Trades - Apprenticeship in Plumber Apprenticeship

The Plumber Apprenticeship First Period is offered at Northern Lakes College's Slave Lake campus as part of Alberta's structured apprenticeship system, combining technical training with employer-based on-the-job experience under a sponsoring employer. The period covers workplace safety and rigging, tools, equipment and materials, metal fabrication, drawing and specification reading, and trade calculations and science, alongside lab and shop work. Training is delivered face-to-face at the campus, with student housing available at select locations. Graduates of the full plumber apprenticeship work as plumbers, steamfitters, pipefitters, gasfitters or sprinkler systems installers in residential, commercial and industrial settings, with journeyperson wages typically ranging from $30 to $60 per hour depending on region and experience, and can pursue Red Seal certification. Northern Lakes College's own page covers only the First Period of this trade; later periods are completed elsewhere in the apprenticeship system.