time of application to be paid by Credit Card. No official documents are needed to apply.
