International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers

Want to join an elite membership of skilled craftsmen and women who are trained to be the best? Looking for a defined benefit pension? Excellent healthcare for you and your family? A generous annuity plan? If you answered “Yes”, then the WV Sheet Metal Workers Union apprenticeship is right for you.

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More Than Excellent Wages

Our Apprentices Have An Opportunity To Build A Career In The Construction Trades

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Learn With The Best

Training is offered by 148 Joint Apprenticeship Training Committees (JATCs) in the United States. These committees have been established by SMART local unions to enhance the skills of apprentices and journeymen. Our training programs aim to make a significant impact and better prepare our members by combining classroom instruction with on-the-job training. Learn With The Best.

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Earn While You Learn

Certified WV Sheet Metal Workers are in high demand across the United States. As an apprentice with the United Union of Roofers you will develop industry skills while you earn top wages and enjoy excellent benefits, including: Competitive Wages, Defined Benefit Pension Plans, Health Insurance, CPR/First Aid, and 10-hour OSHA Construction Safety certifications.

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Unlock Your Future

Our apprenticeships are designed to equip individuals with the necessary skills for a fulfilling and prosperous career in the sheet metal industry. As technology continues to shape the workplace, we collaborate closely with our industry partners to develop training that enables members to adapt and thrive in a changing industry. Unlock your future with our comprehensive training programs.

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Join A Brotherhood Of Skilled Craftsmen & Women

SMART, the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers, is one of North America’s most dynamic and diverse unions with 203,000 members.

Our members ensure the quality of the air we breathe, promote energy efficiency and produce and provide the vital services that move products to market and passengers to their destinations. We are sheet metal workers, service technicians, bus operators, railroad engineers, conductors, sign workers, welders, production employees and more.

With members in scores of different occupations, we advocate for fairness in the workplace, excellence at work and opportunity for all working families.

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Our History

SMART’s history includes the legacies of the Sheet Metal Workers’ International Association (SMWIA) and the United Transportation Union (UTU), two predecessor organizations that merged in January of 2008. Combined, these unions hold over 200 years of history and tradition. This history continues today with you, as part of the current generation of SMART members living and working in cities and communities across North America.

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What We Do

Sheet Metal Workers design, cut, roll, bend, shape and weld forming various materials into products for the HVAC, Industrial and Architectural Industries. They also use hand and power tools and equipment, including shears, breaks, punches, edging and crimping machines. Sheet Metal Workers install and service all types of heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems as well as fabricate the majority of components including duct work. They also can fabricate and install various metal products such as lockers, kitchen equipment, metal roofs and wall panel systems, siding, rain gutters, skylights and more. This work can take place at industrial, commercial, residential and institutional construction sites, industrial plants and in the electrical power systems sector of the construction industry.

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Work Anywhere In West Virginia

The International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers Union (SMART) has three locals in West Virginia. They have one training facility in West Virginia in Parkersburg, and two affiliate facilities in bordering states- Cumberland, MD and Columbus, OH.

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