Become a journeyman pipefitter in Texas

Ways in

An apprenticeship is a paid job with training, and your pay goes up as you learn.

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  UA Local 404 JATC Registered Apprenticeship (plumber, pipefitter, welder, HVAC-R service tech)

  Pipefitter · 5 years

  UA Local 404 · UA Local 404 Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee (JATC)

  Details ↗

• Takes applications all year

  Piping and Welding Apprenticeship (Pipe Fitters Local 211 JATC)

  Pipefitter · 5 years (class 2 nights a week)

  UA Local 211 · Pipe Fitter Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee of Local 211

  You'll need: 18+, diploma or GED, birth certificate, ID and Social Security card; math test (72%+), OSHA 10, interview; no tuition, books about $350 the first year

  How to apply ↗

See the work

What pipefitters do all day, the training and the pay nationwide, in about 90 seconds.

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The steps in Texas

1. Step 1UA apprenticeStart here
2. Step 2Journeyman
3. Step 3Foreman

1. 1

   UA apprentice

   Issued by UA

   About five years of paid work and classroom training, registered with the U.S. Department of Labor.

   Requirements and costs, from UA

   You need

   • “UA apprenticeships typically last five years and cover a range of disciplines.” UA ↗

   Good to know

   • 2,000 hours of on-the-job training per year; 216 hours of related classroom instruction UA ↗

Good to know

• “supply, distribute, circulate, or recirculate water, other liquid, or gas” TSBPE ↗

What pipefitters earn in Texas