Steamfitter Apprentice - Anne Arundel Workforce Development Corporation (AAWDC)

A Steamfitter is a person who fabricates, installs and services piping systems.

Steamfitters work on different types of piping systems – Residential, Commercial and Industrial. 

Residential systems are in your house or apartment. Commercial systems are heating, air conditioning and refrigeration. Industrial systems are the construction of piping systems for electrical power generators, wastewater treatment, solid waste disposal and industrial manufacturing process.

The Apprenticeship program is a five year training program. Apprentices are assigned to a union contractor and work on assigned work sites, generally forty hours per week, depending on the job conditions and the economy. 

The apprentice is required to attend related training classes on Monday and Wednesday or Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 4:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Additional classes will be mandatory for first and second year apprentices on Saturdays as early as September and going through April.

The apprentice is paid for hours worked on the job site but is not paid for attending related training classes. Accepted applicants will serve a one year probation period. The probationary apprentice who successfully completes the probationary period by meeting all obligations at assigned employment, in related training class and to the Local Union, will be initiated into the Local Union.

Our apprentices are required to follow the UA Standards of Excellence. Our apprenticeship program has a strict attendance policy. Excessive absences could result in postponement of both monetary and academic advancement or possible termination from the program. In order to advance to the next level of training, the apprentice must successfully complete each class and maintain acceptable job site performance evaluations.

Applications open November 1st