For Sebastian Garcia, earning a master plumber license represents the culmination of about six years of fieldwork, classroom education, preparation and years of learning from his father.
Now 25, Garcia said his professional plumbing career began in June 2020, but his first experience with the trade came several years earlier, when he helped his father with jobs during summer breaks in 2015 or 2016.
“I joined this field of work because I was fortunate to have benefited from a strong mentor and had accessible expertise in the craft,” he said. “That mentor also being my dad.”…