What is an apprentice pipe fitter?

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What is an apprentice pipe fitter?

Answer 1

they usually work with Pipes and steam, if you see those silver pipes spewing out steam they fix and install them

Answer 2

All the skilled trades- pipe fitters, sheet metal workers, welders, millwrights, pipe fitters- have to go through 4 years of practical training and school work to be considered sufficiently trained to do a job alone. Then they are called journeymen, and are given a card saying so. That card is good anywhere in the US and maybe Canada. You start at about $16 an hour and end up at $22 - $24 or more. I am a journeyman welder.

Answer 3

Someone who is studying to become a pipefitter from a much more experienced pipe fitter, this person is called their "mentor" and teaches them everything they know. It's kind of like a bonding experience as well as a learning experience.

Answer 4

a person who assists the Senior (or Master) Pipe Fitter

also, a person learning to be a pipe fitter

Answer 5

An Apprentice Pipe Fitter is a pipe fitter, usually in the union, in this case the United Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters and Sprinklerfitters who is going through training to become a Journeyman Pipefitter.  They usually work fulltime on a job site while attending night classes close to full time as well.  While it is technically a trade school, it is similar in rigor to obtaining a college degree in engineering or mathematics.  If your question is more about what a pipefitter actually does, well the simplest way to explain it would be industrial plumbing and no I don't mean restrooms, and I admit its a gross oversimplification, but my father for example routinely installs boilers and chillers at casinos being built in Las Vegas, They work from blue prints, lay everything out, check the measurements, and install the system which may involve welding but I do not believe ever piece of pipe he fits is necessarily welded though many are.  Next time you are walking through a industrial building or the "in house" side of a hotel or commercial building and see lots of pipes running overhead every which way, those were likely installed by a pipefitter.

Answer 6

someone who is learning to be a pipe fitter.

Answer 7

Thats kinda like a welders helpers, helper. Because a pipe fitter is sort of a welders helper, in the sense he and the welder compliment each other jobs.  So an apprentice fitter follows and learns, and helps them both.

Answer 8

An apprentice pipefitter is someone learning the trade of a pipefitter from master and journeyman pipefitters.

A Pipefitter, also called steamfitter or pipe fitting is a tradesman who lays out, assembles, fabricates, maintains and repairs piping systems. Journeyman pipefitters/steamfitters deal with industrial process piping. Typical industrial process pipe is under high pressure, which requires metals such as carbon steel, stainless steel, and many different alloy metals fused together through precisely cutting, threading, grooving, bending and welding, whereas a plumber is a type of pipefitter who concentrates on piping systems for utility liquids potable water, sewage, etc. in the commercial and residential atmosphere operating at lower pressures than high powered industrial systems. Utility piping typically consists of copper, PVC, CPVC, polyethylene, and galvanizing galvanized pipe which is typically glued, soldered, or threaded. Other types of piping systems include steam, ventilation, hydraulics, chemicals or fuel.

Employers that hire steamfitter/pipefitters include:

Heating, ventilation and air conditioning HVAC construction firms

Mechanical construction firms

Pulp mills and paper mills

Primary steel producers

Utility company|Utility companies

Motor vehicle manufacturers

Residential building developers

Fabrication metal Metal fabricating companies

oil refinery Oil refineries

Chemical plants

Pharmaceutical companies

Shipyards and ship repair facilities

Nuclear Power Plants

Gas Plants

Breweries

Recommended or required skills include physical strength and manual dexterity, reading and interpreting blueprints and specifications; making detailed sketches for pipe and equipment fabrication and installation; cutting openings for pipe using various hand or power tools; measuring, cutting, threading, grooving, bending, soldering, assembling, joining and installing pipes, valves and fittings.

Training for Pipefitters is mostly on the job training, but to get a head start you should take a pipefitter or welding courses at a vocational school or college.  Recommended courses in math, metallergy and blueprinting are a big help.

I know a lot of people in the Navy in the Hull Technician (HT) rating that got out as journeyman after 4 years of military experience.  They easily get hired on as pipefitters for shipyards and refineries.

Answer 9

it's silver

Answer 10

It is a term to classify someone that is used by labor unions.  Pretty old and antiquated term for assistant plumber, but the unions need their money!

Lady Mala...you are fool of something...just what school did you attend for four years of welding school!  I was born at night...just not last night!!