Job Description:
Installs, and services steam and
hot water heating systems; air-conditioning and refrigeration systems;
nuclear and fossil fuel power plants; industrial and commercial instrument
systems; cross country pipe lines; chemical and petro-chemical plants;
complete environmental systems in hospitals, schools, churches, high-rise
office and apartment buildings; water and sewage treatment plants, food
processing plants; pharmaceutical manufacturing plants; and most other
installations requiring piping.
The pipe or tubing may be copper,
steel, cast or wrought iron, brass, bronze, glass, plastic, concrete or
any material from which pipe can be made. The size ranges from 1/16" up
to 10 feet and larger in diameter.
Joins pipes mechanically by threading,
flanging, or friction joints; and metallurgically by soldering, brazing
or welding- including shielded metal arc welding; gas tungsten arc welding,
gas metal arc welding and oxy-fuel gas welding.
Cuts pipe and tubing using mechanical
sharp wheel cutters, oxy-fuel gas cutting torches and plasma arc cutting
equipment.
Erects and works on scaffolding;
erects and climbs step ladders, "A" ladders and extension ladders, works
from building steel; works from platforms suspended from cranes.
Reads and interprets blueprints;
drawings and sketches including- three view orthographic projections, and
isometric drawings.
Requires walking, bending, lifting,
crouching, climbing, kneeling, stretching and standing for long periods.
Measures and fabricates piping and tubing assemblies: using folding rules,
tapes, architects scale rule, squares and inside and outside micrometers
and calipers, builders levels and transits. Uses standard measurement,
metric and engineers’ measurements.
Requires the use of addition, subtraction,
multiplication, division, squaring and extracting square roots; figuring
areas and volumes, right angle and oblique trigonometry.
Must read and understand technical
literature and write technical reports.
Terms of Apprenticeship:
Five years of in school and paid
on the job training, with pay increases each 6 months period.
General Qualifications:
18 to 28 years of age.
High School graduate or GED.
Good math & science background.
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Job Description:
Pipefitters assemble, install and
maintain pipes to carry water, steam, compressed air, gas, and fluids needed
for processing, manufacturing, heating and cooling. They work on
high and low pressure pipes, power stations, refrigeration or air-conditioning
units, and heating systems.
Pipefitters work from blue prints
to determine the layout of piping, valves, and fixtures. They measure,
cut, bend, and thread pipes. They cut openings through ceilings,
floors, or walls and fasten pipes with brackets. The Pipefitter checks
a system for leaks by forcing liquid, stream, or air through it under pressure.
They must know how to weld, solder, braze and rig. They work with
cast iron, wrought iron and steel pipe, aluminum, brass, stainless steel,
plastic, glass and special alloy materials.
Tools used by Pipefitters include
reamers, drills, gas torches, welding equipment, pipecutters, benders and
threaders.
Working Conditions: Work is done
indoors and out. It is dirty and noisy and the worker is exposed
to heat, cold, fumes and toxic odors. Work is active and strenuous
with prolonged standing; much walking, reaching and lifting; and occasionally
working in cramped or uncomfortable positions.
Recommended High School Courses:
General math, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, general science, physics,
mechanical drawing
Terms of Apprenticeship:
5 years on-the-job training
related classroom instruction
General Qualifications:
Legal working age
good moral character
good physical condition
high school graduate or GED
United States citizen
Admission Requirements of the
JAC:
Reside within the jurisdiction of Steamfitters Local Union #449
qualification on written examination
personal interview
finger-printing may be required
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