Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
AVG SALARY*
$56,330/yr
NUMBER OF JOBS
490,200
JOB GROWTH*
16%
State Licensing
Licensing and/or certification requirements for jobs are not the same in every state and may include educational, testing, and/or experiential requirements beyond those offered in the Penn Foster Program. Prospective students should contact the state professional licensing board or similar regulatory body in the state(s) where they plan to work to determine their requirements before enrolling in this Program. Click here for contact information for state licensing/regulatory boards and certain industry licensing information.
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Learn the safe working habits that all plumbers must follow, as well as the tools used by plumbers.
Learn to design plumbing systems that are easily serviced and plan plumbing systems to save materials.
Learn the math you’ll need to be a plumber. Solve simple plumbing problems by using formulas and equations.
Learn about the work plumbers perform when installing heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning systems. Study the construction and operation of a simple septic system.
Learn about the functioning of a residential plumbing system. Study common plumbing and carpentry tools you’ll use as a plumber.
In this course, you’ll explore the amazing potential of your personality. The course begins by defining personality and showing its effects on your life. You’ll learn some famous theories about personality and the possible ways that personality is formed. After taking a personality test, you’ll reflect on your results to understand more about yourself and your traits. Finally, you’ll decide how your personality can help you to build better relationships, excel as a leader, benefit your community, and succeed in your High School program and beyond.
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This course offers an overview of important works that increase awareness, understanding, and acceptance of individual and group identities. Students will explore diverse artists and works of visual art that affect our societal and human interactions, such as gender identity, race, socio-economic status, disability, sexual orientation, religion, culture, and national and ethnic origins. Through these different lenses, students will be able to gain a greater understanding of inclusivity by evaluating the experience of these groups as perceived through various art medias.
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This course serves as an overview of physical, emotional, mental, and social health, and how to balance all these areas. The first lesson of your course discusses the differences between health and wellness and the eight dimensions of wellness. You’ll learn about the unique factors that can affect your wellness, such as heredity, environment, and culture. You’ll also learn about how your own decisions can affect your health and start creating a personal wellness plan to access your wellness in multiple areas.
The rest of your course breaks down the discussion about wellness into physical, emotional and mental, and social topics. Some readings and other content in this course will include topics that some students may find offensive or traumatizing, but they’re important topics to discuss and understand for your personal development and wellness. You’ll also be provided with a number of national services and help resources.
In Physical Wellness, you’ll cover topics such as drug and alcohol awareness (including discussion about substance and alcohol abuse) and chronic diseases and illnesses, as well as preventive measures you can take to protect your health. In Emotional and Mental Wellness, you’ll explore the characteristics of good mental health, learn about mental health disorders, and discuss topics surrounding self-harm and suicide. You’ll also discuss activities or solutions to maintain and enhance your mental well-being. In Social Wellness, you’ll gain understanding about safe and healthy relationships with those around you, which starts with having a good relationship with yourself. You’ll review content about different forms of abuse and bullying. This lesson touches on topics of sex and gender as well as gender identity and sexual orientation. You’ll also learn about the importance of adapting to social situations, setting personal boundaries, and how to manage conflict. The last portion of your course will give you an overview of important skills to balance your relationships and responsibilities, like effective time management, organizational skills, and focus techniques.
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Statistics play a key role in sports, including ranking schemes, player assessment, and comparisons. This course is a study of how statistics are utilized in sports and presents exciting investigations for the sports enthusiast. You’ll learn about statistics used in various sports and how they relate to performance.
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In this course, you’ll learn how to become a strong digital citizen. You’ll learn to use technology to find information in ways that are ethical and effective. You’ll be able to describe why it’s important for everyone to have access to technology. By the end of this course, you’ll recognize how to protect your digital privacy during online activities.
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In this course, you'll study techniques applicable to any type of reading, including reviewing, predicting, scanning, finding the main idea, and drawing conclusions. You'll discuss how to determine word meanings by examining context clues, and differentiating fact from opinion to identify bias. This course also covers poetry and fiction.
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This course will help you improve your English skills so you can effectively communicate in your personal life, in the remainder of your studies, and in your career.
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This course will enhance your language skills by expanding your vocabulary, mastering word usage, and strengthening your writing.
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This course will refresh your understanding of the basic parts of speech and will focus on the importance of organizing your time effectively to create a document from the first draft stage to the final draft stage.
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This course will allow you to experience literature actively and become involved both intellectually and emotionally.
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This course will provide a solid foundation so you are able to successfully use mathematics in your course, life, and career.
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This course will allow you to apply your math knowledge to areas of your everyday life.
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This course will review the four mathematical operations so you are able to use them at an advanced level.
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The course covers topics in geology, oceanography, meteorology, environmental science, and astronomy.
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In this course you’ll gain insight into the origin of life, the relationships among all living organisms, and discover how your own body works.
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This course covers a variety of topics in modern science that affect everyday life, from energy and heat to sound and electricity.
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This course focuses on US history from the earliest human settlers in North America thousands of years ago to the modern-day. You’ll learn the story of the native people who lived in this region long before Europeans came to create colonies. Follow the colonists as they faced the unknown and attempted to make new lives for themselves in North America. Finally, you’ll experience the birth and growth of the United States, a young nation that has managed to pack a wealth of world-changing events into its short history.
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This course covers what the basic purposes of government are and how modern governments differ from one another.
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This course will provide a broad survey of the history of the world, from the earliest humans who emerged from Africa to the modern peoples and nations that exist today. You’ll study how people adapted to live in different environments, developed tools and technology, created political institutions to govern, and spread ideas as they interacted with one another. By following the stories of different peoples and cultures through time, you’ll observe how key developments and events that took place over thousands of years have shaped the world today.
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In this course you’ll learn the key components of nutrition, cardiorespiratory exercise, safety issues, and stress management techniques.
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Depending on your experience and education, it doesn’t necessarily take years to become a plumber! Most plumbers need to have a high school diploma or equivalent, as well as some training on the job and through a technical school program. With Penn Foster’s Plumber High School Career Pathway, you can get a head start on learning plumbing basics while you finish your high school diploma. Then, your classes can transfer to our online Plumber Career Diploma Program, which you can complete in as little as 8-12 months.
Plumbers need some education in the field and on-the-job training. Additionally, many states may require you to be licensed to work as a plumber.
Most plumbers will gain experience on the job or in an apprenticeship. Working under skilled, licensed plumbers, you’ll apply what you learned in school to real-world situations.
Yes, plumbing requires some basic math knowledge. Plumbers use several forms of math daily, from estimating the cost of a job to calculating pipe measurements.
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*Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. "Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters." Occupational Outlook Handbook. Accessed June 16, 2021
Statements found in the United States Department of Labor Occupational Outlook Handbook are not a guarantee of any post-graduation salary, in part because the data used to create the Occupational Outlook Handbook includes workers from differing educational backgrounds, levels of experience, and geographic areas of the country.
