Overview

- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 32 to 55 hours per week
- Education: Other trades certificate or diploma
- Experience: 2 years to less than 3 years
- or equivalent experience
Work setting
- Various locations
- Commercial
- Industrial
- Institutional
- Residential
- Construction site
Tasks
- Install domestic, commercial or industrial plumbing fixtures and systems
- Repair domestic, commercial or industrial plumbing fixtures and systems
- Read blueprints, drawings and specifications to determine layout of plumbing system, water supply network and waste and drainage systems
- Instruct apprentices
- Locate and mark positions for pipe connections, passage holes and fixtures in walls and floors
- 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
- Supervise other workers
- Measure, cut, thread and bend pipes to required shape and size
Supervision
- 1 to 2 people
- 3-4 people
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Plumber Trade Certification
- First Aid Certificate
- Confined Space Entry Training
- Plumber Red Seal Certificate




- Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate
Security and safety
- Bondable
- Basic security clearance
- Criminal record check
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
- Client focus
- Effective interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Judgement
- Team player
Screening questions
- Do you have experience working in this field?
- Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?
Employment terms options
- Evening
Employment terms options
- Flexible hours
- Morning
- To be determined
- Day
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Health care plan
- Paramedical services coverage
- Vision care benefits
Financial benefits
- Group insurance benefits
- Life insurance
- Night shift premium
- Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)
Other benefits
- Learning/training paid by employer
- Travel insurance
- Variable or compressed work week
- Wellness program

📌 Journeyman/woman plumber (Dartmouth)
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