"New" Helper's Downhill Welding School Requirement

Effective January 1,2011 the requirements for admission to and attending the Local 798 Downhill Welding School as a Welder Helper to upgrade to Welder are, (l)five thousand hours of Covered Employment as reported to the Training Center and (2) five letters of recommendation from a welder or Journeyman member of a U A Pipeline Local that you have worked with directly, but no more than one family member letter.{3) Minimum of three years experience on Covered Employment as defined in the Training Center Trust Agreement. The selection process will be based on your work history and your experience with all aspects of welder helping. All applicants will be reviewed before the start of a new class. There will no longer be a numerical order according to your application date. All applications must be filled out completely with five letters of recommendation attached before they will review. There will be only two classes each year, one starting in January and the other starting in September. The request for applications will be only by e-mail, fax or letter. No phone calls,please. To check your hours ,go to www.PIBF.ORG. ,go to Pension, drop down to Verify Hours, then click the "my pibf" link and enter birthday #/ book number. Select " Check Work History by Calender"; that will show your posted hours. Or call PIBF at 918-280-4800 for help. All applications must be returned before November 31, 2010 to be reviewed for the January Class. All applications requests must be made to Director of Training ,Farron Hollabaugh at farron@pibf.org , or Fax 918-270-4719, or mail to Local 798 Training Center ,4845, S. 83rd E. Ave Tulsa, Oklahoma 74147