CDA hopes to "take the guess work out and offer the right way to solder, braze or otherwise join copper tube."

The “Copper Tube Handbook” is available in Apple App or Google Play stores.

The app is free for the first 10,000 users.

The 2014 United Association International Apprenticeship Competition was held in late August.

North America’s top plumbing and pipe-fitting apprentices were put to the test during the 2014 United Association International Apprenticeship Competition, which was held late August in conjunction with the Instructor Training Program at Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor, Mich.

The app can be downloaded through iTunes or Android Google Play.

The educational video serves as a valuable resource for plumbers, contractors and technicians installing or working with new copper alloys.

The tablet version of the app allows users to skim through the pages like a book or jump directly to different sections of the manual — including the how-to videos — by using the Table of Contents.

The Copper Development Association has converted its popular Copper Tube Handbook into an app that can be downloaded directly onto an iPad or iPhone and carried onto the jobsite. By searching for “Copper Tube Handbook” in the Apple App store, users now have this manual readily available on their mobile device.