Training at UA Local 51

Local 51 Instructors

For over 100 years, our certified instructors in Rhode Island have been teaching our apprentices and journeymen the skills of pipe working and instrumentation.  The following is a list of our current instructors:

PIPEFITTING

Chrystian Maldonado - 1st Year Instructor
Dylan Raposa – 2nd Year Instructor
Matthew Day – 3rd & 4th Year Instructor

PLUMBING

Jonathan Holden – 1st Year Instructor
Corey Swanda – 2nd Year Instructor
David Pine – 3rd Year Instructor
Richard Andrade – 4th Year Instructor 

Tony Vacchelli – Narragansett High School Plumbing Program 

REFRIGERATION

Brendan Ledsworth – 1st Year Instructor 
Brian Allen – 2nd Year Instructor
Al Archetto – 3rd Year Instructor
Jonathan Pereira – 3rd Year Instructor
Jason Carreiro – 4th Year Instructor 

WELDING

James DeMello -2nd & 3rd Year Instructor 
Brendan Rose – 2nd & 3rd Year Instructor
Steven Leo – 2nd & 4th Year Instructor
David Lavoie – 3rd & 4th Year Instructor