About The History of Pipefitters Local Union 725

United Association Air Conditioning, Refrigeration, & Pipefitters Local Union 725 represents more than 1,200 members in the South Florida area working in the air conditioning, refrigeration, and mechanical systems industry. Local 725's work covers installation, retrofit, service maintenance, repair of water & sewer treatment plants, fuel piping installations for airports, ink piping installations for newspaper plants, ammonia, and glycol systems for cold storage and ice rinks, pharmaceutical plants, plus many other.

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Chartered on June 22, 1950, Local Union 725's jurisdiction encompasses Miami-Dade, Broward, and Monroe counties as well as jurisdiction in 4 coastal counties on Florida's west coast; Collier, Lee, Charlotte and Sarasota for all HVAC Mechanical Service.

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Local 725's training center, ARPEC (Air Conditioning, Refrigeration, and Pipefitting Education Center) has deep roots in the State of Florida, first registered as an Apprenticeship program on October 11, 1949. Since then ARPEC has continued to lead as one of the most highly regarded Apprenticeship program in the United States and Canada.