Job Description

- Assemble pipe sections, tubing and fittings using couplings, clamps, screws, bolts, cement, plastic solvent, caulking or soldering, brazing and welding equipment
- Fill pipes or plumbing fixtures with water or air and observe pressure gauges to detect and locate leaks
- Review blueprints and building codes and specifications to determine work details and procedures
- Prepare written work cost estimates and negotiate contracts
- Study building plans and inspect structures to assess material and equipment needs to establish the sequence of pipe installations and to plan installation around obstructions such as electrical wiring
- Keep records of assignments and produce detailed work reports
- Perform complex calculations and planning for special or very large jobs
- Locate and mark the position of pipe installations, connections, passage holes, and fixtures in structures using measuring instruments such as rulers and levels
- Measure, cut, thread and bend pipe to required angle using hand and power tools or machines such as pipe cutters, pipe-threading machines and pipe-bending machines
- Install pipe assemblies, fittings, valves,



appliances such as dishwashers and water heaters and fixtures such as sinks and toilets using hand and power tools
- Cut openings in structures to accommodate pipes and pipe fittings using hand and power tools
- Hang steel supports from ceiling joists to hold pipes in place
- Repair and maintain plumbing, replacing defective washers, replacing or mending broken pipes and opening clogged drains
- Direct workers engaged in pipe cutting and pre-assembly and installation of plumbing systems and components
- Install underground storm, sanitary and water piping systems and extend piping to connect fixtures and plumbing to these systems
- Transparent away debris in a renovation
- Install oxygen and medical gas in hospitals
- Use specialized techniques, equipment or materials such as performing computer-assisted welding of small pipes or working with the special piping used in microchip fabrication
- Install, inspect, repair and maintain gas lines and gas equipment such as meters, regulators, heating units and appliances in residential, commercial and industrial establishments

📌 PLUMBER / GAS FITTER (Edmonton)
🏢 Academy Mechanical Services
📍 Edmonton