Pipefitting and Plumbing

Pipefitting and Plumbing Technology is a competency-based training program that takes 1296 hours (12 months) to complete. Actual time is dependent upon the length of time it takes to achieve each competency.

The individualized concept allows each student to progress at their own learning rate. The training program prepares students for an entry-level position as a pipefitter.

Students will learn various pipe and welding fabrication techniques in including interpreting blueprints and specifications; making detailed sketches for pipe and equipment fabrication and installation; cutting pipe using various hand or power tools; measuring, cutting with blades and torches; threading, grooving, bending, soldering, brazing, welding, assembling, joining; and installing pipes, valves and fittings.

Admission Requirements:

Students must have a High School Diploma or GED and be at least 17 years of age to enter this program.

Instructor: Tim Pierce

Course Outline:

Orientation and Safety	Butt Weld Fabrication
OSHA Certification	Socket Weld Fabrication
Trade Tools	Threaded Pipe Fabrication
Applied Math - Pipefitting	Copper Pipe Fabrication
Blueprint Reading, Drawings and Symbols	Career Skills
Oxy-fuel Cutting, Welding and Torch Safety	Plumbing Codes and Standards
Rigging and Pipe Hangers	Rough In Specifications
Pipe Valves, Flanges and Fasteners	Testing and Inspection
Types and Schedules of Pipe Fabrication, Make-Up and Take-Off	Final Installation

Certification:

Pipefitter Entry-Level Helper upon completion of 48 hours of instruction.
Pipefitter Middle Class Helper upon completion of 432 hours of instruction.
Pipefitter Top Helper upon completion of 630 hours of instruction.

Diploma Awards:

A Pipefitting/Plumbing Diploma will be awarded upon completion of 1296 hours of instruction.

Class Hours:

Classes meet from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday-Friday at the Hunter Instructional Center, 559 Highway 91, Elizabethton.

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SOC Code: 47-2152.00

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Program Level: Diploma

Program Length: 1,296 clock hours - 44 weeks

Tuition and fees for entire program: $3,021.00 (as of 9-1-11)

Books and supplies for entire program: $1,150 (as of 9-1-11)

Other Costs: NONE

Student Debt:

NONE

Effective Fall Trimester, 2011, maximum financial assistance to qualifying students enrolled in the Pipefitting and Plumbing Training Program for 1,296 hours of insturction is as follows: Wilder-Naifeh Technical Skills Grant, $2,000; Federal Pell Grant, $5,500.

Median Debt for Program Graduates:

The Tennessee Technology Center at Elizabethton does not offer a student loan program.

Program Success:

100% of graduates from this program, who began their studies in 2011, completed it within 1,296 clock hours - 12 months months.

Students have been employed at:

Jacobs Enterprise at the Kingsport TN Eastman Plant.

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Brock

Norwell

Program Outcomes:

Job Placement Rate: 78.57%

Job placement rate as reported by: 2011 COE CPL Form (year ending 8-31-11)