Installs the fire sprinkler systems that save lives in buildings.
You work from a scissor lift threading pipe and installing sprinkler heads across a warehouse ceiling, then pressure-test the system.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Apprenticeship, about 5 years after high school. 5-year sprinkler fitter apprenticeship (UA Local 669 or contractor programs).
Ways in: Apprenticeship. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Sprinkler Fitting Apprenticeship.
Growing about average (about 4% over 10 years).
Low risk for 10 years. Software lays out sprinkler systems faster; hanging pipe overhead and passing fire inspections stays a crew job.
Classes: Algebra, Construction CTE, Physics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 47-2152.
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