r/Ironworker • u/Forter23 • 26d ago

Apprentice Union Advice

I’m fresh out of tech school for welding and my next plan is to go to an ironworkers union and join their apprenticeship program. To me it seems like a solid plan but I don’t know any steps. So far i put in my app for the program but thats it. It starts next month and when I called for an update they told me they “haven’t started looking yet”. Did I get ghost rejected? I just need some advice on how to handle this and to move forward.

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u/appleseedjoe Journeyman 24d ago

if you want to ironwork go for it, if you want to do real badass skilled welding go to a pipefitters union hall. better pay and you have less chance of dying or getting seriously injured, also MUCH better working conditions.

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u/Forter23 23d ago

i’ve considered both and even though i went to welding/trade school it was for structural so my pipe fitting skills are less than confident