Plumber apprentice

Overview

Languages

English

• Other trades certificate or diploma

Experience

Experience an asset

On site

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

• Various locations
• Commercial
• Institutional
• Residential
• Relocation costs covered by employer
• Willing to relocate
• Construction site
• Agriculture, fishing and/or forestry

Responsibilities

• 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
• Cut opening in walls and floors to accommodate pipe and pipe fittings
• Join pipes using couplings, clamps, screws, bolts, cement or soldering, brazing and welding equipment
• Schedule personnel, tools and equipment
• Test pipes for leaks using air and water pressure gauges

Credentials

• Pre-apprenticeship training
• Level one apprenticeship training
• Level two apprenticeship training
• Level three apprenticeship training
• Level four apprenticeship training
• Level five apprenticeship training

Additional information

• Physically demanding
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

• Tools
• Safety equipment/gear
• Steel-toed safety boots
• Hard hat

• Accurate
• Client focus
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Excellent written communication
• Judgement
• Team player