Plumber, Residential Construction

**Work site environment**:

- Wet/damp

**Work setting**:

- Various locations
- Residential

**Tasks**:

- Read blueprints, drawings and specifications to determine layout of plumbing system, water supply network and waste and drainage systems
- Install, repair and maintain domestic, commercial or industrial plumbing fixtures and 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
- 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

**Apprenticeship training**:

- Level three apprenticeship training
- Level four apprenticeship training
- Level five apprenticeship training

**Security and safety**:

- Bondable
- Criminal record check
- Driving record check (abstract)

**Transportation/travel information**:

- 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

**Own tools/equipment**:

- Tools
- Safety equipment/gear
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Hard hat

**Personal suitability**:

- Accurate
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Team player

**Screening questions**:

- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?