ABOUT US
We Help You Learn while you earn.
Since instituting the Plumbers and Steamfitters Apprenticeship program 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.
Inspiring Today’s Mechanical Tradesman
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Where they work:
What they’ll be doing:
What’s in a Union?
- ZHigh rises
- ZPower plants
- ZWater treatment plants
- ZHealth care facilities
- ZStadiums
- ZSchools & colleges
- ZHotels
- ZCasinos
- ZHVACR facilities
- ZOperating hydraulic and electric controls
- ZMonitoring digital technology control systems
- ZInstalling backflow preventers
- ZInstalling natural & medical gas systems
- ZReading and interpreting building drawings and specifications
- ZCalculating for systems
- ZThey are welders, riggers, steamfitters
- ZCommercial plumbing, heating, cooling & refrigeration
- ZThe Union provides job information, training programs and benefits
- ZProvides a safe working environment
- ZUnion members and officers promote good labor relations
- ZThe Union inspires excellence and pride!
- ZUnion workers do the job right – on time and on budget!
- ZUnion members and officers work with businesses to supply highly trained labor for any size or type of project
Applicant Deadlines:
Baltimore, Maryland
Applications for the 2023/2024 school year are being accepted.
Hagerstown, Maryland
Applications for the 2023/2024 school year are being accepted.
Seaford, Delaware
Applications for the 2023/2024 school year are being accepted.