Plumbing

Do you see yourself as a skilled worker? If you love hands-on work and problem solving, plumbing may be the career pathway for you! Get started on a career with lots of opportunity.

Pathway Description

This pathway teaches the skills associated with a plumbing career. Students in this pathway gain an understanding of the technical expertise necessary for an apprenticeship with an experienced plumber.

Key Competencies

• Understand and apply coursework in safety, engineering, manufacturing, power, and construction.
• Install fixtures, faucets, and appliances
• Identify the types of pipe and fittings used in residential and commercial plumbing systems
• Demonstrate accuracy in reading and understand the required codes that govern plumbing procedures in the residential and commercial settings
• Use fundamental plumbing and pipefitting properties such as torque, piping schematics, and elementary pipe layout and joint construction
• Understand brazing, flame cutting, blueprint reading, electrical principals, and welding symbols
• Demonstrate accuracy in Plasma Arc Cutting (PAC), Oxy-Acetylene Cutting (OAC), and building weld pads and weld joints in Oxy-Acetylene Welding (OAW), Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW), Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW), and Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW)

Courses

View the High School Course Guide for an in-depth look at the courses outlined below.

High School Credits:

Year 1:

• 9000 Industrial Arts Technology (2)

Year 2:

• 9031 Welding I (2)

Year 3:

• 9GE6A Basic Plumbing (1)
• 9GE7A Blueprint Reading and Estimating (1)
• 9GE8A Industrial Safety (1)
• 9GE9A Basic Electrical Theory (1)
• 9GF0B Industrial Plumbing and Pipefitting (2)
• 9GF1B Building Codes and Specifications (1)
• 9GF2B Commercial Fixtures (1)

Year 4:

• 9GF3A Residential Piping (2)
• 9GF4A Residential Code (1)
• 9GF5A Residential Fixtures (1)
• 9GF6B Commercial Piping (2)
• 9GF7B Commercial Code (1)
• 9GF8B Plumbing Troubleshooting (1)

Total College Credits:

31

Salary

Annual National Average Salary for a Licensed Plumber: $52,000

Career Opportunities