- Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience: 3 years to less than 5 years
Work site environment
- Wet/damp
Work setting
- Various locations
- Commercial
- Residential
- Relocation costs covered by employer
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
- Determine piping system requirements and pipe sizing
- Estimate costs and materials
- Measure, cut, thread and bend pipes to required shape and size
Transportation/travel information
- Vehicle supplied by employer
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
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Judgement
- Team player
Support for newcomers and refugees
- Assists with immediate settlement needs of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: housing, transportation, storage, childcare, winter clothing, etc.)
Support for youths
- Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth
Support for mature workers
- Provides staff with awareness training to create a welcoming work environment for mature workers
- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 hours per week
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