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A Career as a Pipelayer
Pipelayers make an invaluable contribution to building projects large and small, playing a pivotal role in developing and refurbishing our national infrastructure. This book shows young readers how they can explore this fascinating and fulfilling subset of contracting, building a career from the ground up. Combining valuable industry data, engaging on-the-job imagery and potential scenarios, as well as safety and job-seeking tips, this book gives handy students a great glimpse at a trade and field often underrepresented in youth-oriented career training.
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A Career as a Pipelayer
Pipelayers make an invaluable contribution to building projects large and small, playing a pivotal role in developing and refurbishing our national infrastructure. This book shows young readers how they can explore this fascinating and fulfilling subset of contracting, building a career from the ground up. Combining valuable industry data, engaging on-the-job imagery and potential scenarios, as well as safety and job-seeking tips, this book gives handy students a great glimpse at a trade and field often underrepresented in youth-oriented career training.
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A Career as a Pipelayer

A Career as a Pipelayer

by Amie Jane Leavitt
A Career as a Pipelayer

A Career as a Pipelayer

by Amie Jane Leavitt

Overview

Pipelayers make an invaluable contribution to building projects large and small, playing a pivotal role in developing and refurbishing our national infrastructure. This book shows young readers how they can explore this fascinating and fulfilling subset of contracting, building a career from the ground up. Combining valuable industry data, engaging on-the-job imagery and potential scenarios, as well as safety and job-seeking tips, this book gives handy students a great glimpse at a trade and field often underrepresented in youth-oriented career training.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781508179887
Publisher: Rosen Publishing Group, Incorporated, The
Publication date: 07/30/2018
Series: Jobs for Rebuilding America Series
Pages: 80
Product dimensions: 6.50(w) x 9.12(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range: 12 - 17 Years

Table of Contents

Introduction 6

Chapter 1 Building America: The World Under Our Feet 10

Chapter 2 Having What It Takes 22

Chapter 3 Pipelaying 101 35

Chapter 4 Landing a Job 47

Chapter 5 Moving on Up 60

Bureau of Labor Statistics Tips 68

Glossary 69

For More Information 71

For Further Reading 74

Bibliography 75

Index 77

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