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Dispatch

ATTENTION ALBERTA RESIDENTS: Please check the following list for current employers/contractors which are willing to take UA Plumbers & Sprinklerfitters on their job-sites (Updated April 18,  2013):  PCL @ all sites;  AECON Industrial West @ Suncor;  CLEARWATER Energy @ Syncrude;  CBI Horton @ Kearl Lake; TRANSFIELD @ All Turnaround / Shutdown Sites; EDMONTON EXCHANGER @ All Turnaround / Shutdown Sites; KBR @ Suncor Edmonton ** PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS APPLIES TO ALBERTA RESIDENTS ONLY!**

TRAVEL CARD OPPORTUNITY: UA Local 170 has open jobs for Steamfitters starting May 21, 2013 Call 170 Dispatch at 604-527-3220 for details!

 Employment Opportunity at the Edmonton Pipe Trades College for a Steamfitter/Pipefitter Instructor! Click here for details.

We run a simple dispatch process.

First, we have to know you want to go to work: Fill out an Out-of-Office Fax Form and fax it to our Dispatch Centre at 780-451-2018. (Please note you can't fax it to us from a jobsite.) Out-of-Work forms are available from our offices in Edmonton and Fort McMurray, or on this website (link to form) (*see below).

Second, show up at the Dispatch Centre: Work slips are given to members at the Dispatch Centre (16214 - 118 Avenue, Edmonton) at the following times Monday through Friday, except Statutory Holidays: 

B Welders: 9:00 AM    Fitters: 10:00am
Apprentices: 1:30pm

You can also request to take the call-out at our McMurray office, 9703A Franklin Avenue.

These days, it’s rare for anyone who wants to work to leave the Dispatch Centre without a slip, unless he or she is seeking highly specialized work. There are a few things to remember about this process:

  • It’s up to each member to notify the Dispatch Centre when he or she is out of work. Don’t rely on the employer to tell us!
  • Subject to the usual delay waiting for results of Drug & Alcohol testing, you must show up to take your work assignment within 24 hours.
  • Works slips are distributed first to members who have been on the list the longest.

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