Sprinkler Fitters
Sprinkler fitters design, assemble, install, inspect and maintain all types of piping systems. These skilled welders are required to read blueprints and maintain an extensive knowledge of plumbing codes and regulations. They specialize in fire protection systems, including overhead sprinkler and hose systems, fire mains, underground systems and underground closed valves.
Compensation Information
Work Conditions
Both indoor and outdoor, nearly every facility and building type, varying weather, physically demanding, new and existing construction, working from heights
Skills Needed
Math, reading, manual dexterity, problem solving, mechanical ability, physical stamina, fast-paced thinking and reacting, communication, hand/eye/foot coordination, comfortable with heights, blueprint reading, decision making, detail-oriented
Application Requirements
Education and Training
How to Apply
After the application has been completed, either in-person or online, and all of the above requirements have been satisfied, the applicant will receive a sponsorship letter to take the Accuplacer Testing at Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC), or WRTP/Big Step. Once all of the tests have been passed, the applicant will be notified by mail to appear before The Milwaukee Area Sprinkler Fitting Joint Apprenticeship Committee for an interview. The interview score is combined with the test scores and this total score determines where the applicant is placed on the waiting list. As contractors submit requests for apprentices, applicants are pulled from the top of the list. The applicant is required to pass a drug-screening test upon entry into the program.
