Training

No other organization serves the training needs of the piping industry like the United Association.  For over a century, the UA Has been training the most highly-qualified workers in Pennsylvania, the United States and Canada.

Over the past several decades, the Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 520's training programs have produced a stable, skilled workforce responsible for building and maintaining piping systems in the various industrial, commercial and residential facilities that make up the Capital Region.

No one can match our commitment or investment to training.  The UA International spends over $100 million annually on training programs involving over 250,000 journeymen and apprentices in over 400 local training facilities at any given time.

If the United Association International wanted to select the area which best reflects this commitment to the training and excellence, it would look to Central Pennsylvania and the partnership that exists between the MCA of Central Pennsylvania and Local 520 .  Our partnership produces excellence in the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry.

If you were to stop by the training facility at UA Local 520, you would always find it filled with apprentices in our 5-Year Apprentice Program as we train the next generation.  Apprenticeship in the pipe trades is a highly selective program.  Each apprentice has been carefully screened.  No one with drug or alcohol problems can qualify, and acceptance for training depends on the applicants qualifications and the manpower needs of the trade at the time of the selection process.  The bottom line is that we ONLY select the most qualified candidates.  The intensive technical training program consists of at least 8,500 to 10,000 hours of on-the-job training and over 1,000 hours of related classroom training.

As you can see, the MCA of Central Pennsylvania contractors boast the most trained, safe, drug-free workforce in Central Pennsylvania.  If you're interested in becoming a member of the association and would like to tour the training facility, contact us and we'll arrange for you to see it first hand.

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