For more than a century, Plumbers and Pipefitters Local Union 562 has served eastern Missouri by offering a hands-on training program for upcoming trades professionals. Its mission of providing a superior education program that integrates technical, on-the-job and academic training to meet the needs of contractors and the surrounding community lives on with the addition of its Earth City, Missouri, campus.
The new $18 million training facility offers a “wet lab” set-up that allows students to install, repair and take apart different plumbing fixtures. The facility contains a state-of-the-art, three-story spec house where students can apply their plumbing, pipefitting and HVAC
