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Plumber Duties and Responsibilities

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Purpose of Classification:

Installs, repairs, and maintains plumbing systems. Working conditions include inadequate lighting, restricted movement, dirty environment, air contamination, extreme temperatures, intense noise, hazardous materials, or lifting or carrying heavy objects.

Distinguishing Characteristics:

This is first in a series of four classifications and is a journey level classifications. This level typically reports to the Plumber Lead.

Examples of Duties:

  • Installs, repairs, and maintains chilled water, steam, heat, water, gas, drainage, sewage, and other plumbing systems.
     
  • Operates reamers, threading discs, sewer tapes, pipe cutters, snakes, and other plumbing equipment and hand tools.
     
  • Inspects joints, valves, pumps, boilers, heaters, sinks, commodes, tanks, valves, and other plumbing system components to locate malfunctions, and repairs or replaces when necessary.
     
  • Studies plans, drawings, specifications, and work orders to determine work requirements and sequence of repairs and/or installations.
     
  • Performs preventative maintenance work as required.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

  • Knowledge of the tools, equipment, and materials common to the plumbing trade.
     
  • Knowledge of applicable plumbing codes.
     
  • Knowledge of the mechanical operation of equipment such as pumps, boilers, heaters, and other plumbing components.
     
  • Skill in the installation, repair, and maintenance of all types of plumbing systems.

Minimum Qualifications:

Six years of plumbing experience; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or education from which comparable knowledge, skills, and abilities have been achieved.

 

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