Welcome to Pipefitters Local Union 455 Saint Paul, Minnesota

The St. Paul Pipefitters JAC in partnership with Saint Paul College is offering a 1-credit (32 hours) welding lab course. This course was designed for Local 455 apprentices and journeypersons to hone their current welding skills. It is not designed as a beginning welding course. Class time is 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The tuition will be $160. Courses will become available as registration for the class meets the minimum requirement of 18 students.
If you would be interested in the same course offered evenings (two weeks, 4 hours per night, Monday-Thursday), please contact the JAC Office.

If you are interested in registering for this course please contact

Kathleen Zusan at the JAC office, 651-846-1699.

455 officers

Jack Votca, Business Representative, Mankato

Bill Lombard, JATC Coordinator

Rick Magler, Business Representative

Tom Vail, Assistant Business Manager

Gary Erlander, Business Manager

Please feel free to browse and contact any of the members listed. The purpose of this page is to answer some of the questions you might have about our union and the industry we represent.

Our members work in all aspects of the heating, air conditioning, refrigeration, and temperature control fields. Also oil refineries, chemical plants, and food processing facilities, manufacturing plants, retail and wholesale food stores, and ice rinks.

We also have maintenance pipefitters working at the University of Minnesota, St. Paul School District, Metropolitan Council, Imation, St. Paul Government Center, and Energy Park in the midway.

We have pipefitters installing and maintaining refrigeration trucks, trailers, and buses at Thermo King Sales and Service.

Steamfitters Pipefitters has jurisdiction in the following counties:

Ramsey	Nicollet	Nobles
Dakota	LeSueur	Jackson
Washington	Brown	Martin
Chisago	Murray	Lyon
Portion of Goodhue	Cottonwood	Lincoln
Renville	Watonwan	Pipestone
Redwood	Blue Earth	Sibley
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