INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HEAT AND FROST INSULATORS AND
ALLIED WORKERS, LOCAL 110, ALBERTA, CANADA
9335-47 Street, Edmonton AB T6B 2R7
Phone: (780) 426-2874 or Calgary: (403) 243-1234; Fax: (780) 428-9434
Business Hours: 8AM - noon, 1-4:30PM MST 		Link to home page
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Application to Join

  • How Do I Apply For Membership?

    1. Have current CSTS certification.
    2. Be registered as a "permit worker" with Local 110.
    3. Be dispatched to a job site through Local 110.
    4. Do a good job while at work.
    5. Register with the Alberta Apprenticeship Board to become an "indentured" apprentice (unless you are already a ticketed Journeyman Insulator).
    6. Get the membership application  from your Job Steward or download from this site.NOTE: the application is 2 -sided- print off both sides.
    7. Have three Journeymen Insulators agree to sponsor you by signing your application.
    8. Obtain the required physical examination (unless you are already a ticketed Journeyman Insulator).
    9. Give the completed application to Pattie at the Training Centre. Cut off date is the 2nd last Friday before the next meeting.

  • How Do I Become a Member?

    • Applications are reviewed by the Business Manager and/or a volunteer committee of Journeymen.They review the applications and tentatively accept or reject the applicants. Journeymen members are advised of these applicants at General Membership meetings and can object  to or confirm any acceptance or rejection. A vote among members present will then be held. These meetings are held on the second Saturday of most months (except July and August). If you are accepted as a member, you receive notice from the Union Hall explaining the next steps.

  • What If I am Not A Journeyman And Not an Indentured Apprentice?

    • Your application will not be voted on. You must be an indentured apprentice to apply for apprentice member status. Your apprentice status is confirmed by the Union Hall before putting your application to vote.

  • What If I Have Questions About the Membership Application?

    • You can talk to your Job Steward. You can ask Journeyman Insulators. You can call the Training Centre if your questions cannot be answered by these people.

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Dues

Working dues are $35.00 per week. Non-working dues are $5.00 per week.

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Non-Members

Permits-  ATTENTION- LOCAL 110 WILL NOT BE ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR 1ST YEAR PERMITS  UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE - JOURNEYWORKERS AND INDENTURED APPRENTICES CALL 780-440-6832 FOR INFORMATION ON WORKING FOR LOCAL 110

Non-members are known as "permit workers" because they sign a permit allowing Local 110 to find work for them. This permit costs $2.00 (the administration fee for processing) and is renewed every three months until the permit worker becomes a union member.  Permit workers are expected to apply for  union membership within 90 days of first being dispatched by Local 110.

How Can I Become A Permit Worker?

Applications for permits are given out only at the Union Hall in Edmonton and the Union office in Calgary only when there is a need to add names to the permit list. Applicants must fill out the application and provide the following documentation in order for their application to be considered:

1. A valid driver's license
2. Proof that you are able to work legally in Canada- a birth certificate, proof of naturakized citizenship, a landed immigrrant Returning 
    Resident card or a work visa
3. A copy of a high school diploma, GED, university, college, or technical school diploma or certificate, or a grade transcript showing
    completion of a minimum of Grade 10.
4. A work history or resume with names, dates and locations of previous jobs

You must also:
    
      Be at least 18 years old

     Pass a pre-access drug and alcohol test if you are referred by Local 110 to a job   
   
    Have reliable transportation

    Be able to speak, read and comprehend English- YOU WILL BE TESTED

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U.S. Journeyman Insulators

Jobs recorded on the Dispatch Information page.

For specific information NOT covered on this website such as benefit status, CSTS appointments,
how to become an insulator, etc. : Call (780) 426-2874 or (403) 243-1234

Business Manager:  Wade Logan  (780) 426-2874
Business Agents, North:  Kevin Lecht, Doug Johnson  (780)426-2874
Business Agent, South: Pat Tilley (403) 243-1234

International Vice President: Vince Engel

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