Plumber Apprentice

Plumber Apprentice

Assists the plumber to install and repair pipes, fittings, and fixtures of heating, water, and drainage systems.

Essential duties and responsibilities include the following:

• Gathers tools and supplies to be used at work site.
• Traces out short clogs in pipes.
• Assists in lifting, positioning, and fastening objects such as pipes and plumbing fixtures.
• Maintains tools and equipment and keeps supplies and parts in order.
• Disassembles defective plumbing equipment, replaces defective or worn parts, and reassembles equipment.
• Cleans work area, machines, tools, and equipment.
• Performs other routine duties.
• Performs other duties as may be assigned by the Lead Plumber, Plumbers, or Plant Services Supervisor.

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or experience:
High school diploma or general education degree (GED). Experience in plumbing service preferred.

Language skills:
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence.

Mathematical skills:
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

Reasoning ability:
Ability to learn plumbing technical information. Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.

Certificates, licenses, registrations:
Possess current driver's license.

Physical demands:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work environment:
The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; and outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.