ORLANDO PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS JATC
Florida Program Number: I460513
Total Hours: 5 Years

MISSION:
The overall objective of Orlando & Vicinity Plumber & Pipefitters JAC is to produce the most highly skilled, competent and productive journeymen craftsmen that can be developed. As well, it is our obligation to provide the resources and environment necessary to assure that apprentices achieve that goal and understand their personal responsibility in this endeavor.

DESCRIPTION:
This apprenticeship program requires the apprentice to be employed by a participating employer/sponsor and enrolled in a formal program registered and approved by the US Department of labor and the Florida Department of Education. Apprentices, in addition to employment, are required to participate in structured part-time training-related coursework specifically aligned with the apprenticeship standards approved by the above state and federal agencies.

• Must be 18 years of age
• Driver's license
• Social Security Card
• Birth certificate
  

LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION/OTHER:
All students are registered with the Department of Labor through the Department of Education. After successful completion of the program, students are certified by and will be able to take the A/C, Heating & Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) and North American Technical Excellence (NATE) exams. EPA Certified Technician (An EPA-approved certifying program in accordance with Section 608 of the Stratospheric Ozone Protection Act).

JOB TRAINING INCLUDES: Occupational Completion Point (OCP)

OCPs provide a student with early completion training options linked to employment opportunities established by the Florida Department of Education based on the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system and accepted industry titles.

Local employers have verified that the range of wages that can be reasonably expected by students who enter this field upon completion of the program is:

From $50,000. annually to $100,000. annually
(Based on year-round, full-time employment)

FIRST YEAR
Will provide the apprentice with:

• an awareness of the United Association and the contractor organizations
• instruction in safe, efficient use and care of tools
• basic training in the identification and installation requirements for various types of pipe, fittings, valves, hangers, supports and fasteners; job site safety
• soldering and brazing
• basic mathematical concepts as they apply to the pipe trades
• oxy-acetylene torch operation
• basic rigging techniques and the ability to understand technical and isometric drawings

SECOND YEAR
Will provide the apprentice with:

• an introduction to science as it relates to the piping industry
• the ability to understand building plans and specifications
• instruction in basic electricity as it applies to piping installations and training in shielded metal arc welding

THIRD YEAR
Will provide the apprentice with:

• knowledge and skills necessary to install a complete potable water system
• knowledge and skills necessary to install a complete sanitary, stormwater, vacuum and graywater drainage system
• servicing and repairing of these systems and advanced mathematical work

FOURTH YEAR
Will provide the apprentice with:

• training in the types of plumbing fixtures and how to rough-in and set them
• installation of natural and LP gas systems
• principles and requirements of state, local or provincial codes
• advanced plan reading and a background in the field of service work, stressing special installations, human relations, salesmanship and planning

FIFTH YEAR
Will provide the apprentice with:

• skills in advanced drawing and coordination, sketching and sleeve drawings
• training in the use of instruments used for piping systems layout
• the understanding of medical gas systems and training required to be certified as a qualified brazer/installer
• the understanding of backflow prevention and cross-connection controls and training to be a certified installer/tester, repair and maintenance or surveys and inspections technician and the ability to design and install the three fixture plumbing test module satisfactorily
• Courses in leadership development, computer operation, computer aided drafting (CAD), high purity piping may be offered