The Most Qualified Workforce in the Industry

The Indiana State Pipe Trades Association is a collaboration of 10 local unions that boasts the most qualified workforce in the industry. The members of the Indiana State Pipe Trades Association work as a team with 125 union mechanical contractors throughout the state.

 

This workforce is part of the national United Association (UA) and are highly skilled in the following areas:

• Plumbing
• Pipefitting
• Sprinklerfitting
• Welding
• Heating/Ventilation, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration (HVACR)
• Service

Every signatory contractor can count on a pool of highly trained piping professionals. With over 8,000 union piping tradesmen in Indiana, $6 million is spent annually on training statewide. Union apprenticeship requires over 2,000 hours of classroom, on-site, and OSHA safety training per craftsworker.

 

That’s a very different picture from the open shop scene, which has no organized training system and is arguably less consistent. In addition, the union training program emphasizes continuing education, which keeps Indiana’s union labor pool on top of their game for the duration of their piping careers.