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When the sparks are flying,

you know it's gonna be a good Blue Collar day.

Ha-ha! Ha-ha!

Oh, yeah!

My name is Daniel Petronijevic.

I'm an actor...

You ever seen the Milky Way over Lake Titicaca?

...and I've played a ton of blue collar jobs on TV.

May the welding gods be with us!

But I've always wondered,

do I have what it takes to do it in real life?

Well...

We're about to find out ...

'Cause this is Blue Collar.

A building is nothing without strong guts.

That's where companies like Multi-Tech Trade Corp

come into play.

They make the circulatory systems for some of the

biggest and baddest buildings out there.

They're the reason the air blows, the water flows,

and it heats up when it's minus 20 degrees outside.

Their work is hot, dirty, and dangerous.

Today I'm working with every department here-

steam fitting, welding, plumbing,

and sheet metal work to see if I can fit in with

some of the best.

No guts, no glory. Yeah!

Knock, knock.

Excuse me.

Ah...

What's going on?

Hey, the boss around here or something?

- Should be around here. - What's he look like?

- Hey, can I help you? - Right there.

- Hi, there. - Dan?

- Yeah, that's right. - Carter.

- Carter. - Nice to meet ya.

What's going on here?

Is this like take your kid to work day or something?

Are you the boss?

I'm the owner's son here.

No kidding.

Yeah, we work in business development.

Oh.

Bet Carter signs cheques with crayons.

Dan, you're in the wrong spot.

Do you want me up here in the office maybe?

So I can show you how the one finger wonder works?

Ah, I don't know if you're suited for that.

I'm nothing but professional.

You want to see? I'll show you, watch.

It starts like this, okay.

You gotta get in here and twerk.

Just do that, okay, like this.

- That's good twerking. - Get going good.

If you really want it, you should go like this.

I'm a business tycoon.

Dan's likely not a great fit for

the office environment.

Oh, God.

We have John waiting for you

in the back shop, ready to go.

Okay.

Go right through that left door there.

- See you, Carter. - See you, Dan.

He's gonna fire me before I even get to work.

This place is crazy!

Hello!

John!

Where's Johnny?!

Johnny boy!

Excuse me, are you Johnny?

John's right over there.

- Johnny's here? - John's there, yeah.

- Thank you, sir. - No problem.

Excuse me, sir. Are you John?

- Yeah, I am. - I'm Daniel.

- I'm the new apprentice. - Dan, good to meet ya.

So, like, what do you do?

- I'm a steam fitter. - Okay.

I design, build, and install process piping.

Piping to move steam, obviously.

Any kind of liquids and gasses, everything.

What's the difference between a steam fitter

and a plumber?

I don't do piping that involves drinking water.

Or piping that involves anything coming out your butt.

Okay.

In order to do this work, you have to be precise.

- Okay. - Are you detail oriented?

- A little bit. - Okay.

Except for math, spelling, ah, directions.

Right, okay.

This is what we're working on today.

It's a chilled water line for a hockey arena.

So it's going to run the air conditioning

for their offices.

We've got to figure out our measurements here.

We've got straight pipe, got little elbows here.

We've got all of our dimensions.

Let me see this here.

I might be able to work this problem out.

You got something?

Yeah, yep, if you go like this...

Then, see, you go like that and like this.

- Yeah? - I think I figured it out.

You're a freaking HR nightmare.

An HR nightmare? Huh!

What's the HR stand for anyways?

Hairy rump?

- Okay, let's do it. - Yeah, let's lay some pipe.

- Get your gloves on. - Johnny!

I need you to hurry up, Dan.

Alright, now what do I do?

- Mind your fingers. - Agh!

How much you think this weighs?

Couple hundred pounds. So we need 38 and 7/8.

Oh, Johnny, boy.

The pipes, the pipes are calling.

- Here you go. - Hiya!

And we're going to get all these pieces cut.

Agh!

Check out these pipes, John.

Where are we?

Over down right on this.

Yeah, right there.

What we're gonna do is we're gonna take the paint off.

The welding arc won't actually

penetrate through the paint.

Why do they bother painting it then?

It would rust if it was sitting in a shop

or it's outside.

So it's just protection.

Just protection, that's it.

Oh, you did it with a grinder?

You're going to try to take

as much of it off as possible.

It also makes for a nice cleaner weld.

Alright, you want to give it a shot?

- Sure. - Alright.

Yeah, you're doing alright there, Dan.

Oh yeah.

Okay, hold on for a sec.

Yeah, that's good.

So next step, we're going to start to get some of

these fittings prepped that are going to

get welded onto this pipe.

Alright, Dan, that's pretty good.

- Yes? - Yeah.

I think we're ready to do some welding.

Okay, so I'll get you to take the print and the

longer piece of pipe over to Courtney.

I'll come over and join you and we'll start

putting together all these pieces.

Oh, Courtney!

Where art thou?

Hi. Are you Courtney?

- Yeah. - Whoa, hi.

Hi, nice to meet you.

Well, it's a good handshake you got.

- You're the master welder. - I'm the welderess.

I brought you a pipe.

Do you have a drawing?

Yes, I do. It's right here.

Oh, yeah...

Wait.

- Let's see that. - Oh boy.

Ha.

Know what they say about guys who draw dicks?

- What? - They have a small one.

- Really? - Yeah.

Depends if it's cold or not.

For the record, the penis I drew was not actual size.

Way too much of a hook. Way too skinny.

We can do this no problem.

We'll put the pipe in the positioner.

Call John over, and we'll start tacking it up.

We need you to get geared up.

Let's do it. Hit it.

Guess who I am?

You don't know me, do you?

You can tell, but my mullet's

probably sticking out the side.

You might be the shiniest welder

I've ever seen.

Yeah, something's weird with these gloves.

What the hell? Was that you?

- No! - What is this?

You set me up. Why did you do that to me?

It's blue chalk. It's initiation.

Yeah.

It means you're one of us.

Okay, thank you.

I've been initiated.

I guess this means they like me.

Kind of a weird way to show somebody you like them,

but whatever.

We're going to throw you into the fire.

John's going to get the rest of the pieces ready, and...

Yep, I'm gonna go do John stuff.

So, this is important.

In piping systems, we have gas, oil, water, steam,

and they're under pressure.

If we don't do it properly, it could be dangerous,

especially if it's steam or gas.

Right.

- You ready to weld? - Yes.

You're going to start up here

and then come into the root.

Okay.

Spin it the other way, away from you.

There you go. Okay, light it up.

- How do I light it up? - Push the trigger.

Okay.

Keep it close. I'm gonna let go now.

Okay.

Let's try and stay in the joint.

Rotate the positioner.

Keep it in closer, closer.

- Hey, you fucker. - Stop.

What am I- Oh, my fucking God.

Please stop.

It's like Swiss cheese.

Stevie Wonder would be okay with it.

You're giving me performance anxieties.

That's what the problem is.

Okay, so that was a complete shitting of the bed.

Looks like Swiss cheese,

there's holes all through it.

It's way harder than I thought it was gonna be.

Right now, you're just not ready.

I think we're gonna let you go practice a bit.

Okay.

John and I are gonna fab the rest of this up.

We're headed into a deadline here.

And then, I will leave one weld for you to do

after you have a bit more practice.

Okay.

They're moving on continuing to fix that,

and now I'm gonna practice at baby school.

Which is fine with me.

Game on.

Hey, fuck.

Stinks like ass.

I'm going to show these people that I can weld

just as well as anyone here.

I'd like to show you some art that I made.

You can try to figure out what it is.

Even though I just learned how to weld 27 minutes ago.

It's kind of like a Picasso.

What the fuck are you doing now?

I'm setting up your last joint.

- Yeah? - Yeah.

Welding masters, I made this for you.

You know what, you did a pretty good job.

Actually, it's not too bad.

Did you guys think I was gonna suck?

- Yeah. - Absolutely.

You did, didn't ya?

I graduated.

Where should I put this masterpiece?

- Scrap bin. - Oh, sure.

You guys are gonna weld this up,

and while you're doing that, I'm gonna go set up

a hydrostatic test. - Alright.

- Alright. - Hydrostatic test?

We're gonna pressure test your weld.

Oh, my gosh.

So, apparently, I'm getting a pressure test,

on my pipe.

Here's a news flash. I'm not 15 anymore.

My pipe doesn't blow under pressure.

Please don't fuck it up, Danny boy!

Engage.

Okay, stop rolling.

Sounds good.

Go a little bit faster.

Roll again.

Very good.

Let's just take a look.

- You're a fast learner. - Thank you.

- Johnny? - Yeah?

What do you think of my work?

- That is ugly. - It is ugly.

But, if it doesn't leak...

It's a pass.

So, we're gonna give it a go.

- We'll give it a test. - Give it a test.

You want to get that guy down there.

- Sure. - You keep working on that.

I'm gonna get the pump set up.

You got 'er.

What are you pressurizing it with?

Water. The point of it is,

is that if this doesn't leak when we bring it

up to about 100 PSI, it's not gonna leak when

they're running this chilled system through it.

What happens if I fail?

Basically, we wasted our day.

Don't you spray a drop of water on me.

- Are we ready? - Fuckin' send it.

- Alright. - Let 'er eat!

Hold, hold, hold.

You're getting close to 20 PSI.

I have faith in it.

How many PSI are we at now?

We're 60 PSI now.

No leaks, no leaks, no leaks.

How many PSI are we at now?

70 now.

How many PSI are we at now?

90.

Hold, baby, hold!

- You're at 100. - I fucking did it!

- You did it! - Yes!

Dan, you did a great job.

You could totally be on our team.

Oh, my gosh, I did it.

Fucking get up and give me a fucking hug.

Yes! Yes!

I think we could use Dan as an apprentice.

He would make my day so much more entertaining.

So what am I doing now?

Gonna head over, find Joel.

He's gonna do some plumbing with you.

Ah, grab a hard hat.

You wear that, you can get away with

pretty much anything around here.

- Anything? - Absolutely.

- See you guys soon. - See ya.

With this hat on,

I'm impervious to punishment!

Toy store.

Aah!

Okay, okay, I won't do it.

I won't do it again!

The world is my oyster.

Hi, there.

Guys?

I think I'm stuck.

Hello, sonny. Halt right there.

I'm the new foreman.

- Foreman? - Yes.

We've got an emergency down there.

Onward, boy! Faster!

Oh-oh-oh!

Oh-oh-oh!

Dude! What are you doing?

Shit.

Stop swinging, please.

I was just testing this out.

No, you don't test it that way.

- Hi. Daniel. - Joel.

- Joel? - Nice to meet you, Dan.

I'm the new foreman.

They said I can do whatever I want and this

would stop me from getting in trouble.

Well, that's ridiculous.

You don't even need that in here.

Let's go. I got something for you to do over here.

Alright, let's do it.

Looks like game time's over.

Wait up!

So what the hell are we doing back here?

Well, back here we're going to do some plumbing.

This is where you got all the pipes and all that.

Okay, so this is what we're going to make today.

This is a sink carrier installation.

So this is everything that you would have

behind the wall.

The important piping that brings the water to the sink

and the piping that takes the dirty water

away from the sink.

And that's damn important because if you

accidentally slip the finger through the toilet paper and,

you know- You need to go

straight to there to do the old...

- Wash it up. - Wash your hands every time.

Are you ready to test your soldering skills?

Was it "sold-ering" or "saw-dering?"

- "Saw-dering". - "Sold-ering".

- "Saw-dering". - "Saw-dering".

- "Saw-dering". - "Sold-ering".

"Saw-dering". "Sole- sold-ering".

- "Saw-dering". - "Saw-dering".

"Sawder". "Solder, solder".

"Sawder"! Fucking holy shit!

First thing we have to do is cut the pipe.

Your pipe's a little skinnier than

- the other pipe. - Yes, it is.

So now we're going to use tube cutters

to cut the half-inch copper pipe.

Let's do a 20-inch piece.

Show me what you can do.

You got 'er, sir. Donzo.

"Rar"!

We should make a blow gun with this.

Okay.

How long have you been doing this?

- Just over 19 years. - Good for you.

Oh my gosh! Precision!

I got to make a double barrel blow gun.

- Boof! - You ready to solder?

Is it "sold-er-ing" or "saw-der-ing"?

S-O-L-D-R-I-N-G.

That sounds like "sold-er-ing" to me.

Fucking "saw-der-ing" is what everybody says.

Wish me luck, folks.

Heat the fitting from the bottom up

and solder your way up.

Heat up the back first, right...

Probably good to go, yeah.

That actually is pretty good, I think.

Now, we gotta do this.

Oh, we're getting there. Ha!

I'm on fire today.

I mean, there's an awful lot of solder on there.

I would say it would pass.

- Yeah? - Yeah.

Dan's soldering is not so bad.

I've definitely seen worse.

Full penetration all the way around.

Full penetration! Not just the tip.

Hiya, hiya, hiya, hiya! It's opposite!

Okay, okay, we need to get this built

so it can get on the truck and get to site.

- Fine. - Okay?

Put a cushion clamp on it.

A cushion clamp? There?

- Yeah. - Come on, baby!

Now that we've got this built,

they can bring in their water supplies,

and then they run the drain from here.

I see, and what are these big jobbies here?

So those are the arms that the sink will sit on.

I see.

Right now, we need to get this out and

onto the truck so it can get to site.

- Okay, sounds good. - Here you go.

She gone! We're outta here.

You're going the wrong way!

What the fuck?

If all he had to do was solder,

I actually could see a position for him

in this plumbing department.

Shit.

Hello? Hey, are you Dan?

Ah... Yep.

- Who are you, sir? - Tim. Let's go.

Come on, we're gonna do some work today.

Let's do it.

What were you working on back there?

Oh, nothing, you know,

just a little a project here and there.

I like to help out wherever I can.

Oh, that's awesome.

We're going to come over here.

This is where we manufacture all the sheet metal.

This is where all the ductwork's made.

And then, we'll show you where the plasma tables

are that cut the shapes out.

You're gonna cut a few out,

and then we're going to form 'em up.

Okay.

Jessica, I got Dan here.

How are you? Pleasure to meet you.

And here, that's gonna be your work order

for the day. You do a good job on it

because there's gonna be a test after on it.

I'm gonna test you guys, okay?

You're gonna test me on it?

Yeah, we're gonna test you.

Good luck with that, eh.

Sounds like I got to get my ducts in a row.

What are we doing here?

So here's the picture of the run

- that we're creating. - Yes.

It's a replacement section for duct work

in a hospital.

It brings fresh air from outside inside...

so that way we have breathable air.

So we are gonna be cutting out a few different fittings

on the plasma table,

and then we're gonna turn them 3D,

and this is all gonna turn into one giant run.

I had the runs this morning, but...

Well, that's unfortunate.

Hopefully, that was it.

Now you want to click the green action button,

- it's gonna start cutting. - Let's do it.

Click it, and there you go.

Alright, come to me.

The plasma arc is very hot.

Don't put your hand under it.

I will not.

I don't want to have to take you to the hospital.

I do not want to go there.

It cuts through sheets of metal that are

different thicknesses to give us all the shapes

that we need to make all of our duct work.

You're gonna have to put stickers on them all

so you know what goes together.

I'm already putting it on?

You're putting the sticker on.

When? Right now?

Holy fuck!

She's trying to set me up to get my arm cut off.

No! You're good, look!

Hey, you fuck!

You're good, this is done.

It's gonna go back, you're good.

Trying to kill me! That's it.

Okay, what do we do now?

Now we're gonna head over to the forming area

where we're getting ready to put the shapes together.

Agh!

That's better. Wait!

I'm gonna fix my hair.

You always want to keep your balls dry.

Oh, my God.

- Where are we going? - We're going over here.

Okay, we're gonna be using this area to put

all the male and female blocks and allowances on the

pieces so we can connect ductwork all together.

You want to hit and here.

You're gonna lock it down, and then you're just gonna

lightly put a kink in it, so like that.

And that just puts a stiffener in it.

So now you're gonna do the

exact same thing on that piece.

Kinks? Female ends...

male ends. Stiffeners?

Who knew that sheet metal work was so naughty?

Use those muscles, keep pulling.

Easy!

- Perfect. - Perfect.

Perfect.

This job is getting hot.

Keep going, keep going.

Hey, you fucker.

There you go. No, you got it.

- I did? - You did it.

Victory!

What do I do now, my queen?

Alright, everything is formed.

I'm gonna take this to the assembly station.

You're going to find Patrick to make the

two final pieces you need, that way.

Excuse me, are you Patrick?

- Yes. - Hi, I'm Daniel.

Jess just sent me over here to do some of this shit.

This here is the spiral pipe that you need.

- Okay. - For your fitting.

Where the hell is the other stuff coming from?

It's coming from down there.

Oh, it's all the way over there?

All over there.

This is the best pipe for airflow.

Grab it, let's go. We're off to the duct line.

Alright, Dan, this is the main duct line.

This machine makes all standard sized duct work.

Instead of going to each individual machine,

you just punch in the numbers.

It does all the work for us.

Punch 'er in and send it.

3, 2, 1.

- And action. - Action!

Shit! We just-

And your piece will be coming right here.

- Oh, yeah! - Money.

- Money, nice folds. - Now, flip it.

Put it in the hole.

Right in the crack of the ass.

Right in the crack.

Box is done, grab your pipe.

Going on to the bench.

Hey, Patrick, nice box! Ha-ha!

Nice pipe!

Lay it down right here.

We're gonna cut this bad boy.

I'm gonna give you the power to cut.

While you cut, I'm gonna turn to help you.

Got you.

Perfect!

Alright, so all the pieces are done,

so now we have to put it together.

Put the male in the female.

- Male in the female. - I've got four children.

I know how it works. Hammer?

- Hammer 'er in. - Light or hard?

- Gentle. - Gentle.

Squeeze... There you go.

- Power squeeze. - Yeah?

Yeah, do a power squeeze.

Give 'em some love.

There you go!

Would I be able to make your guys' crew, or no?

I think so.

I think if you paid me.

If I paid you in friendship and love.

You know what, you did.

Now you get to seal it.

So this is to make sure that all the locks are airtight.

All these nooks and crannies here.

All the nooks and crannies. You're gonna paint it.

Little extra never hurts.

Alright, lube it up.

Oh, yeah.

- Right in the crack. - Right in the crease.

- There you go. - End cap.

- Goes on there. - On top and around.

Slide 'er on, hit it.

There you go.

- Looking like a pro. - Yes, sir.

Now, square to round attaches to the elbow.

Attach it.

Yeah!

Alright, Dan, once you tighten this bolt,

we're gonna do the smoke test.

Let's do it.

Let's smoke this big greasy J.

If I pass this test, I'm gonna be

the king of hotboxing.

Ooh, Daddy likey.

Wow! Looks good, looks good.

How did he do, alright?

I think he did pretty good.

I think he did really well.

We're gonna put some smoke in it,

and we're gonna see.

If no smoke comes out of it, you pass.

If smoke comes out, then you fail.

We got smoke going out the top...

like a chimney.

Dan, you did pass this one, eh?

Oh, Danny boy!

The Multi-Tech team makes the innards of the

buildings that we visit every single day.

They're super precise.

Details matter here.

They do not mess around.

They take pride in their work.

And I gotta say,

after working with each department,

it would be impossible to pick a favourite.

Blue Collar to the end, baby.

Well, give it to me. How'd I do?

Give me the heat.

Don't even use lube, just plow 'er in.

Just fuckin' send it.

I'm a big boy, I can handle it.

Well, Dan, when I first met you and

I saw that hair, I had very low expectations.

Then we got you to weld and...

my expectations were correct

because the first weld was horrendous.

But, you practiced,

and you actually made a weld that

could hold 100 PSI, so that's impressive.

That's the kindest thing anyone's ever said to me.

You have a rare opportunity of joining

the Jedi of trades.

Come on over to this side, join the steam fitters.

Wow.

Well, Dan, when I first saw you,

you were singing from an overhead crane.

How ridiculous was that?

But once we got you into the soldering bay,

you showed some skills. I need a plus one.

Join the plumbing team.

So, are you proposing a friendship with benefits?

Just work benefits.

That's all I need to hear.

So, Dan, unlike these negative nancies,

I had nothing but positive outlook on you

since the minute you walked in here.

I knew you would make a good sheet metal worker.

There's only once choice.

Welders are gods of construction.

I need a plus one.

My heart is being torn from whence my heart.

No, I can't- Agh!

- Come to us. - Come to us.

Agh! Agh!

I have an idea.

Stay here.

Look at me, my family.

I have a solution.

I will be your foreman.

From this day forward,

you can bring me coffee, donuts...

anything else I ask,

and do exactly as I say immediately.

No.

No, get back! I will unite us.

Together, we will rule!

Oh, hi.

Let's be a little bit more realistic.

- You see? Oh, God. - Eh...

There you go.