Liftoff MN
Launching your career into the skilled trades
Podcast Episode 2: Plumbers
My second podcast episode is live! Find it on Google Podcasts, iTunes, Spotify and many others
My podcast, called Explore the Trades, is a way to learn about great careers in skilled trades and construction. These careers combine short-term education with long-term financial gains.
In episode 2 we cover Plumbers. We speak to the coordinator of the Saint Paul union apprenticeship program and to both a commercial plumber (working in large places like schools, hospitals and commercial spaces) and a residential plumber who works mostly, but not exclusively, in people’s homes.
My guests
- Rick Gale, Plumbing Program Coordinator, Saint Paul College
- Samantha Geehan, 3rd year plumbing apprentice
- Dave Janecky, owner of Janecky Plumbing and Heating
Links
- Links to the two year programs in the Minnesota State system where you can start your plumbing career journey
- Minneapolis Local 15 Plumbers Union apprenticeship program
- Saint Paul Local 34 Plumbers Union
- The book, The Poop Diaries, by Abby Ross
Admissions Steps for School Program:
- Find out what the application deadline is and prepare for it
- Prepare to take math, reading and spatial placement tests and give yourself enough time to test a second time (just in case)
- Check email regularly to find out if you are selected to interview
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