Plumbers and Fitters Union Local 675

The Honolulu Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee (JATC) for the Plumbing & Pipefitting Industry will be establishing waiting lists for the Plumber, Refrigeration Air Conditioning, Fire Sprinkler Fitter, and Steamfitter Welder apprenticeship programs on the island of Oahu. Interested persons may apply at:

Each applicant must meet the following SPECIFIC qualifications:

Applicants may apply for only one (1) program and must pay an application fee of $20.00 at the time of applying. Make checks payable to: PAMCAH-UA Local 675 Training Fund. Any returned checks will be charged a $20.00 handling fee and applications will be withheld from further processing until full payment has been made.

If accepted as an apprentice, an agreement for each year of apprenticeship training (called a Scholarship Loan Agreement) which provides that you will reimburse the JATC for the cost of training if you perform plumbing, pipefitting, refrigeration air conditioning, fire sprinkler, or steamfitter-welder work for a contractor who has not signed a collective bargaining agreement with UA Local 675, must be signed.
All required documents (high school diploma or G.E.D., high school transcript, post high school trade courses (if any), valid driver’s license) must be received by 3:00 p.m. on Friday, July 8, 2011.

Men and women meeting the above minimum and specific qualifications will be interviewed and may be placed as eligible applicants on the waiting list. The waiting lists will consist of twenty-five (25) applicants each from which the JATC may select to become apprentices in the Plumber, Refrigeration Air Conditioning, Fire Sprinkler Fitter, and Steamfitter Welder programs.

The Joint Apprenticeship & Training Committee has adopted an affirmative action plan. They have pledged that the recruitment, selection, employment, and training of apprentices during their apprenticeship shall be without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, physical handicap, marital status, or arrest and court record which does not have a substantial relationship to the functions and responsibilities of the prospective or continued employment, provided that a sponsor may refuse to refer for employment an individual for good cause relating to the ability of the individual to perform the work. Affirmative action shall be undertaken to provide equal employment opportunity in apprenticeship and the apprenticeship program shall be operated as required under Chapter 31, Title 12, Administrative Rules.

The Plumbers & Fitters UA Local Union 675’s training in Pearl City and Iwilei, are conducted in spacious facilities which feature state-of-the art “hands-on” equipment for plumbing, pipefitting, refrigeration, air conditioning, fire sprinkler systems, and welding.

Our workforce is thoroughly trained in technical skills, safety, health requirements and industry codes. On-going attention is given to improving training methods to ensure only the best possible protection for Hawaii’s consumers and fragile environment.

Plumbers & Fitters journeymen are offered “Skill Upgrading” courses on various code changes, drawing interpretation, job estimation, health/safety information, and hazardous waste operations and responses. New, “cutting-edge” curriculum highlights areas such as computer-aided drafting (CAD), direct digital control systems, orbital welding for high purity systems, plastic pipe fabrication, and much more. Certification programs in backflow prevention, medical gas, CFC and HAZWOPER training are also available.

Local 675 apprentices are accepted only after a rigorous testing and selection process. Each apprentice undergoes a five-year program consisting of 10,000 work hours plus ten semesters of related classroom instruction coupled with manipulative, hands-on training.

The Plumbers & Fitters commitment to excellence also extends to all course instructors and trainers. Each instructor completes a five-year national trainers’ program conducted by the United Association. Beyond instruction of the mere basics of the trade, the UA Instructor Training Program offers training in emerging industry techniques, equipment, and skills.

The superior quality of UA Local 675’s training program was nationally recognized in 1995 for “Outstanding Achievement in Apprenticeship Training.” A blue ribbon selection committee drawn from the U.S. Department of Labor, the Bureau of Apprenticeship Training, the National Association of State and Territorial Apprenticeship Directors, and the Federal Committee on Apprenticeship, chose the Plumbers & Fitters UA Local Union 675’s apprenticeship program as one of only three nationwide to be so honored.

Apprenticeship openings depend on the need for apprentices in the plumbing industry. Applications are accepted only during a recruitment period. Applicants who apply must meet minimum entry requirements: