Plumbing Apprentice

Turn Your Work Ethic Into a Six-Figure Skilled-Trade Career

You don’t need years of plumbing experience to build a successful career. You need the right attitude, a strong work ethic, and a company willing to invest in your development.

Yellowstone Local is proud to represent Al Coronado Plumbing , the plumber Tucson has trusted for more than four decades.

At Al Coronado Plumbing, this apprenticeship is designed to be the beginning of a career, not just your next job.

You’ll start with paid, structured training , develop real plumbing skills alongside experienced professionals, and work toward progressing from Plumbing Apprentice to Installer to skilled Plumbing Technician .

As your skills, performance, and responsibilities grow, so can your earning potential, with the opportunity to build toward a six-figure annual career in the skilled trades.

If you’re dependable, willing to learn, and serious about building a better future for yourself, we’ll give you the training and opportunity to get started.

What Your Future Can Look Like

Your first position at Al Coronado Plumbing is only the beginning.

You’ll start by learning plumbing fundamentals through a structured 12-week training program combining classroom instruction, hands-on practice, and real-world field experience.

As you develop, you’ll have the opportunity to:

• Progress from Plumbing Apprentice to Installer to Plumbing Technician

• Take on greater responsibility and independence

• Strengthen your installation, troubleshooting, and mechanical skills

• Learn how to diagnose problems and complete quality work

• Develop professional customer communication skills

• Increase your earning potential as your capabilities and performance grow

• Build toward a six-figure annual career as an experienced plumbing professional

• Develop skills you can carry with you throughout your working life

Your long-term success will depend on the effort you put into learning the trade, serving customers, and continuously improving. Al Coronado Plumbing will provide the training, mentorship, and opportunity to help you get there.

What’s in It for You?

• Full-time, paid apprenticeship training so you can earn while you learn

• A structured 12-week training program

• Training in Al Coronado Plumbing’s dedicated, on-site training center

• Direct mentorship from experienced plumbers and technicians

• A clear career path from Apprentice to Installer to Technician

• Increasing earning potential as your skills and responsibilities grow

• The opportunity to build toward a six-figure skilled-trade career

• Ongoing technical and professional development after your initial training

• Experience with both residential and commercial plumbing

• A stable career in an essential trade

• A family-friendly company that values work-life balance

• No previous plumbing experience required

Learn a Trade Without Paying for Traditional Schooling

Plumbing is a career that rewards skill, reliability, problem-solving, craftsmanship, and professionalism.

Instead of paying for traditional schooling before you can begin earning, you’ll receive structured training while working toward a career in the trade.

You’ll have the opportunity to:

• Learn practical plumbing skills through hands-on training

• Develop valuable installation and troubleshooting abilities

• Learn trade math, measurement, tools, and materials

• Build mechanical problem-solving skills

• Learn from experienced professionals invested in your development

• Gain confidence before being expected to perform independently

• Create greater long-term financial stability through professional growth

Many employees at Al Coronado Plumbing have built careers lasting seven, ten, or more years. The goal is to give you an opportunity to build something long term.

Why You’ll Love It Here

• Join a trusted, family-run company serving Tucson for more than 40 years

• Train in a dedicated training center before being expected to work independently

• Receive clear instruction, hands-on practice, and real-world experience

• Learn directly from experienced plumbing professionals

• Work with a team that values integrity, respect, craftsmanship, and accountability

• Receive direct guidance and timely feedback as you develop

• Join a company that believes in developing people and giving strong performers greater responsibility

• Take pride in work that keeps homes and businesses running safely

• Build a career where your effort, knowledge, and ability can directly influence your future

Your New Role

As a Plumbing Apprentice , you’ll complete Al Coronado Plumbing’s 12-week training program while developing the technical and professional foundation needed for a successful plumbing career.

You will:

• Participate fully in classroom instruction and hands-on plumbing training

• Practice plumbing installation techniques in the company’s on-site training center

• Shadow experienced plumbers and technicians during field assignments

• Learn plumbing installation, troubleshooting, measurement, trade math, tools, materials, and mechanical problem-solving

• Follow established safety procedures, workmanship standards, and company processes

• Ask questions whenever instructions, materials, procedures, or expectations are unclear

• Maintain clean and organized work areas

• Respect customers’ homes and property

• Communicate professionally with customers, coworkers, technicians, and leadership

• Acquire the tools listed on the company’s New Technician Tool List and complete your required tool set by the end of training

• Maintain a professional appearance and follow company uniform, grooming, hygiene, and customer-property standards

• Stay productive and seek your next responsibility when assigned work is complete

This is a hands-on trade. The work can sometimes be dirty, cramped, physically demanding, or uncomfortable. Learning how to perform quality work under those conditions is part of becoming a skilled professional

What We’re Looking For

You do not need previous plumbing experience.

We’re looking for someone who brings:

• A genuine interest in building a long-term plumbing career

• Reliable attendance and consistent punctuality

• A strong work ethic and pride in doing quality work

• A coachable attitude and openness to instruction and feedback

• Interest in hands-on work, mechanical problem-solving, installation, and troubleshooting

• Commitment to learning plumbing fundamentals and applying them correctly

• Ability to follow safety procedures, company policies, and workmanship standards

• Willingness to obtain the tools required for the position

• Professional and respectful communication

• Ability to limit personal phone use during the workday

• Commitment to maintaining clean work areas and a professional appearance

• Willingness to complete work properly without taking shortcuts when conditions become difficult

During the selection process, you should also be prepared to demonstrate basic measurement, trade math, problem-solving, and mechanical reasoning.

Schedule & Work Expectations

Plumbing work does not always follow the exact same schedule every day, so flexibility is important.

• Typical start times are 7:00 AM or 8:00 AM , depending on the assignment

• Availability to work every other Saturday when scheduled is required

• During field assignments, you may need to follow the assigned technician’s schedule when work extends later into the day

• You should be comfortable working in environments that may be dirty, cramped, physically demanding, or uncomfortable

Ready to Build More Than a Job?

If you’re dependable, ready to work, and serious about creating a better future, this could be the opportunity that starts your career.

You don’t need to come in already knowing how to be a plumber.

Come ready to learn, work hard, take feedback, and become great at something valuable. Al Coronado Plumbing will provide the training, mentorship, and opportunity to help you build from there.

Apply today to start building your career in the skilled trades.

You’ll complete a brief phone screening followed by an interview with our team to discuss your goals and whether this apprenticeship is the right place to begin your plumbing career.

Al Coronado Plumbing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. #red