Plumber - Health Sciences Center

• High School Diploma / GED required

   

• Must have one of the following:
  • 2 years' experience in the maintenance and repair of piping and/or steam distribution system.
  • Completion of an associate degree in plumbing.
  • Completion of a 2 years accredited vocational plumbing program.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Ability to follow oral and written instructions.
• Ability to sketch line drawings. Ability to read and interpret building plans and working drawing to determine equipment and materials and sequence of pipe installations required for the job.
• Ability to work on scaffolds and ladders at various heights.
• Understanding of occupational health and safety standards and procedures.
• Familiarity with basic principles in the areas of blueprint reading, general mathematics.
• Demonstrate a general understanding of local building regulations and pipefitting codes. Ability to look up regulations.
• Familiarity with industry-specific tools and equipment and their use, including basic and specialized tools (e.g. wrenches, plumbing hand tools, cutting and bending tools/equipment, basic welding equipment, machine threading and hand threading equipment, and plumbing test equipment).
• Ability to identify and operate several types of industry-specific power equipment following proper operating procedures.
• Ability to cut and thread pipes with the use of pipe cutters, cutting torches, and pipe threading machines.
• Ability to appropriately assemble and install valves, pipe fittings, and pipes composed if metals such as iron, steel, brass,
  and lead; and non-metals such as glass, vitrified clay, and plastic using hand and power tools.
• Ability to appropriately join pipes by using screws, bolts, fittings, solder, cement, or plastic solvent.
• Ability to perform mathematical computations.
• Ability to operate a personal computer.
• Ability to work in inclement weather conditions.
• Ability to work with people in a stressful environment.
• Ability to have excellent eye to hand coordination.
• Ability to hear and interpret sounds in the work area and verbal instructions.
• Ability to work in hot or cold areas such as steam tunnels and coolers.
• Ability to use mechanical and electrical troubleshooting techniques.
• Ability to communicate well utilizing both written and oral instructions.

• Knowledge of technical terms related to mechanical equipment.

Physical Abilities

• Stooping, walking, standing, crouching in very confined areas

• Climbing ladders, scaffolds, platforms at various heights and levels

• Reaching, bending, stooping and kneeling