**Apprenticeship / Contact Information**
**Application Period - Testing Period - Classes Start**
**Application
Fee**
**First Year Apprentice Hourly Wage\*\* + Benefits**
OPERATING ENGINEERS
724-668-2244
- www.wpaoperators.org
Heavy Equipment Operators
Heavy Equipment Mechanics
Late Fall
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*please check website for more details*
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**TlMELINE FOR 2026 CLASS**
Application Pick Up Deadline is December 31, 2025. Testing and interviews will be in January & February 2026, Selection by April 1, and Training begins in April, May & June 2026.
**(Download PDF)**
$50
$21.79 to $25.79 (Heavy Equipment Operator)
$19.00 to $23.00 (Heavy Equipment Mechanic)
OPERATIVE PLASTERERS
412-761-6310
- www.opcmia526.org
Applications Year Round
Classes Start in January
$10
$14.89
CEMENT MASONS
412-761-6310
- www.opcmia526.org
April
$10
$18.76 Building Trades
$15.97 Heavy Highway
PAINTERS
412-276-5758
- www.ftiofwpa.com
Year Round
- Call First 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM
No Fee
$14.58 Commercial
$20.40 Industrial
$21.75 Bridges - Towers
GLAZIERS
www.iupatdc57.org
Year Round
- Call First 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM
No Fee
$20.21
DRYWALL FINISHERS
www.iupatdc57.org
Year Round
- Call First 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM
No Fee
$15.05
PLUMBERS LOCAL #27
724-695-9047
- www.ua27.org
February to March
$30
$20.00
PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS LOCAL #354
724-925-8108
- www.lu354.com
3rd Monday of Every Month
8:00 AM - Noon
$40
$14.79
Residents of Westmoreland, Fayette, and portions of Washington and Greene counties should apply in person at Youngwood JATC, 263 Armbrust Rd, Youngwood.
Residents of Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cameron, Clearfield, Elk, Huntingdon, Indiana, Jefferson and Somerset counties should apply at Ebensburg JATC, 172 Municipal Rd, Ebensburg.
ROOFERS
412-732-9720
- www.rooferslocal37.com
Applications Year Round. Classes are month of January
No Fee
$21.62/hour increasing to $23.43 after 600 hours
Probationary period + Benefits
SHEETMETAL WORKERS
412-828-1386
- www.smlocal12.org
We accept applications all year and test the last Saturday of March every year. Standard ASVAB test.
No Fee
$22.99+Benefits
SPRINKLER FITTERS
412-822-8040
- www.sprinklerfitters542.org
Applications Annually in April, Testing in July
See Latest Announcement
$25
$15.92
STEAMFITTERS
412-481-0333
- www.ua449.com
Applications Annually in June
$50
$17.78 North of I-80
$18.68 South of I-80
BOILERMAKERS
412-343-3072
- www.boilermakerslocal154.com
3rd Tuesday Monthly
- 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Year Round
No Fee
$29.64
BRICKLAYERS
412-825-0923
- www.local9pa.com
Applications Year Round
- Classes Start as Needed
No Fee
$25.50
TILE SETTER / FINISHER
Applications Year Round
- Classes Start as Needed
No Fee
$18.60 - $22.50
TERRAZO FLOOR INSTALLER / FINISHER
Applications Year Round
- Classes Start as Needed
No Fee
$20.78
POINTER / CAULKER / CLEANER
Applications Year Round
- Classes Start as Needed
No Fee
$17.10 - $20.52
STONE MASON
Applications Year Round
- Classes Start as Needed
No Fee
$26.39
CARPENTERS
412-262-1830
- www.kmltf.org
Information Sessions year-round, Classes start as needed.
No Fee
$18 to $25- Rates vary by Trade, plus $9 to $12 - Benefits, also vary by trade.
COMMERCIAL CARPENTERS
- We run Information Sessions on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. After attending that you will be sent a link to apply.
No Fee
HEAVY HIGHWAY CARPENTERS
June and As Needed
No Fee
FLOOR COVERERS
June and As Needed
No Fee
MILL CABINET WORKERS
June and As Needed
No Fee
PILE DRIVERS
June and As Needed
No Fee
MILLWRIGHTS
June and As Needed
No Fee
ELECTRICIANS IBEW LOCAL #5
412-432-1145
- www.ibewlocal5jatc.org
Applications Accepted Daily. Go to ibewlocal5jatc.org.
$25
- Our starting wages will be 16.84 as of Jan 2023. Dates to be announced. See our website in February 2023 at www.ibewlocal5jatc.org.
ELECTRICIANS IBEW LOCAL #712
Beaver, Lawrence, Mercer & Crawford Counties 724-775-6920
- www.wcpacjatc.org
Applications are taken online. Go to our website for details
$25
$17.92 + Benefits
ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS
412-341-6666
- www.iuec.org
Year Round
Call For An Appointment
$25
$20.00
INSULATORS
724-788-1913
- www.insulators2.org
As Needed
$25
$22.25
IRON WORKERS
412-471-4535
- www.iwlocal3.com
Year-Round - Call For An Appointment
$20
$26.94+ Benefits
LABORERS
800-442-8868
- www.laborpa.org
**www.joinwpalaborersunion.com**
Dates Announced Annually
Visit Laborers Website
$25
$18.00 to $21.70
- Application procedures are always subject to change; we encourage those interested to call the number provided for each trade and confirm application and testing dates.
- If you are interested in applying please call the listed number to verify exact application and testing dates and times.
- This represents the hourly pay and does not include health and benefit package. Hourly rate varies by craft within these training programs. The disclosed rates were accurate at the time of printing. Collective bargaining agreements reached after publication may result in a higher starting wage rate than what is listed here.
- Carpenters do not require a driver’s license to apply; must have valid government photo ID.
