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Upon completion of the program, apprentices are referred to the Oregon Building Codes Division for the licensing exam. Journey worker plumbers are required to hold a license. Apprentices must complete a minimum of 144 to 216 hours per year of related training and at least 8,000 to 9,500 hours of on-the-job training. This apprenticeship lasts four to five years.

Plumbers often work in cramped areas and in awkward positions. The work is done indoors and outdoors, in existing and newly constructed buildings, in all kinds of weather, and around noise, dirt, and mud. Plumbers may weld holding fixtures to structures. Plumbers also bend pipe using a pipe-bending machine or by placing pipe over a block and bending it by hand assemble and install valves, pipe fittings, and pipes composed of various metals or glass, vitrified clay, and plastic and use hand tools and power tools. They cut openings in walls and floors to accommodate pipe and pipe fittings, using hand tools and a threading machine. They locate and mark the position of pipe, pipe connections, and passage holes for pipes in walls and floors using ruler, spirit level, and plumb bob. Plumbers assemble, install, and repair pipes, fittings, medical gas systems, and fixtures of heating, water, and drainage systems, such as sinks, commodes, bathtubs, water heaters, hot water tanks, garbage disposal units, dishwashers, and water according to specifications and plumbing codes.

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