Fall 2025 Semester Dates:
Start: July 28, 2025 – ALL TRADES
End: December 4, 2025 – Electrical, EST, and Sheet Metal
End: December 11, 2025 – Plumbing and Pipefitting
The ABC San Diego Chapter Training Trust offers textbook borrowing privileges to all apprentices. It is the apprentice’s responsibility to check out textbooks on the first night of class each semester. You must have a Borrower Agreement Form on file with ABC in order to borrow textbooks. ABC staff will provide the form during the onboarding process.
Apprentices not borrowing textbooks can purchase them before the semester start date. Allow 2-3 weeks for shipping. There will be no in-house sales. Please see the links below, which are listed by trade, class year, and semester.
IMPORTANT: All students are required to have their textbooks by the first night of class.
To purchase books, click on the appropriate textbook links below which opens to the NCCER/Pearson website. Verify you have selected the correct textbook edition. If you have questions after the order is completed contact NCCER/Pearson customer service, HERE.
Electrical
Electronic Systems Technician
Plumbing
- Plumbing Level 1, 5th Edition
- Supplemental: Welding Safety Trainee Guide
ISBN: 978-0-13-792455-4
To order, call the Training Coordinator at 858-703-5412 or purchase at ABC during the first week of school
- Supplemental: Welding Oxyfuel Cutting Trainee Guide
ISBN: 978-0-13-792457-8
To order, call the Training Coordinator at 858-703-5412 or purchase at ABC during the first week of school
- Plumbing Level 2, 5th Edition
- Supplemental: Pipefitting Trade Math
ISBN: 978-0-13-581128-3
To order, call the Training Coordinator at 858-703-5412 or purchase at ABC during the first week of school
- Plumbing Level 2, 5th Edition
- Supplemental: Pipefitting Advanced Trade Math
ISBN: 978-0-13-748729-5
To order, call the Training Coordinator at 858-703-5412 or purchase at ABC during the first week of school
- Supplemental: Pipefitting Advanced Trade Math
ISBN: 978-0-13-748729-5
To order, call the Training Coordinator at 858-703-5412 or purchase at ABC during the first week of school
- Plumbing 3, 5th Edition
- Supplemental: Pipefitting Introduction to Aboveground Pipe Installation
ISBN: 978-0-13-748745-5
To order, call the Training Coordinator at 858-703-5412 or purchase at ABC during the first week of school
- Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC) 2018 Edition
- Supplemental: Pipefitting Standards and Specifications
ISBN: 978-0-13-748737-0
To order, call the Training Coordinator at 858-703-5412 or purchase at ABC during the first week of school
- Plumbing 4, 4th Edition
- Supplemental: Welding SMAW-Equipment and Set Up Trainee Guide
ISBN: 978-0-13-7924677
To order, call the Training Coordinator at 858-703-5412 or purchase at ABC during the first week of school
- Supplemental: Welding SMAW Electrodes Trainee Guide
ISBN: 978-0-13-7924684
To order, call the Training Coordinator at 858-703-5412 or purchase at ABC during the first week of school
- Plumbing 4, 4th Edition
- Supplemental: Welding Base Metal Preparation Trainee Guide
ISBN: 978-0-13-7924639
To order, call the Training Coordinator at 858-703-5412 or purchase at ABC during the first week of school
- Supplemental: Welding SMAW Groove Welds with Backing
ISBN: 978-0-13-7924738
To order, call the Training Coordinator at 858-703-5412 or purchase at ABC during the first week of school
Pipefitting
Please refer to the Plumbing textbook section above for a list of required texts for your particular year and semester.
Please refer to the Plumbing textbook section above for a list of required texts for your particular year and semester.
Please refer to the Plumbing textbook section above for a list of required texts for your particular year and semester.
Please refer to the Plumbing textbook section above for a list of required texts for your particular year and semester.
Please refer to the Plumbing textbook section above for a list of required texts for your particular year and semester.
- Custom Pipefitting 4.2
ISBN: 978-0-13-7802906
To order, call the Training Coordinator at 858-703-5412 or purchase at ABC during the first week of school.
- Supplemental: Threaded Pipe Fabrication – ISBN: 978-0-13-581127-6
To order, call the Training Coordinator at 858-703-5412 or purchase at ABC during the first week of school
- Supplemental: Butt-Weld Pipe Fabrication – ISBN: 978-0-13-581138-2To order, call the Training Coordinator at 858-703-5412 or purchase at ABC during the first week of school
Sheet Metal
- ABC – San Diego Chapter Sheet Metal Core CustomISBN: 978-0-13-778013-6
To order, call 1-800-624-0023
*Please have the ISBN# and book title ready when you call
- ABC – San Diego Chapter Sheet Metal Level 1 Custom
ISBN: 978-0-13-777888-1
To order, call 1-800-624-0023
*Please have the ISBN# and book title ready when you call
- ABC – San Diego Chapter Sheet Metal Level 2 CustomISBN: 978-013-779043-2
To order, call 1-800-624-0023
*Please have the ISBN# and book title ready when you call
- ABC – San Diego Chapter Sheet Metal Level 3 CustomISBN: 978-0-13-7802920
To order, call 1-800-624-0023
*Please have the ISBN# and book title ready when you call
- ABC – San Diego Chapter Sheet Metal Level 4 CustomISBN: 1-323-68795-5
To order, call 1-800-624-0023
*Please have the ISBN# and book title ready when you call