Trade Unions Offer On-the-Job Training Programs

The Pittsburgh Regional Building Trades Council member unions offer 17 tuition-free apprenticeship programs in western Pennsylvania.

The programs provide on-the-job training and classroom studies. Altogether, the regional union trades invest more than $10 million annually in their training centers and apprenticeship programs.

To find out about these programs, contact the Pittsburgh Building Trades Council at 412-344-4775 or check out the information offered by each of these unions below:

• Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 9 PA, Wilkins Township
• Greater PA Regional Council of Carpenters, Robinson Township
• Cement Masons Local Union 526, Pittsburgh (North Side)
• I.B.E.W. Local Union No. 5, South Side
• International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers Local No. 2, Clinton
• Iron Workers Local Union No. 3, downtown Pittsburgh
• The Laborers’ District Council of Western Pennsylvania, downtown Pittsburgh
• Operating Engineers Local No. 66, Fox Chapel
• International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) D.C. No. 57, Carnegie 
• Plasterers' Local Union 31, Munhall
• Plumbers Local No. 27 (UA Local 27), Coraopolis
• Plumbers and Pipefitters Local Union 354, Youngwood
• United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers & Allied Workers Local Union No. 37, Bellevue
• Sheet Metal Workers Local Union 12, Harmar Township
• Sprinkler Fitters Local 542, Millvale
• Steamfitters Local Union No. 449, Pittsburgh

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