All of our employees in skilled trades positions must be members in good standing of their relevant union, and all positions are filled through the applicable union dispatch hall.
- Vancouver Shipyards (50 Pemberton Avenue)
- Vancouver Shipyards (Panamax)
- Victoria Shipyards
- Vancouver Drydock
Vancouver Shipyards (50 Pemberton Avenue) – Poly Party Unions
Marine & Shipbuilders – Local 506
Mr. Butch Sidey
1450 Kootenay Street
Vancouver BC V5K 4R1
Phone: (604) 558-1506
Fax: (604) 558-3506
email: local506@shaw.ca
Trade Classifications
- Welders
- Shipfitters
- Painters/Sandblasters
- Riggers
- Crane Operators
- General Labour
International Association of Machinists – Lodge 692
Mr. Walter Gerlach
201–19005 94th Avenue
Surrey BC V4N 3S4
Phone: (604) 513-3883
Fax: (604) 513-3853
email: wgerlach@iam250.org
Trade Classifications
- Mechanics (Engine Fitters)
- Machinists
United Association of Plumbers & Pipefitters – Local 170
Mr. Mark Glazier
201–1658 Foster’s Way
Annacis Island, Delta BC V3M 6S6
Phone: (604) 526-0441
Fax: (604) 526-6261
email: mark@ualocal170.com
Trade Classifications
- Pipefitters
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers – Local 213
Mr. John Pesa
1424 Broadway Street
Port Coquitlam BC V3C 5W2
Phone: (604) 571-6500
Fax: (604) 571-6502
email: jpesa@ibew213.org
Trade Classifications
- Electricians
Vancouver Shipyards (Panamax) – Drydock Union Council
Marine Workers & Boilermakers Industrial Union – Local 1
Mr. Fred Simmons
#136 – 4299 Canada Way
Burnaby BC V5G 1H3
Phone: (604) 254-8204
Fax: (604) 608-2925
email: fsimmons@marineworkers.ca
Trade Classifications
- Welders
- Shipfitters
- Painters/Sandblasters
- General Labour
Marine & Shipbuilders – Local 506
Mr. Butch Sidey
1450 Kootenay Street
Vancouver BC V5K 4R1
Phone: (604) 558-1506
Fax: (604) 558-3506
email: local506@shaw.ca
International Association of Machinists – Lodge 692
Mr. Walter Gerlach
201–19005 94th Avenue
Surrey BC V4N 3S4
Phone: (604) 513-3883
Fax: (604) 513-3853
email: wgerlach@iam250.org
United Association of Plumbers & Pipefitters – Local 170
Mr. Mark Glazier
201–1658 Foster’s Way
Annacis Island, Delta BC V3M 6S6
Phone: (604) 526-0441
Fax: (604) 526-6261
email: mark@ualocal170.com
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers – Local 213
Mr. John Pesa
1424 Broadway Street
Port Coquitlam BC V3C 5W2
Phone: (604) 571-6500
Fax: (604) 571-6502
email: jpesa@ibew213.org
Victoria Shipyards
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers – Local 191
Gordon White
802 Esquimalt Road
Victoria BC V9A 3M4
Phone: (250) 383-4196
Fax: (250) 383-4688
email: lodge191bm@shaw.ca
Trade Classifications
- Welders
- Shipfitters
On behalf of the following Manpower Supply Unions
- Labourers 1204 – Mat McGreish – email: info@cswu1611.org
- Machinists 3 – Ron Wickett – email: ron.wickett@machinistslocal3.ca
- Painters 1163 – Orfeo Pagliacci – email: opagliacci@dc38.ca
- IBEW 230 – Phil Venoit – email: bmfs@ibew230.org
- Pipefitters 324 – Stefan Plusa – email: Stefan@ualocal324.com
- Sheet Metal 276 – Jason Pedersen – email: jason@smwia276.ca
- Carpenters 1598 – Tim Bolderson – email: tbolderson@bcrcc.ca
- Riggers 643 – Sean Hennon – email: local643@shaw.ca
Vancouver Drydock
Marine Workers & Boilermakers Industrial Union – Local 1
Mr. Fred Simmons
#136 – 4299 Canada Way
Burnaby BC V5G 1H3
Phone: (604) 254-8204
Fax: (604) 608-2925
email: fsimmons@marineworkers.ca
On behalf of:
- Marine & Shipbuilders 506
- Machinists 692
- Pipefitters 170
- IBEW 213
- Operating Engineers 115