Plumbing Worker

Duties include but are not limited to: Installs, modifies, tests, inspects, calibrates and repairs new and existing utility, supply, and disposal systems and equipment such as sewage, water, steam, oil, and gas distribution systems, faucets, water closets, fountains, tubs, fire sprinkler systems, mixing valves, back-flow preventers, eye washes, and showers. Works with building plans, blueprints, and sketches to plan and lay out the routing, placement, slant, slope, fall, and proper operation of systems and equipment. Installs equipment like that described above by completing the routing and placement of systems leading to the equipment, and seating, hooking up, and testing the equipment. Responsible for preventive maintenance of domestic hot and cold-water systems in patient care areas of twenty-four (24) hours or more, for the control and prevention of the Legionella organism as well as scald prevention, per VHA Directive 1061, Prevention of Healthcare Associated Legionella Disease an