Application Process
- Obtain application from links to forms below or contact Myra Stachowicz,
Bureau of Apprenticeship Standards (see address and phone below).
- Complete and return your application with a copy
of a high school transcript or GED and a copy of driver's
license or plan of travel.
- Completion of the TABE Level A, Reading, Math Computation and Applied
Math Assessments. There is a $30 application fee for all new
apprenticeship students. Contact WITC Student Services at 1-800-243-9482 -
Rice Lake, New Richmond, Superior, or Ashland
- Interview with the Joint Apprenticeship Committee (JAC)
- Take letter of introduction to prospective employers for an
interview.
FormsClick on the links below for more information
or to download and print an application or call the Bureau of
Apprenticeship Standards (see below).
Applications for Plumbers in the New Richmond area
Applications for Plumbers in the Northern Wisconsin Region area
Contact
Bureau of
Apprenticeship Standards
Myra Stachowicz
email:
myra.stachowicz@dwd.state.wi.us
770 Scheidler Road
Chippewa Falls, WI 54729
715/738-3853
WITC Rice Lake
(800) 243-9482
Tom Bembnister
Plumbing Apprentice Instructor
715.234.7082 or 800.243.9482
Extension 5343
Randy Deli,
Academic Dean
715-234-7082, ext. 5113
Sue Finstad,
Apprenticeship Assistant
715-234-7082, ext. 5289 |
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Apprenticeship InformationWork Description:
Plumbers install pipes 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, pipe fittings and pipes.
Working Conditions:
Work is active and sometimes strenuous. Work indoors and outdoors on
a ladder or scaffold, in trenches or unfinished sections of new buildings. May work in
uncomfortable positions or stand for long periods of time.
Qualifications:
- High school diploma or GED
- Age 18 or high school graduate at 17
- Possess a valid driver's license or means of transportation
- Physically capable of performing the trade
- Recommended high school courses: general math, algebra, geometry,
trigonometry, mechanical and architectural drawing, general science, shop courses, and
English
Terms of Apprenticeship:
- 5 year program
- 8000 hours on-the-job training
- 500 hours of paid related classroom instruction
- 260 hours of non-paid related instruction on own time
- First 6 months is the probationary period
- A state journeyperson examination at the completion of the apprenticeship
- A licensed journeyperson is eligible to work under supervision of a
master plumber throughout the state of Wisconsin
- After 3 years a journeyperson may take exam for a Master License
which is needed to become a licensed plumbing contractor.
- Wage scale of apprentice systematically increases throughout the
apprenticeship
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