Spring 2025 Semester Dates:

Start: January 8, 2025 – ALL TRADES

End: May 20, 2025 – Electrical, EST, and Sheet Metal

End: May 28, 2025 – Plumbing and Pipefitting

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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

Core: 1st Year/1st Semester

Please refer to the Electrical textbook section above for a list of required texts for your particular year and semester.

1st Year/2nd Semester

Please refer to the Electrical textbook section above for a list of required texts for your particular year and semester.

2nd Year/1st & 2nd Semester
Textbooks can be found as an eText on your NCCERconnect portal.
If you have any questions, please contact Stephanie Goss at 858-703-5412.
3rd Year/1st & 2nd Semester
Textbooks can be found as an eText on your NCCERconnect portal.
If you have any questions, please contact Stephanie Goss at 858-703-5412.

Plumbing

Core: 1st Year/1st Semester
1st Year/2nd Semester

    1. Plumbing Level 1, 5th Edition
    2. Supplemental: Welding Safety (Individual Module): ISBN 9780134165806 — Please place your order by calling Pearson at 1-800-624-0023 and pay with a credit card
    3. Supplemental: Welding Oxyfuel Cutting (Individual Module): ISBN 9780134182681 — Please place your order by calling Pearson at 1-800-624-0023 and pay with a credit card

2nd Year/1st Semester
  1. Plumbing Level 2, 5th Edition
  2. Supplemental: Pipefitting Trade Math Cutting (Individual Module): ISBN 9780135811283 — Please place your order by calling Pearson at 1-800-624-0023 and pay with a credit card
2nd Year/2nd Semester
  1. Plumbing Level 2, 5th Edition
  2. Supplemental: Pipefitting Advanced Trade Math (Individual Module): ISBN 9780137487295 — Please place your order by calling Pearson at 1-800-624-0023 and pay with a credit card
  3. Supplemental: Pipefitting Advanced Blueprint Reading (Individual Module): ISBN 9780137487509 — Please place your order by calling Pearson at 1-800-624-0023 and pay with a credit card
3rd Year/1st Semester
  1. Plumbing 3, 4th Edition
  2. Supplemental: Pipefitting Introduction to Aboveground Pipe Installation (Individual Module): ISBN 9780137487455 — Please place your order by calling Pearson at 1-800-624-0023 and pay with a credit card
3rd Year/2nd Semester
  1. Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC) 2018 Edition
  2. Supplemental: Pipefitting Standards and Specifications (Individual Module): ISBN 9780137487370 — Please place your order by calling Pearson at 1-800-624-0023 and pay with a credit card
4th Year/1st Semester
  1. Plumbing 4, 4th Edition
  2. Supplemental: Welding SMAW Equipment and Setup Trainee Guide (Individual Module): ISBN 9780134180274 — Please place your order by calling Pearson at 1-800-624-0023 and pay with a credit card
  3. Supplemental: Welding SMAW Electrodes Trainee Guide (Individual Module): ISBN 9780134180267 — Please place your order by calling Pearson at 1-800-624-0023 and pay with a credit card
4th Year/2nd Semester
  1. Plumbing 4, 4th Edition
  2. Supplemental: Welding Base Metal Preparation Trainee Guide (Individual Module): ISBN 9780134140438 — Please place your order by calling Pearson at 1-800-624-0023 and pay with a credit card
  3. Supplemental: Welding SMAW-Groove Welds with Backing Trainee Guide (Individual Module): ISBN 9780134180250 — Please place your order by calling Pearson at 1-800-624-0023 and pay with a credit card

Pipefitting

Core: 1st Year/1st Semester

Please refer to the Plumbing textbook section above for a list of required texts for your particular year and semester.

1st Year/2nd Semester

Please refer to the Plumbing textbook section above for a list of required texts for your particular year and semester.

2nd Year/1st & 2nd Semester

Please refer to the Plumbing textbook section above for a list of required texts for your particular year and semester.

 

3rd Year/1st Semester

Please refer to the Plumbing textbook section above for a list of required texts for your particular year and semester.

3rd Year/2nd Semester

Please refer to the Plumbing textbook section above for a list of required texts for your particular year and semester.

 

4th Year/1st & 2nd Semester

Please contact Stephanie Goss at 858-703-5412.

5th Year/1st & 2nd Semester
Please contact Stephanie Goss at 858-703-5412.

Sheet Metal

Please contact Stephanie Goss at 858-703-5412.