UA Local 136’s geographical area has grown 14 counties in 1900 to include 22 counties: 18 in Indiana and 4 in southeastern Illinois. Offices are located and maintained in Evansville and Bloomington, Indiana. Modern up-to-date training facilities are located at each site with the most current and innovative teaching techniques and equipment available.
Apprentices are trained in two separate programs, Residential and Light Commercial Plumbing and HVAC Apprenticeship along with the Building & Construction Trades Apprenticeship. Each program is registered with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Apprenticeship Training.
UA Local 136’s members are extensively trained to install and service piping on all sized projects, from massive steel, automotive, chemical and power plants, to a single dwelling house.
Extensive journeymen training classes are conducted year around, such as, Medical Gas Piping, Backflow Prevention, and various welding certifications, just to name a few.
Regardless if it’s organizing the non-union sector, training our journeymen and apprentices, registering our members to vote or performing various volunteer community projects throughout the year, UA Local 136 continues to lead the United Association into the new century.
UA Local 136 has state-of-the-art journeyman and apprentice Training Centers in Evansville and Bloomington, Indiana. We are approximately 1,440 members strong and continue our commitment to organizing the unorganized
LOCAL 136 APPRENTICE PROGRAMS
Our Apprentices are required to spend 8,500 hours on the job, under supervision, over a five-year period; as well as successfully complete 246 hours of related classroom instruction during each of the years.
Apprentices will be paid while on the job, at a rate which is determined by the Collective Bargaining Agreement in effect at the time, and based on the number of years they have been in the program.
During the five-year apprenticeship over $20,000 is spent to educate each apprentice. The only cost to the apprentice is a nominal yearly book fee.
- Must be 18 years of age the year of application.
- Hold a high school diploma or G.E.D. certificate and provide certified copy of transcripts
- Present service discharge papers DD-214Â if applicable
- Be a legal citizen of the United States of America
- Physically able to perform the work of the trade.
- Successful completion of WorkKeys examination. Â Module grades needed are:Â Applied Mathematics (4); Applied Technology (3); and Locating Information or Graphic Literacy (4)
- Must pass a 10-panel drug test prior to entering the program and subsequent random testing
- Possess a valid driver’s license EEOC standards apply.
