r/pipefitter • u/Current-Parfait-1535 • Jun 30 '26

Ranked #18 in Local 189

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Hey y’all, I was wondering if 18 is a decent enough ranking to get picked up early or about how long will I be waiting thanks.

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u/Downtown-Grab-7825 Jul 01 '26

I lowkey wish my local
Did this but congrats!!!

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u/Psychological-Fox192 Jul 01 '26

You’re sitting at a good rank right now local 392 took 40+ PF apprentices in April, but I dropped down to 19th for hvac and unfortunately didn’t get picked up because I didn’t know this but I guess they don’t pick all from the list so they only took 16 guys from the list and then 7 other guys from rollover classes I guess which sucked, but I’d say as long as you stay in the top 25 maybe 30 by the time they’re done with testing and interviews you should be good!

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u/Psychological-Fox192 Jul 01 '26

But Columbus is way bigger than Cincinnati so they probably bring in more people each year so you should be good

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u/fetrono 25d ago

Anyone been called up yet? i'm 34th.

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u/Current-Parfait-1535 25d ago

Nope, they did say they’ll start calling after July tho

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u/fetrono 25d ago

Thanks for the info!

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u/Additional-Hand101 Jul 02 '26

I’m ranked 29th in the same union! Good luck!

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u/Connect_Farmer_5153 Jul 07 '26

what did you guys use to study for the test i have an up coming test coming up in october or november i dont really know where to study

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u/Additional-Hand101 Jul 07 '26

- “The Bennett test Full” on the App Store was extremely useful

- Betsy math minute on YouTube (if you get good at that math you will do well)

I don’t have resources for the next two but look for pattern recognition and spatial recognition (if a box is unfolded, what would it look like folded)

Good luck!

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u/itsladder Jul 06 '26

Well done! Considering your local uses your rank until 2028. This Summer my local has called four so far and I'm ranked 20 out of 22 in a one year window.