apprentice plumber

Additional Information

• Education: No degree, certificate or diploma
• Experience: 2 years to less than 3 years

Work setting

• Various locations

Tasks

• Install, repair and maintain domestic, commercial or industrial plumbing fixtures and 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
• Schedule personnel, tools and equipment
• Test pipes for leaks using air and water pressure gauges
• Determine piping system requirements and pipe sizing
• Estimate costs and materials

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Physically demanding
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Own tools/equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

• Team player
• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: English
• Hours: 30 to 40 hours per week