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Local 128 Scholarship Competition

Application Deadline: April 1, 2019
For more information, please click here (PDF)

International Scholarship Competition

Application Deadline: March 1, 2019
For more information, please visit https://scholarships.boilermakers.org/

Burlington Union Hall

All members who currently work or plan to work in any of the 3 nuclear facilities in Ontario must be NQW Qualified (Nuclear Qualified Worker) before they are dispatched to work.

*Computer based training (CBT) at the nuclear facilities does not qualify.

EPSCA requires ALL Boilermakers to have the following qualifications and/or evaluations prior to hiring on in Pickering GS, Darlington GS and Bruce Power:

Working at Heights
Hoisting & Rigging
Install & Torque Fasteners
Confined Space
FME (Foreign Material Exclusion)

February 2019 Training Schedule

Feb 4: FME NQW 8:30am
Feb 5: NQW Install & Torque Fasteners 8:30am-4:00pm
Feb 6: NQW Hoisting & Rigging 8:30am-4:00pm (work boots required)
Feb 7: Working at Heights (Core 4 & NQW) 8:30am-4:00pm
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Feb 11: Confined Space 8:30am-12:00pm/FME NQW 1:00pm
Feb 12: NQW Install & Torque Fasteners 8:30am-4:00pm
Feb 13: NQW Hoisting & Rigging 8:30am-4:00pm (work boots required)
Feb 14: Working at Heights (Core 4 & NQW) 8:30am-4:00pm
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Feb 19: NQW Install & Torque Fasteners 8:30am-4:00pm
Feb 20: NQW Hoisting & Rigging 8:30am-4:00pm (work boots required)
Feb 21: Working at Heights (Core 4 & NQW) 8:30am-4:00pm
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Feb 25: FME NQW 8:30am
Feb 26: NQW Install & Torque Fasteners 8:30am-4:00pm
Feb 27: NQW Hoisting & Rigging 8:30am-4:00pm (work boots required)
Feb 28: Working at Heights (Core 4 & NQW) 8:30am-4:00pm

Please contact Eddie Wall or Matt Mootrey at (905) 332-0128 to schedule your training.

Local 128 offices will be closed starting Monday December 24th and will reopen on Wednesday January 2^nd.

Sunday, December 2, 2018
11:00am – 2:00pm

Burlington Union Hall
1035 Sutton Drive
Burlington, ON L7L 5Z8

Official Announcement (PDF)

Please be advised that the Burlington Weld Shop will be closed from Thursday, September 20th to Tuesday, October 2nd.

See below for Labour Day parade information for Toronto, Hamilton, Port Elgin, Sarnia and Kingston.

Labour Day Parade Information (PDF)

To read a letter from Business Manager Roy Grills regarding the Standardized Task Evaluations (STEs) Program and becoming a Nuclear Qualified (NQ) Boilermaker, please login to the National Members Only website and see the August 16th announcement under the “Local News” tab.

For important information regarding the mandatory CORE Training, please login to the National Members Only website and see the August 16th announcement under the “Local News” tab. Included is information you will require to update your WHMIS and FIT Test.

Burlington Union Hall

Confined Space Training
Wednesday August 15th @ 8:30 am (FIT testing to follow)

Working at Heights (WAH)
Thursday August 16th @ 8:30 am

To register please contact Ed Wall: (905) 332-0128 or ewall@ibblocal128.org