Trade District
🚰 Plumber
Plumbers install and repair the water, gas, and drainage systems buildings depend on. Let's look at how someone gets there.
What they do
- Install pipe systems
- Locate and repair leaks
- Inspect for code compliance
- Estimate jobs
Skills you use
- Spatial reasoning
- Physical stamina
- Math
- Customer trust
School subjects that help
Training steps
- Apprenticeship (typically 4-5 years)
- Continuing code education
Certifications & licenses
- Journeyman plumber license
- Master plumber license
- Backflow certification
Every route in
- Education or training
- High school diploma or GED, then an apprenticeship.
- College path
- Optional associate degree in plumbing technology.
- Trade or apprenticeship path
- Registered apprenticeship with paid on-the-job hours.
- Ownership path
- Plumbing contractors often run their own shops.
The path from today
- TodayStudy Mathematics, Science, Career & College Readiness.
- Skills to buildSpatial reasoning · Physical stamina · Math · Customer trust
- Training stepsApprenticeship (typically 4-5 years) → Continuing code education
- Education or trainingHigh school diploma or GED, then an apprenticeship.
- Certifications & licensesJourneyman plumber license · Master plumber license · Backflow certification
- CareerPlumber
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