Plumber

Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 to 50 hours per week
- Education: Other trades certificate or diploma
- Experience: Experience an asset
- **Work site environment**:

- Confined spaces
- 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
- Prepare tenders and quotations
- 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
- Supervise other workers
- Estimate costs and materials
- Measure, cut, thread and bend pipes to required shape and size
- ** Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses**:

- Plumber Trade Certification
- Working at heights training
- Driver's License (Class 3 or D)
- Plumber Red Seal Certificate
- ** Security and safety**:

- Bondable
- Criminal record check
- Driving record check (abstract)
- ** Transportation/travel information**:

- Vehicle supplied by employer
- Valid driver's licence
- ** Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Physically demanding
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Handling heavy loads
- ** Own tools/equipment**:

- Tools
- Steel-toed safety boots
- ** Personal suitability**:

- Accurate
- Client focus
- Team player
- ** Health benefits**:

- Dental plan
- Health care plan
- ** Financial benefits**:

- Group insurance benefits
- Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)