Apprenticeship in the pipe trades is a highly selective program, and acceptance for training depends on the applicant's qualifications and the manpower needs of the trade at the time of the selection process. The actual selection and supervision of the apprenticeship program is the responsibility of the Joint Apprenticeship Committee. This committee consists of persons with considerable experience representing both management and labor. The apprenticeship program is five years of intensive technical training consisting of at least 8,500 to 10,000 hours of on-the-job training and approximately 1,250 hours of related training in the classroom.
To view information on course offerings, click the Apprenticeship Courses link on the right.
For information on the next open house click the link below.
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Apprenticeship Courses
Each and every apprentice who comes through our doors must take and pass each of the following classes during their Five-Year Apprenticeship:
- Academic Success
- Advanced Plan Reading
- Advanced Welding
- Air Conditioning & Refrigeration I/CFC
- Air Conditioning & Refrigeration II
- Air Conditioning & Refrigeration III
- AutoCad I and II
- Backflow Prevention
- Basic Air Conditioning/CFC
- Basic Electricity
- Basic Heating and Controls
- Builders Level Transit
- Commissioning
- Confined Space Training
- Control Theory
- Customer Relations/Sales
- Direct Digital Control
- Drainage
- Drainage II/Sand Pit
- Drawing I
- Drawing II
- Electricity I/Arc Flash
- Electricity II
- Electricity III
- Fab Shop
- Financial Tools
- First Aid/CPR
- Gas Installations
- Heritage
- High Pressure Steam
- HVACR Code
- Industrial Refrigeration
- Medical Gas Certification
- Natural Gas Code
- Oil & Gas Burners
- Orbital Welding
- OSHA 10
- Pipe Layout
- Plumbing Code
- Plumbing Fixtures
- Plumbing Lab
- Plumbing Service
- Realistic Preview
- Related Math
- Related Science
- Rigging
- Rigging II
- Screw Pipe
- Shielded Metallic Arc Welding I
- Shielded Metallic Arc Welding II
- Shielded Metallic Arc Welding III
- Soldering & Brazing
- Steam Technology
- Tools
- Tube Bending/Orbital
- UA Star
- Variable Frequency Drive (VFD)
- Variable Refrig. Flow
- Water Supply
Have Questions?
Visit our Frequently Asked Question page for more information.
Maryland Apprenticeship Applications
TO APPLY GO TO: GETPIPING.COM There is a non-refundable $25. processing fee due at the time of application, payable by major credit card. Applicants must have a high school diploma or GED. Applicants must have their own transportation, and a valid drivers license or learners permit, and must provide a current official government issued photo ID at time of application. Applicants must be eligible to work in the United States and be able to obtain a Maryland Plumbers and HVACR license.
An assessment test, as well as a physical and drug screening will be required.
No applicant shall be rejected because of race, creed, color, sex or national origin.
