• Graduates from our Plumbing program may benefit from several articulation/apprenticeship agreements, as listed below. These agreements save qualified students time and money, making a college education and advanced technical training much more attainable. 

    Keene State College, Keene, NH

    • ISSAFE101 Safety Awareness (4)
    • SAFE290 Special Topics in Safety (4)
    • KSC100 (4)
    • OSHA 10-hour Construction Safety Certificate

    Plumbing Board of Examiners

    Public Comprehensive High School Career/Vocational Technical School Program.  An applicant who, as a secondary school student, successfully completes/graduates from a Public Comprehensive High School Career/Vocational Technical School Program following the CVTE (Career Vocational Technical Education) educational standard framework whose program is approved by the Board to meet the requirements of 248 CMR 11.00, may be granted a maximum of the first three tiers, comprising 330 hours of educational theory credit from that program.  Additionally, secondary students may accrue a maximum of 1,700 hours of experience credit while enrolled in a Board-approved Massachusetts Public Comprehensive High School Career/Vocational Technical School Program, said experience hours may be accrued as follows: 

    1. In a "shop" or "laboratory" facility at the school where the students are under the direct supervision of one or more licensed plumbers who meet the educator licensing requirements of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education; 
    2. In a Board-approved, off0campus construction and/or maintenance project overseen by the school, or
    3. After obtaining an apprentice license, in a school arranged co-op employment relationship with a master plumber.  Subject to the limitations of 248 CMR 11.00, students working as apprentices are eligible for experience hours above and beyond the 1,700 hours of experience for work experience in a co-op relationship that is documented by the employing master plumber to have occurred outside of normal school hours (such as evenings, weekends, or summers).

    Plumber and Pipefitters Local No. 4., West Boylston, MA

    • Acceleration in the training program
    • Earlier completion of apprenticeship training
    • All associated wage and benefit improvements