THE FOLLOWING IS A UNITED ASSOCIATION LOCAL 149 RELEASE
ABOVE: Service Graduates
Top L-R: Ryan Welsh, Taylor Hardwick, Dustin Busboom, Levi Jury, Wesley Schell, Zach DeVore.
Bottom L-R: Nicholas Carswell, Tyler Smith, Devin Gray, Eric Zimmer, Nicholas Minard, Andrew Warnes.
BELOW: Construction Graduates
Top L-R: Warren Tjarks, Damian Light, Laura Abbott, Keegan Robinson, Orion Ciota, Max Donner, Wesley Propst, Case Starkey, Joseph Chickini.
Bottom L-R: Beau Thomas, Daniel Sola, Jacob Wolf, Charles Tudor, Austin Ferguson, Benjamin Fitzgerald.
A Danville man is among 27 recent graduates of the United Association Local 149’s apprentice training program.
Eric Zimmer graduated from having worked, trained and learned as apprentices and are now journey workers in their fields.
Local 149 represents hundreds of plumbers, pipefitters and HVAC technicians across East Central Illinois, who work at universities, hospitals and for local contractors.
Focusing on specialties of their trade, Zimmer chose to work in the service industry.
All union members start their careers as apprentices, spending five years learning the trade under experienced trainers. During that time, they are paid as they learn – working at least 1,700 hours on the job and 240 hours in the classroom. As journey workers, they will earn up to nearly $70 an hour and take on greater responsibilities on the job.
