EQUITY
The copper joining game. Cut it square. Ream it. Clean it. Flux it right. Run the torch like a steamfitter — and never, ever quench.
▸ Read the job ticket. Pick the right tube and the right filler metal for the service.
▸ Prep in the real order (ASTM B828) — and scrub with your finger: sand the tube, brush the cup, flux a thin coat. Trap tools are on the bench.
▸ Run the torch with your hand: press & drag on the joint, keep the flame sweeping on the fitting cup, and hold FEED (or SPACE) once you're in the zone. Burn the flux and you start over.
▸ 20 apprentice jobs → 10 JOURNEYMAN fixture tickets (valves, cartridges, gauges, med-gas — with finite rod, cold drafts, hot valve bodies & precision flux) → ENDLESS OVERTIME. Every joint gets a technique report; textbook work earns the Inspector's Nod. Top scores hit the leaderboard.
ZERO LEAKS.
You just ran torch work the way it's taught: right tube, right filler, right order, right temperature. The union's registered apprenticeship teaches this for real — on real copper, with a paycheck attached.
Earn while you learn. No tuition debt. A trade for life.