Also called: Sprinkler Fitter, Sprinklerfitter
Installs the pipes and sprinkler heads that automatically put out fires in buildings.
Sprinkler fitters work on lifts and ladders running steel pipe across ceilings of warehouses, hospitals, and skyscrapers. Union apprentices earn while they learn over five years.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Apprenticeship, about 5 years after high school. 4-5 year paid apprenticeship (e.g., UA Sprinkler Fitters).
Ways in: Apprenticeship, Trade school. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Sprinkler Fitting (apprenticeship).
Growing about average (about 4% over 10 years). Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (approx.).
Low risk for 10 years. Design software lays out pipe; hanging and fitting steel pipe overhead stays heavy human work.
Classes: Welding / metals CTE, Algebra, Construction CTE, Drafting.
Official data: O*NET occupation 47-2152.
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