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Helps pipefitters by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include using, supplying, or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.
Job Responsibility:
Helps pipefitters by performing duties requiring less skill
Measures, cuts, threads and assembles new pipe, placing the assembled pipe in hangers or other supports
Cuts or drills holes in walls or floors to accommodate the passage of pipes
Performs rough-ins, repairs and replaces fixtures and water heaters, and locates, repairs, or removes leaking or broken pipes
Assists pipe fitters in the layout, assembly, and installation of piping for air, ammonia, gas, and water systems
Cuts pipe and lifts up to fitters
Fits or assists in fitting valves, couplings, or assemblies to tanks, pumps, or systems, using hand tools
Requisitions tools and equipment, selects type and size of pipe, and collects and transports materials and equipment to work site
Mounts brackets and hangers on walls and ceilings to hold pipes and sets sleeves or inserts to provide support for pipes
Excavates and grades ditches and lays and joins pipe for water and sewer service
Disassembles and removes damaged or worn pipe
Requirements:
Ability to handle loads up to 50 lbs., sometimes up to 100 lbs.
Requires a lot of strength
Work involves bending or twisting body more than one-third of the time
Requires use of protective items (safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hearing protection, hard hat, personal flotation devices)
Requires getting into awkward positions
Work involves using hands to hold, control, and feel objects more than one-third of the time
Work involves kneeling, crouching, stooping, and/or crawling more than one-third of the time
Work requires being outside most of the time
Work involves making repetitive motions more than one-third of the time
Work involves standing more than one-third of the time
Ability to work safely around heavy equipment and construction traffic
Ability to frequently lift, carry, and move materials weighing up to 50 pounds alone
Ability to use team-lifting techniques for heavier items
Ability for long periods of continual standing or walking
Ability to bend, climb, kneel, and reach
Good balance and dexterity
Visual acuity to operate equipment and spot hazards
Ability to hear with or without assistance to understand instructions in noisy environments
Must be authorized to work in the US on a full-time basis
Must pass a pre-employment drug screening and be subject to random quarterly drug tests