Also called: Shipyard Pipefitter
Installs the miles of pipe that carry fuel, water, steam, and hydraulics through a ship.
Pipefitters bend, cut, and connect piping in tight engine rooms and tanks, test systems for leaks, and repair them during overhauls.
Apprenticeship, about 4 years after high school. Shipyard apprenticeship (e.g., Newport News Shipbuilding's Apprentice School, Norfolk or Puget Sound Naval Shipyard apprenticeships, Electric Boat, Bath Iron Works), which pays you while you learn or plumbing/pipefitting trade school.
Ways in: Apprenticeship, Trade school. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Pipefitting (apprenticeship).
Growing about average (about 4% over 10 years).
Low risk for 10 years. Bending and fitting pipe in cramped engine rooms is varied physical work that robots can't reach.
Classes: Welding CTE class, Geometry, Physics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 47-2152.
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