Weld Lab
20 welding booths
Journeymen and apprentices are trained at the state of the art UA Local 396 training facility. The training facility and local union office are located at:
Address: 493 Bev Road, Building 3
Boardman, Ohio 44512
Phone: (330) 758-4596
Our facility is dedicated to training both our experienced journeymen through upgrade classes as well as the next generation through our 5-year Apprenticeship Program. Staying on the cutting edge of industry standards and learning new technology is a never ending process here at UA Local 396. The JATC of Local 396 has outlined a rigorous five-year Apprentice Training Program that leads to Building Trades Journeyman status. Each apprentice works during the day (when available) and attends school at night. The training facility is open year round with classes taught by journeymen who have gone through the UA Instructor Training Program held yearly at Washtenaw College in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Weld Testing
The United Association (UA) has many different certifications that can be achieved through our certified UA Weld Testing Agency. Stick, Tig, Mig and Brazing are just a few of the certifications offered. There are over 100 different weld processes that each member can certify in, giving our signatory contractors the most educated, well-rounded and skilled tradesman. The contractors therefore have every advantage in completing each job on time and under budget.
Apprenticeship Program Requirements
Click Here to visit the Apprenticeship Page
Additional Journeyman Classes Offered
- Backflow certification and recertification
- First Aid/CPR
- Industrial rigging
- Instrumentation level I & II
- Medical gas certification and recertification
- OSHA 10 & 30
- Plumbing code review
- Pumps
- Welding
Sample of Apprenticeship Classes Offered
- Basic electricity
- CAD classes
- HVACR
- Hydronic heating
- Job safety and health
- Pipe trade mathematics
- Plan reading
- Plumbing
- Related science
- Rigging and signaling
- Soldering and brazing
- Steam heating
- Unionism
- Welding
UA Local 396
UA Local Union No. 396 was chartered on August 1st, 1998. Local 396 is part of the United Association of Plumbers, Fitters, Welders, and HVAC Service Techs. We proudly work in Columbiana, Mahoning, and Trumbull Counties in Ohio and the Grant District in Hancock County, West Virginia.
