| To become a plumber requires training. That probably | | | | you must have an excellent handle on this theory. The |
| comes as no surprise. Even those of us who know | | | | training is divided up into seven distinct categories. The |
| little of what plumbers do, know that they have to | | | | first category is the general overview and history of |
| have a great handle on what theyre doing | | | | the plumbing industry. Now is when youll learn about |
| To become a plumber may mean as much time and | | | | those who wanted to become a plumber in past |
| training as a three or four year degreed course or | | | | decades and centuries. Youll learn not only about the |
| technical school training, or it may mean a formal or | | | | plumbing world as a whole but also about the related |
| informal apprenticeship. It may mean both. While there | | | | agencies and governing bodies and the paths you can |
| is a great deal of variety in the training involved to | | | | take in your quest to become a plumber. |
| become a plumber, one thing is sure. You have to | | | | Chapter two is an exploration of the basic principles of |
| learn how to become a plumber. You cant, like some | | | | plumbing. Youll learn about the basic scientific |
| innate skills, just start doing it and learn as you go along. | | | | applications of plumbing. One thing thats important to |
| Were you to do that someones plumbing would suffer | | | | know about your effort to become a plumber is that |
| as a result. | | | | while it doesnt require extensive upper-level math skills |
| Here are some of the training programs you should | | | | it does require some familiarity with basic science such |
| consider if you want to become a plumber. | | | | as physics and chemistry. |
| The first is a course offered in the United Kingdom as | | | | Cold water supply is the subject of the third chapter, |
| a two day weekend event for those who think they | | | | and hot water supply the subject of the fourth. Youll |
| want to become a plumber but want to make sure | | | | look at residential water supplies, hot water systems |
| without endangering their current occupation. | | | | and combination as well as Y plan boilers. The next |
| The course is held Saturday and Sunday from 10am | | | | chapter will teach the basics of the various heating |
| until 4pm with a half hour lunch break. The cost is | | | | systems, without which you cant become a plumber. |
| 351.33 including taxes, or approximately 700 US. Those | | | | Youll learn about the primary types of residential |
| who take the course may not actually want to | | | | central heating, after which youll study the chapter on |
| become a plumber. They may be folks who want to | | | | bathroom installation, such as the bathtub, shower, |
| learn some basic do it yourself plumbing skills for their | | | | sinks and toilet installations, maintenance and repair. |
| own residential use. A gourmet buffet is included in the | | | | The final theoretic session in your quest to become a |
| fee. | | | | plumber is the question and answer session, in which |
| The first part of this two day introduction into the | | | | you ask instructors whatever you want to know. |
| plumbing world involves theory. To become a plumber | | | | |