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Madison Area Plumbing Joint Apprenticeship Committee

• Install piping for water, gas, sewage and drainage systems.
• Install sanitary fixtures in facilities such as restrooms and kitchens.
• Install medical gas and specialty piping systems for commercial/health and industrial applications.
• Run tests on installations to make sure they are operating properly.
• Service/Repair existing plumbing systems.
• Must have transportation to and from the job and maybe required to operate company vehicles at the employer’s request.

• High School diploma, GED or High School Equivalency.
• Good physical condition.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Pass Aptitude Test.

• Submission of formal application.
• Madison Area Plumbing Joint Apprenticeship Committee

5940 Seminole Centre Court, Suite 102
 Madison, WI  53711
 (608) 288-1414 - Fax (608) 288-1515

•  Record of high school transcripts, diploma or GED or High School Equivalency.
• Contact the High School you graduated from and ask them to send you a copy of your transcripts, or simply make a copy of your high school diploma or GED and mail to the apprenticeship office along with your application.
• Attend review classes prior to taking and passing an aptitude test.
• Notification of the time and place of three mandatory refresher classes will be mailed to you from the Madison Area Technical College after the Apprenticeship Office has received your completed application.  You will be advised of the aptitude test date, place and time upon completing the refresher classes.
• All testing is done by the Madison Area Technical College
• To successfully pass the aptitude test applicants must achieve minimum scores in the following: Reading Comprehension, Sentence Skills, Mathematics, Elementary Algebra, Mechanical Visualization and Mechanical Comprehension.  Applicants must wait Six (6) months before they are eligible to retake the test or meet Committee guidelines for re-testing in three months.

• After successfully completing the aptitude test, the Apprenticeship Committee will interview apprentice applicants and issue a “Letter of Introduction”, which qualifies you to seek employment as a Plumbing Apprentice.
• Placement on Waiting List - Applicant names will be placed on a list to be used by any employer seeking qualified applicants.
• Before any applicant can become an apprentice, the prospective employer must submit an application to the Apprenticeship Committee.  The application will be reviewed to be certain that the employer meets State and Local Standards.  If all conditions are met, the applicant will be registered as an apprentice.

• School Attendance
• Plumbing apprentices are required to attend 500 hours of paid related instruction.  Classes are held one full day every other week except during the summer months.  Wages while attending paid related instruction are paid by the employer at the same rate as working on the job.
• Apprentices must also attend 260 hours of unpaid related instruction at the Madison Area Technical College.
• The Apprentice Administrator schedules all night school classes.
• Working Conditions
• Five (5) year duration of contract (minimum of 8,000 hours)
• Work Experience Cards furnished by the Apprenticeship Office must be returned bi-weekly to the Apprenticeship Office for review by the Committee.  These cards are used to assure that the minimum number of hours in each particular phase of the trade are achieved
• The Apprenticeship Committee will schedule progress reviews after six (6) months, one (1) year, two and one half (2½)years, and final review.
• Wages are based on a percentage the wage paid to a Journeyworker or Skilled Worker.
• Hours of employment are normally forty (40) hours per week.
• Employers must make every effort to provide reasonably continuous employment throughout the contract.
  

• Completion is contingent upon having completed the prescribed number of paid related hours, unpaid related hours and on the job training hours.
• Successful completion of the Journeyworker’s Examination given by the State of Wisconsin
• At completion the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development will award a Completion Certificate.

Any questions or problems regarding apprentices are to be handled by the Apprenticeship Committee upon the request of the Employer and/or Apprentice.

Any further questions may be answered by calling or writing the Apprenticeship Office:
Madison Area Plumbing Joint Apprenticeship Committee
5940 Seminole Centre Court, Suite 102
Madison, WI  53711
Phone (608) 288-1414
Fax (608) 288-1515