- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 35 to 44 hours per week
- Education: Registered Apprenticeship certificate
- Experience: 2 years to less than 3 years
Asset languages
Work setting
- Various locations
- Commercial
- Residential
- Construction site
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
- 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
- Operate CADD and other computer software systems
- Measure, cut, thread and bend pipes to required shape and size
Supervision
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Working at heights training
- Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate
Transportation/travel information
- Vehicle supplied by employer
- Valid driver's licence
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
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Team player
Employment terms options
Employment terms options
- Morning
- Night
- On call
- Day
- Weekend
- Overtime required
