Good
news if you’re a welder, or interested in a welding career, and you live in
southwestern Pennsylvania. Shell needs you. Shell is in the process of building
a massive, $6 billion ethane cracker plant in Beaver County, PA (northwest of
Pittsburgh). Cracker plants have lots of pipes that need to be welded as the
plant goes up. While these jobs are not long-term, as in “the rest of you
career,” they’re long enough, likely lasting several years. Steamfitters Local
449 is right now recruiting new apprentices, offering a free 17-week apprentice
training program. Local 449 is holding an open house this Saturday…
An
anticipated shortage of local welders to help build a multi-billion ethane
cracker plant in Beaver County has led the Steamfitters Local 449 to step up
recruitment efforts for apprentices.
The
union, which represents about 2,700 workers in 16 counties across Western
Pennsylvania, is holding an open house Saturday at its new welding school in
Butler County.
The
school, known as the Steamfitters Technology Center, is about 20 miles north of
Pittsburgh in Harmony. It offers a tuition-free, 17-week apprentice training
program.
Ken
Broadbent, business manager for Steamfitters Local 449, said the open house is
targeting potential apprentices who have attended technical school or already
worked in the industry.
“We
will be putting hundreds of skilled tradespeople to work in good jobs with
competitive pay and benefits and we will make sure they have the training and
support they need to succeed in our profession,” Broadbent said.
Shell
has said the Beaver County plant will create 6,000 construction jobs and 600
permanent jobs when it is expected to open in the early 2020s. Broadbent said
an estimated 450 welders will be needed for the project.*
Find
out more about Local 449 here: http://www.ua449.com/
Source: Marcellus
Drilling
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