JATC Local 166 Plumbers & Steamfitters

Huge congrats to 5th year Dan Ramey at District 2 at local 333.

Your determination and skill showed and we couldn’t be more proud!

That is a wrap on our New Apprentice Orientation held here at Plumbers and Steamfitters Local Union 166 this week!

Special Thanks to Tom O'Connor and the Shambaugh & Son safety team for donating their time and resources for safety, Falltech for donating harnesses and retractable lanyards for fall protection training, and all Local 166 Instructors and office staff who participated this week in making all training go smoothly!

As a reminder there is no Open Weld this week. Open Weld will resume May 26th and be held on Tuesdays throughout the summer from 5pm-8pm.

Local 166 training center hosted our annual vendors training last week. Thanks to all our vendors this year. Dustin Goshorn and Sean Kelly from Nibco for supplying 2" Nibco Valves for some great solder training. All were able to get a chance to solder their own 2" valve body. Austin Dartt did a fabulous job of explaining the different types of Charlotte PVC Pipe and fittings. He combined with Oatey Primer/Solvent for some good hands on best practices demonstration. Our Dewalt rep. Michael McCoy showcased some newly donated DeWalt tools with the latest features and attachments our industry has to offer. And of course Jarod Heckber from Wayne Pipe who donated some materials and fittings along with providing our large group of 1st year apprentice Lunch for a couple days. It was great to partner with all to have a successful training session! Thanks Again!!

Another great year for our Industrial Rigging program! Several of our 5th year apprentice and some Journeymen were successful in thier efforts to complete the practical portion os ID Rigging exam. Special Thanks to G&L Corporation for donating a 40t crane to use, operator Monty Minton from Local 103 for his services, and few of our Highshool students who helped with taglines and Chainfalls. Also all the instructors and apprentice who helped make two busy days a success for Local 166!

Our 2nd year apprentice class has been busy the last couple week with Steamtrap assemblies and Ft Wayne Water Filtration Plant site visit. Special Thanks to Jason Lowry and Earl Lindow for hosting our organization. They provided 4 separate groups site tours. Its great to get these apprentice out to site to learn and discuss what is covered in class. Also Great to better understand the History of Ft. Wayne!

Congratulations to our 5th Year Apprentices who competed at Local 210 for the Indiana State Pipe Trades Association Apprentice Contest! All four of them showed their skills and dedication to the trade last week.

Dan Ramey brought home first place in the Pipefitter competition and will be representing Local 166 at District 2 in June at Local 333.

Confined Space entry Awareness Training for our 1st year apprentice. This helps our young apprentices identify what a Confined Space is and how we should treat these situations in the field.

Huge Congratulations to our winners of the Local 166 Apprentice Contest!

Welding - Tate Walmsley
HVAC - Elliott Bowman
Plumbing - Ben Buchanan
Fitter - Dan Ramey

All four of these gentleman will represent Local 166 at the ISPTA Contest held at Local 210 on March 18th & 19th!

Congratulations to our Winners for the 9th Annual High School Welding Contest!

1st Place - Conner Fish
2nd Place - Kyanne Bailey