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Become a union Boilermaker.
Want to join an elite membership of skilled craftsmen and women who are trained to be the best? Looking for a defined benefit pension? Excellent healthcare for you and your family? A generous annuity plan? The Boilermakers union just might be for you.
The Field Construction Boilermaker Apprenticeship consists of 6,000 hours of On-the-Job Training, online self-study, and minimum of 576 hours of Related Studies classroom instruction. Most Boilermaker Apprentices complete the apprenticeship in 4 years.
Apply to the Boilermakers Apprenticeship Program
Applicants are placed into one of four different Eligibility Pools based on qualifications. Applicants with pipe or tube welding certifications in the 6G position are placed into Pool 1. Applicants with plate welding certifications in the 2G, 3G and 4G positions will be placed in Pool 2 (Those with certifications in 3G and 4G positions only will qualify for Pool 2 after completing a hands-on verification in the 2G position to be performed at the Union Hall). Applicants with a certificate or degree from a welding program (high school not included) qualify for Pool 3 and those with no experience will be placed in Pool 4.
Once the application has been received by the area coordinators office, it will be placed in a random selection drawing for the pool qualified for. Drawings are done quarterly in January, April, July and October. The order the applications are drawn is the order they are placed on the Eligibility Roster. When we indenture apprentices, we will start with Pool 1 and call people in the order they appear on the Eligibility Roster, moving from Pool 1 to 4, until we have the number needed. The number of apprentices and when we indenture them is determined by the number of apprentices that have graduated and the available work. Applications are valid for two years from the date they are drawn.
Starting wage for an Apprentice, effective January 1, 2025, is $27.13/ hour (70% of Journeyman scale) plus the following benefits: Health & Welfare; Pension; Annuity; and Vacation.
Please be advised, as this is a field construction trade, the ability to travel from one job site to another is essential. This means having reliable transportation, financial resources, and the freedom to travel to where the work is. Travel expenses such as lodging, meals, and mileage are typically out-of-pocket expenses and not paid by the employer.
