Apprenticeships and Technical Programs

Apprenticeship and Pre-apprenticeship 

UA Local 537 Pipefitters and HVAC Technicians 

• Offers a 5-year apprenticeship program combining paid work experience with formal instruction.

• Covers HVAC, refrigeration, and pipefitting.

Greater Boston Building Trades Union

• The Building and Construction Trades Council, an umbrella group of 20 local construction unions, in partnership with more than 3,300 union contractors, provides the highest standards for workers in the construction industry. 

• This union has a collection of the following trades for those interested in a specific apprenticeship:

  • Boilermakers

  • Bricklayers

  • Electrical Workers and Telecommunications

  • Elevator Constructors

  • Heat and Frost Insulators

  • Iron Workers

  • Laborers

  • Operating Engineers

  • Painters and Allied Trades

  • Bricklayers

  • Pipefitters

  • Plasterers and Cement Masons

  • Plumbers

  • Roofers and Waterproofers

  • Sheet Metal Workers

  • Sprinklerfitters

  • Teamsters

Technical Programs

Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology

• Offers an HVAC&R Certificate Program and an Associate Degree in HVAC&R.
  
  

New England Institute of HVAC (Westwood, MA)

• Focuses exclusively on HVAC training with small class sizes and hands-on practice.

• Offers programs tailored to meet the needs of entry-level technicians.