Bilfinger
Licensed Plumber
Bilfinger, Lafayette, IN, United States
Licensed Plumber
Location: Evonik Tippe
Primary Purpose:
Assembles, installs, and repairs pipes, fittings, and fixtures of heating, water, and drainage systems, according to specifications and plumbing codes.
Typical Duties:
Studies building plans and working drawings to determine work aids required and sequence of installations. Inspects structure to ascertain obstructions to be avoided to prevent weakening of structure resulting from installation of pipe. Locates and marks position of pipe and pipe connections and passage holes for pipes in walls and floors, using ruler, spirit level, and plumb bob. Cuts openings in walls and floors to accommodate pipe and pipe fittings, using hand tools and power tools. Cuts and threads pipe, using pipe cutters, cutting torch, and pipe-threading machine. Bends pipe to required angle by use of pipe-bending machine or by placing pipe over block and bending it by hand. Assembles and installs valves, pipe fittings, and pipes composed of metals, such as iron, steel, brass, and lead, and nonmetals; such as glass, vitrified clay, and plastic, using hand tools and power tools. Joins pipes by use of screws, bolts, fittings, solder, plastic solvent, and calks joints. Fills pipe system with water or air and reads pressure gauges to determine whether system is leading. Installs and repairs plumbing fixtures, such as sinks, commodes, bathtubs, water heaters, hot water tanks, garbage disposal units, dishwashers, and water softeners. Repairs and maintains plumbing, by replacing washers in leaky faucets, mending burst pipes, and opening clogged drains.
Requirements:
Workers should be able to: Work within precise standards of accuracy; Rate information using standards which can be measured or checked; Compare and see differences in the size, shape, and form of lines, figures, and objects; Look at flat drawings or pictures and understand how they would look as solid objects; and follow oral and written directions, plans, and blueprints. Physically, workers must be able to: See well (either naturally or with correction); Coordinate the movements eyes, hands and fingers; Use hands, arms, and fingers fully; Climb and maintain balance on ladders and scaffolding; Stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, or work at heights as required, and lift and carry objects weighing up to 100 pounds and occasionally more. Completion of apprenticeship program required
Location: Evonik Tippe
Primary Purpose:
Assembles, installs, and repairs pipes, fittings, and fixtures of heating, water, and drainage systems, according to specifications and plumbing codes.
Typical Duties:
Studies building plans and working drawings to determine work aids required and sequence of installations. Inspects structure to ascertain obstructions to be avoided to prevent weakening of structure resulting from installation of pipe. Locates and marks position of pipe and pipe connections and passage holes for pipes in walls and floors, using ruler, spirit level, and plumb bob. Cuts openings in walls and floors to accommodate pipe and pipe fittings, using hand tools and power tools. Cuts and threads pipe, using pipe cutters, cutting torch, and pipe-threading machine. Bends pipe to required angle by use of pipe-bending machine or by placing pipe over block and bending it by hand. Assembles and installs valves, pipe fittings, and pipes composed of metals, such as iron, steel, brass, and lead, and nonmetals; such as glass, vitrified clay, and plastic, using hand tools and power tools. Joins pipes by use of screws, bolts, fittings, solder, plastic solvent, and calks joints. Fills pipe system with water or air and reads pressure gauges to determine whether system is leading. Installs and repairs plumbing fixtures, such as sinks, commodes, bathtubs, water heaters, hot water tanks, garbage disposal units, dishwashers, and water softeners. Repairs and maintains plumbing, by replacing washers in leaky faucets, mending burst pipes, and opening clogged drains.
Requirements:
Workers should be able to: Work within precise standards of accuracy; Rate information using standards which can be measured or checked; Compare and see differences in the size, shape, and form of lines, figures, and objects; Look at flat drawings or pictures and understand how they would look as solid objects; and follow oral and written directions, plans, and blueprints. Physically, workers must be able to: See well (either naturally or with correction); Coordinate the movements eyes, hands and fingers; Use hands, arms, and fingers fully; Climb and maintain balance on ladders and scaffolding; Stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, or work at heights as required, and lift and carry objects weighing up to 100 pounds and occasionally more. Completion of apprenticeship program required