How to Become a Pipe Fitter
A pipe fitter is an industrial professional who uses blueprint drawings to choose where and how to engineer a piping installation. Your career as a pipe fitter will require you to install and maintain piping structures that will transport liquids and gases, make repairs and perform pipe welding operations. Read on to learn more.
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Be a Pipe Fitter
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Take high school classes that will help you lay the foundation for a career as a skilled industrial worker. A general knowledge of mathematics as well as training in drafting, mechanical drawing and shop will help you. Such skills are very useful whether you become a pipe fitter or opt to pursue a different technical trade.
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Check with your local community colleges to see if any of them offer a pipe fitter training course. You should anticipate attending school full-time while you complete your training, so make whatever financial arrangements may be necessary to finance your education.
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Locate a trade school that offers specialized instruction in pipe fitter training. The Trade Schools Guide at Trade-Schools.net offers information on pipe fitter courses as well as a wide range of other trades (see Resources below). You may find the most comprehensive education at an institute that specializes in training pipe fitters, but you should always contact the institution if you have any questions about their accreditation.
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Become an apprentice. There are several ways you can go about finding an apprenticeship. Most often, you will locate one by contacting the various pipe fitting companies in your town, city or region, but you can also take advantage of registered apprenticeship programs through the U.S. Department of Labor (see Resources below).
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Complete any licensure examinations that may be required by the state in which you live. Your apprenticeship or enrollment in an accredited trade or vocational school will prepare you for success. You'll become a registered pipe fitter once you complete all state licensing requirements.
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Tips & Warnings
Take as formalized a training program as you can find, preferably through a community college or accredited training institute. The skill set you acquire will be more complete.
A career as a pipe fitter will entail physical labor, and you will have to stand or work in cramped quarters for extended periods of time. You may also be exposed to both hot and cold conditions as well as potentially harmful gases.
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how are you Mr. Kelly ? May I introduce my self to you Mr. Kelly ? My name is Haris Nugroho,I am Indonesian pipe fitter. Is there any job for me to work in your site now Mr.Kelly ?
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AS a Pippie, stay on at school, but if you want an apprenticeship , be the best be a pipefitter, its us that control the sites ,,,,,, GOOD LUCK.
