| Plumbing courses can prepare you for a lifelong | | | | water for public and other government buildings |
| trade for which the outlook is very bright. | | | | too. Other systems, which also must be covered |
| The United States Department of Labour says | | | | in plumbing courses, dispose of waste, provide |
| that the outlook is very good for those enrolling in | | | | gas to furnaces and ranges, or deliver heat and |
| plumbing courses because, quite simply, there are | | | | air conditioning. Power plant pipe systems deliver |
| not enough students doing so - which suggests a | | | | steam to huge turbines that create energy. Pipes |
| shortage of plumbers in the near future. | | | | are also found in manufacturing plants as a means |
| Plumbers, pipe layers, steam fitters and pipe | | | | of moving materials through the plants production |
| fitters, all closely aligned, make up one of the | | | | process. All these methods of plumbing must be |
| highest paid and largest of the construction | | | | taught in courses. |
| category of occupations in the United States. | | | | Even computer-chip manufacturers and |
| There isnt much doubt that those plumbing | | | | pharmaceutical firms have their own specialized |
| courses you take will more than pay for | | | | system of pipes that must be installed, serviced |
| themselves many times over. | | | | and repaired. Plumbers must attend courses to |
| Most people are familiar with the basics of | | | | learn how to do so. |
| residential plumbing, and the courses that would | | | | Sometimes, a plumber might have to cut a hole in |
| be taught in a trade school. Each of us, at one | | | | a ceiling, a floor or a wall of a home or |
| time or another, has either hired someone to | | | | commercial building. Plumbing courses must teach |
| install or repair a plumbing fixture or have had to | | | | her or him how to do that safely and accurately. |
| tackle the task ourselves. We know, for example, | | | | There are plumbing systems that require steel |
| that plumbing courses would need to teach how | | | | supports being hung from ceiling joists as a way |
| to install an appliance or unclog a drain. Other | | | | of keeping the pipe in place. The plumber has to |
| plumbing courses, however, include laying pipes, | | | | take the courses that teach him or her how to |
| fitting water pipes and fitting steam pipes as well | | | | do that. |
| as maintaining and repairing each of these. | | | | Plumbers need courses in using pipe cutters, |
| There are a lot of variations in the plumbing trade | | | | saws, and machines that bend pipes. They need |
| tasks and specializations, however. So, there are a | | | | to learn how to work with plastic pip and connect |
| variety of plumbing courses required to become a | | | | the fittings and sections with adhesive. Some |
| licensed plumbers. Some water systems, for | | | | plumbing courses focus on copper pipe, while |
| example, not only work within a residential dwelling | | | | others teach the use and care of plastic pipe. |
| but may also move the water to a local water | | | | Plumbing courses are nearly as varied as the |
| treatment plant and then on to residential as well | | | | types of buildings people can dream up and |
| as commercial buildings. They may also provide | | | | construct. |