The Steamfitters Industry Training Center offers a comprehensive education and training program for apprentices and journeypersons of Local 638. The Apprenticeship is a five-year program whereby apprentices attend classes on a two-week cycle, one day every two weeks for a full seven-hour day for which they are paid if they are employed. At our state-of-the-art Training Center, apprentices are educated in classroom theory on all types of piping systems in the industry including HVACR, Fire Protection, and Power Generation. In response to an ever-changing industry, instruction focuses on new technologies like Geothermal, Variable Refrigerant Flow, Chilled Beams, and other green technology systems.