Become a Sprinkler Fitters Apprentice
The UA Sprinkler Fitters Local 669 apprenticeship program is offered through the JOINT APPRENTICESHIP AND TRAINING COMMITTEE. (J.A.T.C.)
The JATC governs all training for Sprinkler Fitters Local 669. This encompasses our more than 10,000 active journey-person and more than 2,000 apprentices.
The UA Sprinkler Fitters Local 669 Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee (J.A.T.C.) program are always looking for capable individuals to join our trade.
Apprentices EARN while they LEARN.
Not only do apprentices gain much-needed, hands-on training inside and outside of the classroom, they also earn a living wage from day one. An Apprentice is paid at a percentage of the Journeyperson wage and it is negotiated from state to state, based on economic conditions of the prevailing state. Each six months of the Apprenticeship, the Apprentice’s records are reviewed to make sure that there is satisfactory progress both on the job and in the related training courses. Satisfactory progress means an advancement to the next classification or level and a wage increase until the Apprentice completes the five-year program.
This means, unlike traditional post-high school education, apprentices do not accumulate thousands of dollars in debt. They have the ability to build a solid, stable middle-class life.
Consistent across the country with every J.A.T.C. apprenticeship program, is the fact apprentices are paid escalating wages while they are being educated. Every year your wages increase as your knowledge in the trade grows.
All apprentices participate in a Health and Welfare program that provides medical coverage. In addition to that, Apprentices start building a pension once they meet the stipulated requirement to begin participation. Both the Health and Welfare and Pension programs are among the finest in the construction industry.
Contact Information
Columbia, MD 21046