We currently have 57 apprentices enrolled in our program. Our apprentices have an upgrade Scheduled for June.
Click on this link to see a current Apprentice list. (Developer Note: Waiting to make sure all of the documents are up to date before I start linking them to the site.) 

Terms of the Apprenticeship: Boilermaker’s Local 85 Apprenticeship Program requires, at minimum, the following every six months: completion of six written self-study lessons, On-the-job training modules, and passing a written exam. Also required is signing a scholarship loan agreement, which legally obligates each apprentice to certain membership requirements.

Additionally, to graduate to journeyman boilermaker status, you must complete a minimum of 6000 hours of on-the-job training and attend, participate in, and complete a minimum of 150 hours per year of classroom instruction.

Boilermakers work under an exclusive referral system. This system requires you to sign a list at the hall from which you are referred to work. As jobs become available, you will be dispatched in the order in which you signed the list. There will be periods of unemployment that last from one day to several months. It is your responsibility to file for unemployment compensation during these periods of unemployment.

Boilermaker Apprentice Job Duties:

1. Loading and unloading materials.
2. Rigging materials for movement.
3. Directing crane operators
4. Assembling/disassembling scaffolds and work platforms.
5. Changing crane booms
6. Inspecting and caring for rigging accessories and equipment.
7. Burning and gouging.
8. Removing and replacing pressured and non-pressure components.
9. Interpreting blueprints.
10. Laying out components.
11. Erecting support steel beams, columns, and high/low-pressure components.
12. knowledge of and utilize skills for various welding equipment and processes.
13. Aligning and fitting components.
14. Welding processes utilized: SMAW, FCAW, GTAW