• Apply American Society of Mechanical Engineers’ standards to welds
• Use weld procedure specifications
• Apply welder performance qualifications
• Select pressure welding components
• Select pressure welding procedure
• Cut and prepare pipes, tubes, tanks or vessels
• Complete assembly of pipes, tubes, tanks or vessels
• Weld pressure systems with shielded metal arc welding, gas metal arc welding, gas tungsten arc welding and flux cored arc welding processes
• Braze metal on pressure systems
• Repair defective welds
• Perform specialized techniques

• 5,280 hours of on-the-job training
• 8-week in-class technical training sessions
• Once you have successfully completed the apprenticeship requirements, you receive a Certificate of Apprenticeship and are considered a journeyperson candidate. If you choose to challenge the Certificate of Qualification exam and pass, you become certified as a journeyperson in the trade.
• A person with at least 5,760 hours of related work experience and a Certificate of Qualification as a welder or equivalent is eligible to apply for a Trade Equivalency Assessment (TEA) and challenge the Certificate of Qualification exam to become certified as a journeyperson in this trade.

• Full-time or shift work
• Indoor workplace
• Some workers can become self-employed

Apprentice wage increases with skill and experience. Fully qualified workers earn up to $85,000 per year.