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Plumbing & Pipefitting. Monmouth County Vocational School District Freehold, New Jersey Mr. Spadavecchia. Plumbing & Pipefitting. Two year course designed to provide students with basic skills that are needed to gain entry level employment skills in the plumbing field as an apprentice.
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Plumbing & Pipefitting Monmouth County Vocational School District Freehold, New Jersey Mr. Spadavecchia
Plumbing & Pipefitting • Two year course designed to provide students with basic skills that are needed to gain entry level employment skills in the plumbing field as an apprentice.
Plumbing & Pipefitting • Level One Classroom Instruction: • Career Safety • Plumbing Materials • DWV Systems, Waste Disposal Systems • Water Distribution Systems, Water Supply Systems • Plumbing Fixtures • Valves and Faucets • Plumbing Appliances, Water Heaters, Boilers • Plumbing Related Science and Mathematics
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Plumbing & Pipefitting • Level One Practical Skills: • Soldering Copper Tubing • Cutting and Threading Steel Pipe • Installing PVC Piping • Using Power Tools: Right Angle Drill, SawZall, Vise • Rough Plumbing Mark-Out • DWV Installation • Domestic Water Supply Installation • Testing and Inspection Preparation • Plumbing Fixture Installation • Troubleshooting Plumbing Systems • Retro Fitting and Renovation
Plumbing & Pipefitting • Level Two Classroom Instruction: • Sizing Plumbing Systems: DWV, Water Distribution, Gas Piping • Blueprint Reading • Isometric Drawing • Creating Material Lists and Cost Estimating • Plumbing Related Science and Mathematics • National Standard Plumbing Code Book Instruction • Resume Development and Employment Search
Plumbing & Pipefitting • Level Two Practical Skills: • Building Drain Installation • Domestic Water System Installation • Natural Gas Piping Installation • Hydronic Heating System Installation • Boiler Installation • Troubleshooting and Maintaining a Hydronic Heating System • Structured Learning- School To Career
Plumbing & Pipefitting • Future Opportunities: • Apprentice Plumbing Courses Through MCVSD • Plumbing & Pipefitting Union Local 9: Manalapan, NJ • Plumbing & Pipefitting Union Local 14: Lodi, NJ • Employment With Local Licensed Plumbing Contractor • Become a Licensed Plumbing Contractor and Business Owner • Five Years of Work Experience as Apprentice Under a Licensed Plumber • Four Years of Approved Apprenticeship Training • New Jersey State Licensing Test
Plumbing & Pipefitting • Earning Potential: • Plumbers and Pipefitters are among the highest paid workers in construction occupations. • Median hourly wages of wage and salary is $21.94. • The highest 10 percent earned more than $37.93. • Median hourly wages in the industries employing the largest numbers of Plumbers and Pipefitters were as follows: • Natural Gas Distribution- $26.27 • Commercial Building Construction- $23.14 • Building Equipment Contractors- $21.86 • Utility System Construction- $21.15 • Local government- $20.65 *Source- U.S. Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Plumbing & Pipefitting • Contact Information: • Guidance- Mrs. L. Mahoney • lynda_mahoney@mcvsd.org • Phone- 732-462-7570 • Instructor- Mr. V. Spadavecchia • vincenzo_spadavecchia@mcvsd.org • Phone- 732-462-7570 • Principal- Mr. J. Johnson • james_johnson@mcvsd.org • Phone- 732-264-4995 • MCVSD- www.mcvsd.org • Phone- 732-431-7942