United Association (UA)

Highly Engaged Employees

The United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States, Canada (UA), affiliated with the national building trades, represents approximately 355,000 plumbers, pipefitters, sprinkler fitters, service technicians and welders in local unions across North America. The company also honor a fede... ration agreement with both the Australian Plumbing Trades Employees Union ( PTEU ) and Irish Technical, Engineering Electrical Union ( TEEU ). The UA has been training qualified pipe tradesmen and women longer than anyone else in the industry. The company provides the premier training programs available in the industry today, including five-year apprenticeship programs, extensive journeyman training, a comprehensive, five-year instructor training program, and numerous certification programs. The company helps the company's signatory contractors grow their market share by identifying new opportunities, providing support and connecting them to the safest, most skilled and most highly trained workforce in the industry.Read More