Why Not Start Training As A Plumber

Training oneself for plumbing jobs is getting more and more popular. This is the primary reason why coaching centres have come up that, in addition to giving a sound theoretical base to those who enrol in the course, also offer practical coaching. On field training for plumbing jobs, I cat, has become a major USP for any courses. A course is necessarily judged and distinguished from others in the same field on the basis of the on field training that it provides to those that enrol for it.

These courses provide comprehensive training in various types of plumbing techniques including, standard residential or commercial plumbing, pipe laying, steam fitting and pipe fitting. The best way to get trained as a plumber is to undertake an apprenticeship under a good agency. Since most of these agencies are regulated by labour unions the chances of getting badly trained are very less.

In fact, affiliations to bodies like the Mechanical Contractors Association of America, the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices part of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry of the U.S. and Canada, The National Fire Sprinkler Association, the National Association of Plumbing, Heating and Cooling Contractors, and the Home Builders Institute, etc, may prove very useful in securing jobs too for trainees.

Most of these courses take about four to five years of traineeship before one can start out on one's own and take it up as a profession. The standard amount of time to be devoted to classroom and theoretical classes is roughly about 144 hours through the entire training period. Some subjects on which trainees must have theoretical knowledge are blue print reading, drafting basics, applied chemistry and physics, math, local plumbing codes, plumbing and contracting safety, and legislated contracting and plumbing regulations.

However, since plumbing is not a theoretical practice a lot of emphasis is given in these courses on the practical aspect of it so that the trainees get experience of what they are training for first hand. They are taught various techniques and also made aware of the precautions they must take and the dangers they or those involved could be exposed to.

Here are some of the criteria that those who want to train as plumbers have to follow.

- Minimum age must be 18 years
- Health must be good
- A minimum of GED or high school education is required
- Military plumbing trained is an added bonus