Pipefitter

Major Duties: Repairs plumbing systems. Installs, modifies, and repairs new and existing utility, supply, and disposal systems. Repairs equipment such as sewage, water, oil, and gas distribution systems and water closets, tubs, fire sprinkler systems, and showers. Works from building plans, blueprints, and sketches, to plan and lay out the routing, placement, slant, slope, fall, and proper operation, of systems and equipment. Uses tools and equipment such as plumb bobs, mercury gauges, dividers, closet augers and hydrostatic pumps. Installs Plumbing Systems. Installs, modifies, and repairs systems by locating and tapping main lines, setting up system routes, placing and cutting route openings, placing hangers for proper level and slope. Determines and installs valves, traps, and unions needed for proper operation systems. Installs equipment by completing the routing and placement of systems leading to the equipment, determining and placing the equipment at the proper levels and points