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Mike Whipple, Journeyman Sprinkler Fitter, 7 years
It’s great to be making money. I used to work at a pizza place. Then I found out a friend of my father’s owned a sprinkler company, so I went through the apprenticeship.
I like to build things with my hands. It’s fun, the sense of accomplishment. We work with metal and plastic pipe. I like the challenge of metal. If you make an error with plastic you can cut it out. With steel you have to be real exact. You have to get it right the first time. I like being exact and making my stuff look right.
Learning pumps is my favorite thing right now. I just got to put one in. Figuring out the technical side of it can be pretty hairy and the parts can be real heavy. The foreman had to walk me through it. It was a real learning experience. I loved it. |
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