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INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING
ENGINEERS
LOCAL 112
Welcome:
Who
we are:
The International Union of
Operating Engineers Local 112 is the nation's newest
local. It was formed in 2006 from the International
Union of Operating Engineers oldest local (Local 2b). We
are over 600 members strong and growing. Last year this
local had a growth rate more than 20 percent in
membership. This is the highest union growth rate in the
country at this time. We are not slowing down. We
are looking for new members to satisfy a booming demand for
personnel in the industries we serve. We train and
provide Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) personnel to contractors
seeking members to fill NDT inspector positions in the oil and
gas industry.
Local
112 Acquires New Forklift And Adds Laptops Outfitted For
Private Study
Local
112 Training Fund recently purchased a new propane powered CAT
forklift. The training center has added a number of
sections of pipe and other large items to the inventory.
The forklift has made it easy to move these items within the
facility.
We have also added 10 Dell laptops
which students check out. The training center has
software to use with these laptops which aids the
students with their private
study.
 
Welcome Shelly Chapman and William Seaton
- Local 112's Newest Staff Members
Shelly Chapman has joined Local 112
as secretary to the training fund. Jim Kelly has
brought a U-haul van full of filing for her. In addition
to this room full of papers to file, the union will be
tracking certifications in the future. Sandra Cronk has
finished training on the duties of the Health and Welfare
Fund. The extra workload for handling these
responsibilities would not allow Sandra enough time to take on
any additional responsibilities.
William
Seaton (Benji) has taken the position of Training
Assistant. He has been working on repairing,
painting, and renovating the facility.
 
Local 112 Has New Business Agent.
Tony Tidwell has been
a long time member of the union. He has operated as
Radiography technician and Xray crawler technician. He
joins Randall Hughes as the union's second business
agent.
First Automated
Ultrasonic Weld Inspection Course Is A
Success
Initiating AUT training has been a
difficult process. It has involved acquiring state of
the art equipment, much planning, overcoming technical
obstacles, and curriculum planning. However, we have
completed the first of a series of AUT courses and it was a
great success. Thanks to Joel Almond, David Ditch, Cary
Richardson, Jason Zubieta, and Toby Head for a well
done class.
 
Union Purchases High Quality Laser Film Digitizer And Radiography Darkroom
In response to
increasing demand for highly trained Radiographers, the
training center acquired a film digitizer which will be used
to produce a large library of radiographs which can be studied
from any computer. We have 1000s of radiographs available for
scanning at this time and we expect to take the digitizer
around the country to acquire many more. This equipment is very high end and is used by
hospitals in archiving medical radiographs. Randall Hughes, Tony Tidwell, and
William Seaton have attended training offered by General
Electric on the operation of this equipment.
 
New Classrooms
Are Added And Facility Adds Multimedia
Training
Two new classrooms have been
outfitted. This bring our total number to three.
They were recently needed. During training season we
will run three courses concurrently. These tables have
smoked glass tops and the chairs are well padded to assist the
members in their classroom napping.
We have two big
screen high definition LCD televisions which will be mounted
in the facility. These televisions will be outfitted to
allow presentations via laptop. Also they are outfitted
with high definition DVD and VCR to allow multimedia content
to be displayed. They are the latest equipment acquired
to present the highest quality of NDT training to our
membership.
  
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