Industry publication, December 2001

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■Site mctures nance. “Pressure welders are probably bership, from about 286,000 to 320,000 the most specialized...and most coveted over the past five years. About 35% are by contractors,” says Branscum. “We employed in powerplant construction. focus and pay particular attention to “Contrary to what some may think, the welders” in training and recruitment, he doors are open if people want to come says. Certification of welders is expedited in,” Maddaloni says. The union also has been beefing up its Power Industry's by the Common Arc program adminis- “distance learning” capability to enhance Choice: tered by the National Association of Boil- the portability of its members and their Break rooms ermaker Employers, Geneva, Ill. Tests ability to train in more remote locations, periodically are held in which boiler- which often are the homes of new pow- Change shacks makers can be assessed by groups of erplants. “By the middle of 2002, we will Storage employers, says NACBE Executive Direc- have all training centers and local unions tor John F. Erickson. This cuts down on connected so that they can do distance the expense of testing for individual learning,” says Maddaloni. ^^Time-Saving - employers and provides workers with “The demise of the steel industry and ^^Solutions: greater work opportunities, he notes. cutbacks in autos” has made the labor The plumbers and pipefitters’ union issue in power a little tamer, says Noel Non-combustible also is beefing up its welding skills. Top- Bork, executive vice president of NEA— Quick panel assembly | of-the-line welding skills are needed in The Association of Union Constructors, aging conventional and nuclear plants Arlington, Va., and impartial secretary of Reusable/Relocatable ' as they change out generators and other the National Maintenance Agreements Re-configurable equipment, says union President Martin Policy Committee. Those pacts provide * Insulated or * - J. Maddaloni. The union also has niche uniform working conditions in much training aimed at providing work for the same way as a national project agree- non«insulated - » members in powerplants, such as a valve ment, without the need to negotiate one replacement program for nuclear plants, for each project. Bork notes that power But Maddaloni thinks that some of now accounts for 30% of the hours the shortages are man-made, overstated worked under the national agreements, .>^5 and related to poor project planning. “I up from a traditional 22%. honestly believe that the emphasis on Although not maintenance projects, labor shortages in construction is played some peaking plants currently are being out a little more than it should be,” he built entirely under the agreements if says. With all of the plants shutting down the parties all agree. “We promote the in the spring and fall, “you kill the per- agreements as a tool [and] there is a fas son for three months, and as soon as that comfort factor with contractors, users =^/ is over, there is nowhere to go....You and the building trades,” Bork says. can’t put people on the shelf.” Adds Branscum: “There is not a lot of I Nonetheless, the plumbers and pip- opposition to it.” efitters’ union has expanded its mem- Open shop contractors also report

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