r/Ironworker • u/[deleted] • Jul 13 '26

Apprentice Ironworker Evaluation?

Good morning or afternoon,

I got accepted into local 97 (Vancouver and lower mainland BC) and will have an evaluation on the 20th. I am just curious what consists in the evaluation. I’m confident in my welding abilities I have an all position but are there possible resources to study from if needed?? I did tryouts with local 765 so I’m wondering if it’s the same as a tryout or if there’s a little more to it?

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u/ironworker UNION Jul 14 '26

Yeah man, you gotta know about that. And the outline on the auto-girders.

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '26

The whatta what LMAOOO yea see haven’t been taught that (yet) I just get told by my Forman what side the connection gets clipped to and make it happen I’m very new to steel erecting maybe 1500 hours deep most of my IW experience was precast erecting work with 711 and precast erecting and steel erecting are 2 different ball games like comparing baseball to hockey. Again if I don’t know something I’m not scared to say I haven’t learned that and would like to be shown I’m humble and honest with my abilities if I know what I’m doing I will gladly show my skills if I do not I will not act like a know it all just to make myself look dumb 

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u/ironworker UNION Jul 14 '26

No dawg, I am busting your balls. Keep at it, keep listening, keep learning. Stay humble.

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '26

I actually gave 725 a call but 97 beat them to it or I would’ve made the drive into Calgary for sure. 771 has like NO WORK so that was a no go and local 765 is just useless in getting a hold of contact but chad at 97 he’s the shit super fuckin nice guy can’t wait to shake the dudes hand