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Plumber

  • Durée de l'emploi: Permanent
  • Langue de travail: Anglais
  • Heures de travail: 40 hours per week
  • Education:
  • Expérience:

Education

  • Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
  • or equivalent experience

Asset languages

  • Panjabi; Punjabi

Work site environment

  • Confined spaces
  • Wet/damp

Work setting

  • Various locations
  • Residential
  • Construction site

Tasks

  • Read blueprints, drawings and specifications to determine layout of plumbing system, water supply network and waste and drainage systems
  • Prepare tenders and quotations
  • Locate and mark positions for pipe connections, passage holes and fixtures in walls and floors
  • Cut opening in walls and floors to accommodate pipe and pipe fittings
  • Join pipes using couplings, clamps, screws, bolts, cement or soldering, brazing and welding equipment
  • Schedule personnel, tools and equipment
  • Test pipes for leaks using air and water pressure gauges
  • Determine piping system requirements and pipe sizing
  • Supervise other workers
  • Estimate costs and materials
  • Measure, cut, thread and bend pipes to required shape and size

Supervision

  • 3-4 people

Transportation/travel information

  • Vehicle supplied by employer

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Physically demanding
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Hand-eye co-ordination
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Large workload
  • Work under pressure

Personal suitability

  • Accurate
  • Client focus
  • Team player

Screening questions

  • Are you authorized to work in Canada?

Employment terms options

  • Early morning
  • Evening

Experience

  • 1 year to less than 2 years

Employment terms options

  • Morning
  • Night
  • Day
  • Overtime required