Offered at the Green Bay campus. For information: (920) 498-
5444. Toll-free: (888) 385-6982.
This program is fully eligible for nancial aid.
Highly skilled professionals in the utilities industry are needed
to install, maintain, and operate natural and propane gas
distribution systems used to supply residential, commercial,
and industrial customers. Typical careers in this eld include
gas distribution worker, gas service person, gas meter and
regulation mechanic, gas clerk-estimator, gas inspector, gas
appliance repair mechanic, underground facilities locator,
pipeline welder, pipe layer, and equipment operator.
A graduate of this program will have the potential for
employment in the following areas:
• Gas Construction Mechanic: installs and maintains gas
distribution and transmission pipelines using trenching,
backhoe, underground road boring, plastic fusion, welding,
mapping, and record keeping skills.
• Gas Meter Mechanic: installs, repairs, and maintains
electronic and mechanical gas metering equipment.
• Gas Service Mechanic: installs and maintains residential,
commercial, and industrial gas piping, valving, pressure
regulating, and overpressure protective equipment.
• Gas Clerk-Estimator: develops speci cations and related
maps and records used in installing and maintaining gas
distribution facilities. Records of this type are manual but are
moving towards computer emphasis.
• Gas Regulator Maintenance Mechanic: installs and
maintains high pressure gas regulating, measuring,
odorizing, heating, ltering, valving, and piping systems;
electronically and mechanically operated equipment are
involved.
• Gas Appliance Repair Mechanic: maintains and
troubleshoots residential and/or commercial gas appliances
and heating/cooling equipment.
• Underground Facilities Locator: locates and marks all
underground facilities prior to excavation using various
locating equipment.
• Propane Gas Delivery Person: delivers bulk propane gas to
customers and interacts with customers.
• New Customer Tank and Cylinder Installer: installs propane
and connects piping to customer appliances.
• Bulk Plant Operator: lls and maintains cylinders and lls
bulk delivery trucks.
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