This program is designed to provide knowledge and skills necessary to assemble, install and repair pipes, fittings, and fixtures of heating, water, and drainage systems using building plans and working drawings and hand and power tools; cut, thread, and bend pipe;
assemble and install valves, pipe fittings, and pipes composed of metals and nonmetals; join pipes; caulk joints; use pressure gauges to determine whether a system is leaking; install and repair plumbing fixtures: such as sinks, commodes, bathtubs, water heaters, hot water tanks; repair and maintain plumbing by replacing washers, mending burst pipes, and opening clogged drains.
Students are able to work as plumbers' helpers and are eligible to take the International Code Council Building Codes Specialist with the plumbing option (ICC) and 10 hour OSHA Training.