Semper, 42, of Tempe, is in a five-year apprentice program training to become a journeyman pipefitter and welder in the semiconductor industry through U.A. Local 469, a trade union. She started at ...

"A lot of things here were custom made," said Journeyman pipefitter James Durham. "They're one of a kind, so you really have to use your knowledge base here to make sure the new parts work the way ...

He was a pipefitter with UA Local 364 ... Some of my friends said he had just become a journeyman and had a bright future in our union," said Daniel Kirkconnell, another union member.

Apprentices work side-by-side with a journeyman plumber and pipefitter. It might be in residential construction and plumbing repair or pipefitting in a large electrical powerhouse, Bennett said.

Trained as journeyman pipefitter, she has worked in engineering and construction for many years throughout Alaska and in Moscow, USSR. Proud parent of two accomplished young women, she is happy in ...

Ted retired from Dow Chemical Company as a journeyman pipefitter. Helen retired from Food Service with Bullock Creek School District.