• Fill out apprenticeship application.
• Send a copy of high school transcripts or GED to the apprenticeship office.
• Take the Accuplacer test that is given at NTC - call to make an appointment.
  
  Testing includes reading and math with a required minimum score of 66, and algebra with a required minimum score of 33. Mechanical and spatial are also required.
  
  Test is given in Room A101 - Goal Lab - Learning Center
  
  Must preregister at least one week in advance.
  
  Total cost of $18.00 includes Reading, Math & Algebra testing plus Mechanical & Spatial testing - to be paid at time of test either by check payable to NTC or exact amount of cash.
  
  Contact Testing Center at 675.3331, Ext. 4748 for an appointment.
  
  Goal Lab can assist you in the math and reading portions of the test. Contact Goal Lab at 675.3331, Ext. 4970
  
  
• Interview with committee to receive a letter of introduction. Letter can be taken to prospective employers indicating you are a qualified candidate.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Apprenticeship Office
Northcentral Technical College
1000 W. Campus Drive
Wausau, WI 54401
715.675.3331, Ext. 4225

Work Description:
Plumbers install pipe for water, gas, sewage, and drainage systems and install bathroom and kitchen fixtures, drinking fountains and laundry equipment. They cut and thread pipe and assemble and install valves, pipefitting and pipes.

Working Conditions:
Work is active and sometimes strenuous. Work indoors and outdoors, on a ladder or scaffold, in trenches or in unfinished sections of new buildings. May work in uncomfortable positions or stand for long periods.

Qualifications:

• High School diploma or GED.
• Physically capable of performing the trade.
• Recommended high school courses:
  General Math, Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, Mechanical and Architectural Drawing, General Sciences, Shop Courses and English.

Terms of Apprenticeship :

• 5 year training program
• 8,000 hours of on-the-job training.
  
• 440 hours of paid related
  classroom instruction
• 260 hours of non-paid related
  instruction to include First Aid, Welding, OHSA 10+, etc.
• Must pass State Journeyman Exam to complete the program