Plumbers
Plumbers install drain, waste and vent systems, water supply systems, gas systems, backflow protection devices, fixtures and appliances. This trade involves cutting, threading, fit pipes, valves, and caulking, pipe fitting, soldering, brazing and install copper and PVC piping and setting fixtures. Plumbers work in all types of weather conditions, both indoors and outside, in high places and confined spaces.
Compensation Information
Work Conditions
Both indoor and outdoor, nearly every building type, varying weather, physically demanding, new and existing construction, working from heights
Skills Needed
Strong math, reading, spatial and mechanical ability, manual dexterity, problem solving, physical stamina, fast-paced thinking, communication, hand/eye coordination, comfortable with heights, blueprint reading, decision making
Application Requirements
Education and Training
How to Apply
The participant must attend an application day at the plumbers training facility. Application days are held on the first Friday of January, March, May, July, September, and November at 9AM. The applicant must provide the training facility with all necessary personal documents including a valid driver’s license and official high school transcripts. After completing the application process and submitting passing ACT/Accuplacer test scores, the plumbers will schedule an interview date with the applicant. Based on the interview score and the ACT/Accuplacer test scores, the participant will be placed onto a ranked list.
