Trades - Apprenticeship

Steamfitter-Pipefitter Courses

Location

Vermilion

Credential

Journeyperson

Program Length

4 training periods

About your courses

The following tables summarize the topics/skills for each of your four 240 hour (8 week) classroom instruction periods.

For complete details, check the steamfitter-pipefitter course outline, or check steamfitter-pipefitter on Tradesecrets, the Alberta government's Apprentice & Industry Training branch website.

Period 1

Subject	Hours
Workplace safety and rigging	24
Tools, equipment and materials	91
Metal fabrication	45
Drawings and specifications	32
Calculations and science	48

Period 2

Subject	Hours
Heating systems	32
Hydronic heating	38
Rigging equipment and hoisting communications	55
Specialty piping	25
Drawings, layout and elevations	52
Gasfitting fundamentals	38

Period 3

Subject	Hours
Low pressure steam and condensate systems	53
Instrumentation and trade technologies	36
Welding processes	58
Hoist planning and cranes	28
Process diagrams and mitre elbows	65

Period 4

Subject	Hours
High pressure steam and condensate systems	46
Process piping systems	36
Job planning and critical lifts	67
Revised drawing and projects	91