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Plumber

  • Durée de l'emploi: Permanent
  • Langue de travail: Anglais
  • Heures de travail: 50 to 60 hours per week
  • Education:
  • Expérience:

Education

  • Other trades certificate or diploma
  • or equivalent experience

Work site environment

  • Confined spaces

Work setting

  • Commercial
  • Residential

Tasks

  • Install domestic, commercial or industrial plumbing fixtures and systems
  • Repair domestic, commercial or industrial plumbing fixtures and systems
  • Read blueprints, drawings and specifications to determine layout of plumbing system, water supply network and waste and drainage systems
  • Instruct apprentices
  • 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
  • Test pipes for leaks using air and water pressure gauges
  • Determine piping system requirements and pipe sizing
  • Measure, cut, thread and bend pipes to required shape and size

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

  • Plumber Trade Certification
  • Confined Space Entry Training
  • Driver's License (Class 3 or D)
  • Plumber Red Seal Certificate

Security and safety

  • Criminal record check
  • Driving record check (abstract)

Transportation/travel information

  • Vehicle supplied by employer
  • Valid driver's licence

Own tools/equipment

  • Tools
  • Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

  • Client focus
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Team player

Screening questions

  • Do you have experience working in this field?
  • Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?

Experience

  • 3 years to less than 5 years

Employment terms options

  • Day
  • Weekend
  • Overtime required
  • Overtime available

Green job

  • Involves duties and responsibilities that lead to positive environmental outcomes

Other benefits

  • On-site housing options
  • Transportation provided by employer