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First
Year
The first year acts as the
introduction to sheet metal work. It requires 144 hours of instruction
in daytime classes. The course provides the basics of the trade, including
the skills needed to use sheet metal tools, to layout, fabricate and install
metal pieces on the job. Apprentices also receive the 10 hour OSHA Health
and Safety Course along with life safety courses in First Aid, CPR and
AED Training |
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Second
Year
The second year of apprenticeship
is the most demanding on the students with 144 hours of daytime instruction
and 144 hours of evening welding class required. The daytime instruction
places a lot of emphasis on job cost awareness, sheet metal products, shop
fabrication and field installation. Apprentices also continue to improve
their math and drafting skills. The evening classes in welding are very
intensive because these skills are in demand in the industry. Each apprentice
continues their safety education with 30 hours of OSHA required safety
Training. Sheet metal welding certification (D9.1) is stressed during this
course. |
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Third
Year
Apprentices gain a sense
of confidence in applying the skills and abilities to do more demanding
work, including jobs they would have thought impossible only a few years
before. The third year takes 144 hours of daytime instruction which covers
fabrication techniques for creating architectural water proofing systems
for modern residential and commercial buildings. Apprentices learn how
to read blueprints and job specifications to better understand how all
the components create the finished building. The students also receive
introductory training in duct system design and application. |
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are also 144 hours of evening classes dedicated to the complete installation
of HVAC equipment, including basic electric, start-up and heating. This
class provides the first year of credit for the two-year journeyperson
HVAC service course. |
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Fourth
Year
By the end of this year,
after 144 hours of daytime classes, apprentices achieve journeyperson status.
The course provides them with a fine tuning of the more intricate skills
covered in the past, as well as introducing them to the most advanced and
useful skills used today. Apprentices' drawing and sketching skills expand,
they master the intricacies of HVAC theory, and they are introduced to
TAB (Testing, Adjusting and Balancing), basic computers skills, and CAD
(computer aided design). In addition, a fourth year apprentice can begin
taking journeyperson courses, if the enrollment in the classes and the
apprentice's grades permit. |
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