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Plumber apprentice
- Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience: 2 years to less than 3 years
Work setting
- Various locations
- Commercial
- Residential
Tasks
- Read blueprints, drawings and specifications to determine layout of plumbing system, water supply network and waste and drainage systems
- 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
- Supervise other workers
- Estimate costs and materials
- Measure, cut, thread and bend pipes to required shape and size
Supervision
- 3-4 people
Personal suitability
- Accurate
- Client focus
- Judgement
Employment terms options
- Day
Workplace information
- On the road job
- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 hours per week