Some teenagers are making nearly $20 per hour in a summer job.
They aren’t flipping burgers or making good money from household chores. Instead, they are working in the plumbing industry and getting their start at the Elmore County Technical Center.

PHOTOS: ECTC Plumbing
Cliff Williams / TPI Elmore County Technical Center plumbing instructor James Broadway shows students how to cut copper pipe in the shop. Broadway said plumbers are needed in the workforce.

PHOTOS: ECTC Plumbing
Cliff Williams / TPI Elmore County Technical Center plumbing instructor James Broadway shows students how to cut copper pipe in the shop. Broadway said plumbers are needed in the workforce.

PHOTOS: ECTC Plumbing
Cliff Williams / TPI Elmore County Technical Center plumbing instructor James Broadway shows students how to cut copper pipe in the shop. Broadway said plumbers are needed in the workforce.

PHOTOS: ECTC Plumbing
Cliff Williams / TPI Elmore County Technical Center plumbing instructor James Broadway shows students how to cut copper pipe in the shop. Broadway said plumbers are needed in the workforce.

PHOTOS: ECTC Plumbing
Cliff Williams / TPI Elmore County Technical Center plumbing instructor James Broadway shows students how to connect copper pipe using a solider iron in the shop. He has students complete an art type piece in the class to demonstrate skills cutting and connecting the pipe.

PHOTOS: ECTC Plumbing
Cliff Williams / TPI Elmore County Technical Center plumbing instructor James Broadway shows students how to cut copper pipe in the shop. Broadway said plumbers are needed in the workforce.
PHOTOS: ECTC Plumbing
PHOTOS: ECTC Plumbing
Cliff Williams / TPI Elmore County Technical Center plumbing instructor James Broadway shows students how to cut copper pipe in the shop. Broadway said plumbers are needed in the workforce.
PHOTOS: ECTC Plumbing
Cliff Williams / TPI Elmore County Technical Center plumbing instructor James Broadway shows students how to cut copper pipe in the shop. Broadway said plumbers are needed in the workforce.
PHOTOS: ECTC Plumbing
Cliff Williams / TPI Elmore County Technical Center plumbing instructor James Broadway shows students how to cut copper pipe in the shop. Broadway said plumbers are needed in the workforce.
PHOTOS: ECTC Plumbing
Cliff Williams / TPI Elmore County Technical Center plumbing instructor James Broadway shows students how to cut copper pipe in the shop. Broadway said plumbers are needed in the workforce.
PHOTOS: ECTC Plumbing
Cliff Williams / TPI Elmore County Technical Center plumbing instructor James Broadway shows students how to connect copper pipe using a solider iron in the shop. He has students complete an art type piece in the class to demonstrate skills cutting and connecting the pipe.
PHOTOS: ECTC Plumbing
Cliff Williams / TPI Elmore County Technical Center plumbing instructor James Broadway shows students how to cut copper pipe in the shop. Broadway said plumbers are needed in the workforce.