Plumber

• JOB DESCRIPTION:
  Install, repair and maintain a variety of plumbing and piping, and pumping systems and equipment.

• Trace and identify causes of plumbing and piping system leaks or malfunctions and restore to approved operating standards.
• Plan and modify plumbing and piping systems.
• Read, interpret and work from blueprints, schematic diagrams, plans and specifications.
• Estimate materials and costs of plumbing and piping systems installations and repairs.
• Maintain accurate records and prepare reports.
• Supervise workers assigned to assist.
• Lift and move a variety of objects weighing up to 90 pounds, such as bags of cement and pumps.
• Lift and move items such as pumps weighing up to 40 pounds overhead.
• Perform tasks that require strength such as working a large roto-rooter machine, and moving pumps.
• Perform tasks that require manual dexterity, such as repairing valves.
• Perform tasks that require balance and flexibility such as crawling along narrow beams in an attic to access plumbing.
• Discern color in order to work on electrical wiring and color-coded valves.
• Distinguish sounds to determine leaks in water lines or problems in motors.
• Put on, wear and use a self-contained breathing apparatus may be required.

QUALIFICATIONS:


Not more than 40 years old

High School or Vocational / Trade School Graduate

Physically fit