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Plumber
- Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
- 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
Employment terms options
- Early morning
- Evening
Employment terms options
- Morning
- Night
- Day
- Overtime required
- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 hours per week