The Plumber Apprenticeship Training Program is for five (5) years. Apprentices earn while they learn, work on the job, and attend related technical instruction classes. 

• Nature of Work: Fabricates, assembles, installs, tests, maintains, and rehabilitates plumbing systems.  Work may include rigging operations and computer-aided design (CAD) functions.
• Area:  The jurisdiction of Local Union 78 is Los Angeles, however, travel may be required to Orange, Ventura, Santa Barbara, Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties.
• Wages: Apprentices earn a percentage of the Journeyman wage rate, by classification. All wage rates and conditions are subject to change without notice as per the Collective Bargaining Agreement. After meeting all annual requirements apprentices advance in the program and receive a pay raise once each year.
• Hours of Work: Commonly 6:30 AM – 3:30 PM, ½ hour lunch, with an average of forty (40) hours/week, or as modified by union agreement.
• Classes: Apprentices attend 216 hours a year in classes of related technical and manipulative instruction. All 1st and 2nd-year Apprentices attend daytime block training from 6:30 AM to 4:30 PM every other week. All 3rd through 5th Year Apprentices attend classes 2 nights every week from 5:45 PM to 9:15 PM.
• Tools and Transportation: Apprentices must have the required tools and their own transportation. The tools are tape measure, level, channel locks, hammers, blade screwdriver, Phillips screwdriver, 14” and 18” pipe wrenches, striker, 8” and 12” crescent wrench, tube cutters, tin snips, tube cutters, pencil reamer, hacksaw, torque wrench, and nail puller.