plumber apprentice

Minimum Requirements

• Education: Registered Apprenticeship certificate
• Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years

Work Setting

• Various locations
• Commercial
• Residential

Tasks

1. Install domestic, commercial or industrial plumbing fixtures and systems
2. Repair domestic, commercial or industrial plumbing fixtures and systems
3. Locate and mark positions for pipe connections, passage holes and fixtures in walls and floors
4. Cut openings in walls and floors to accommodate pipe and pipe fittings
5. Join pipes using couplings, clamps, screws, bolts, cement or soldering, brazing and welding equipment
6. Schedule personnel, tools and equipment
7. Test pipes for leaks using air and water pressure gauges
8. Determine piping system requirements and pipe sizing
9. Measure, cut, thread and bend pipes to required shape and size

Certificates, Licences, Memberships, and Courses

• Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate
• Level one apprenticeship training

Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities

• Physically demanding
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Hand-eye coordination

Own Tools / Equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots

Personal Suitability

• Team player