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Job Description
Help plumbers, pipefitters, steamfitters, or pipelayers by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include using, supplying or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 47-3015.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 30,640.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 14.00
- Currently, there are 54,080 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters”.
Also Known As…
- Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
- Sprinkler Repair Technician
- Sprinkler Installer
- Sprinkler Fitter
- Service Technician
- Plumber's Helper
- Irrigation Technician
- Irrigation Installation Specialist
- Helper
- Gas Fitter
- Drain Technician
- Water Main Installer Helper
- Water Main Inspector
- Trench Pipe Layer Helper
- Sprinkler Helper
- Sprinkler Fitter Helper
- Sewer Pipe Layer Helper
- Service Sprinkler Helper
- Plumbing Warehouse Helper
- Plumbing Assembler-Installer
- Plumber Helper
- Plumber Cub
- Plumber Assistant
- Plumber Apprentice
- Plumber
- Pipefitter
- Pipe Fitter Helper
- Pipe Cutter
- Pipe Coverer Helper
- Mechanic
- Marine Steam Fitter Helper
- Marine Pipefitter Helper
- Laborer
- Industrial Gas Fitter Helper
- Hydraulic Plumber Helper
- Gas Main Fitter Helper
- Fire Sprinkler Fitter
- Conduit Helper
- Apprentice Plumber
- Apprentice
Tasks for “Gas Fitter”
- Fill pipes with sand or resin to prevent distortion, and hold pipes during bending and installation.
- Cut pipe and lift up to fitters.
- Install gas burners to convert furnaces from wood, coal, or oil.
- Requisition tools and equipment, select type and size of pipe, and collect and transport materials and equipment to work site.
- Perform rough-ins, repair and replace fixtures and water heaters, and locate, repair, or remove leaking or broken pipes.
- Assist pipe fitters in the layout, assembly, and installation of piping for air, ammonia, gas, and water systems.
- Measure, cut, thread and assemble new pipe, placing the assembled pipe in hangers or other supports.
- Clean and renew steam traps.
- Cut or drill holes in walls or floors to accommodate the passage of pipes.
- Fit or assist in fitting valves, couplings, or assemblies to tanks, pumps, or systems, using hand tools.
- Immerse pipe in chemical solution to remove dirt, oil, and scale.
- Mount brackets and hangers on walls and ceilings to hold pipes, and set sleeves or inserts to provide support for pipes.
- Excavate and grade ditches, and lay and join pipe for water and sewer service.
- Clean shop, work area, and machines, using solvent and rags.
- Disassemble and remove damaged or worn pipe.
Related Technology & Tools
- Offset pipe wrenches
- Stationary grinders
- Manlifts
- Dumpy levels
- Caulking guns
- Trutest smoke detectors
- Hand spinners
- Pipe extractors
- Amp meters
- Soldering equipment
- Tractors with backhoe attachments
- Channel lock pliers
- Manual screw jacks
- Compression sleeve pullers
- Tapping tools
- Sand pumps
- Vacuum gauges
- Chain tongs
- Allen wrenches
- Concrete saws
- Air wire brushes
- Wire brushes
- Flow gauges
- Pop-up plug wrenches
- Oilers
- Mud pumps
- Round point shovels
- Motor-driven brushes
- Tub drain removers
- Bandsaws
- Magnetic circle layout tools
- Null locators
- Pipelayers
- Welding hoods
- Cordless screwdrivers
- Bolt cutters
- Gasket cutters
- Sewage pumps
- Voltmeters
- Motor-driven grinders
- Water pressure gauges
- Excavators
- Faucet handle pullers
- Drain cleaning machines
- Pneumatic wire brushes
- Pneumatic drills
- Sewer tapes
- Augers
- Polyvinyl chloride PVC cutters
- Air pressure gauges
- Heavy duty water pressure gauges
- Narrow mouth shovels
- Lathes
- Universal nut wrenches
- Pipeline jacks
- Staple guns
- Transit levels
- Hydrostatic testers
- Water jetters
- Bulldozers
- Cleanout plug wrenches
- Tungsten inert gas TIG welding equipment
- Expanding-jaw pliers
- Ohmmeters
- Ball peen hammers
- Tube bending springs
- Reciprocating saws
- Rubber strap wrenches
- Backhoes
- Fill pumps
- Soil pipe cutters
- Sledgehammers
- Automatic levels
- Power spinners
- Two way radios
- Manual benders
- Rotary hammers
- Straight-fluted pipe reamers
- Propane torches
- Test pumps
- Compound leverage wrenches
- Pigs
- Light pickup trucks
- Ratcheting box wrenches
- Scaffolding
- Wide roll pipe cutters
- Air hammers
- Butane torches
- Pipe cutters
- Moisture meters
- Seat wrenches
- Utility pumps
- Phillips head screwdrivers
- Four-in-one keys
- Wire tracers
- End pipe wrenches
- Right-angle drills
- Belting slings
- Boring machines
- Straight pipe wrenches
- Tuggers
- Line locators
- Thread repair files
- Reciprocating pipe saws
- Hacksaws
- Video diagnostic tools
- Water meter keys
- Swaging tools
- Offset grinders
- Optical levels
- Magnetic locators
- Pry bars
- Gas leak detection devices
- Plungers
- Hand tachometers
- Direct tap machines
- Polyvinyl chloride PVC saws
- Powered tampers
- Carpenters' levels
- Spud wrenches
- Tube crimping tools
- Cable plows
- Air compressors
- Strap wrenches
- Pipe benders
- Explosimeters
- Die heads for plastic pipe/conduit
- Brazing equipment
- Drain cleaning cables
- Hole cutting tools
- Crescent wrenches
- Pipe lasers
- Circular saws
- Generators
- Shower valve socket wrenches
- Calipers
- Measuring tapes
- Pipe beveling machines
- Laser levels
- Pulleys
- Winches
- Portable welding machines
- Tirfors
- Radius markers
- Track loaders
- Tubing cutters
- Horizontal boring machines
- Roll groovers
- Hydraulic valve turners
- Facing machines
- Rebar locators
- Diagonal cutting pliers
- Dump trucks
- Pipe bending mandrels
- Aligning clamps
- Rodders
- Soldering irons
- Sandblasters
- Rat-tail files
- Plumbers' snakes
- Welding clamps
- Cutoff saws
- Bevel grinding machines
- Crowbars
- Trenchers
- Pressurized water pigs
- Block and tackle equipment
- Plumbers' pliers
- Box end wrenches
- Reamers
- Impact wrenches
- Water samplers
- Bench chain vises
- Maximum reading water pressure gauges
- Comprehensive water gauges
- Basket strainer wrenches
- Sump pumps
- Monkey wrench sets
- Pipe cutting machines
- Air operated grinders
- Flaring tools
- Ultrasonic leak detectors
- Mini tubing cutters
- Stillson wrenches
- Die heads for threading machines
- Pipe flange aligners
- Water stoppers
- Flat files
- Impact screwdrivers
- Pedestal sink wrenches
- Telescoping basin wrenches
- Internal wrenches
- Pipe wrenches
- Ladders
- Hydraulic cranes
- Mini hacksaws
- Power drills
- Cordless drills
- Ditch pumps
- Six-step faucet seat wrenches
- Tractor pipe carrier attachments
- Compactors
- Wheel loaders
- Hex wrenches
- Telescopic inspection mirrors
- Direct current DC arc welder
- Shut-off keys
- Pipe threading machines
- Water pump pliers
- Water heater element removal wrenches
- Torches
- Chain wrenches
- Dredges
- Drill presses
- Chain falls
- Vibration analyzers
- Vacuum plungers
- Spiral ratchet pipe reamers
- Torch cutter guides
- Two-hole pins
- Alternating current AC welding equipment
- Shielded arc welding tools
- Split bubble levels
- Pipe threaders
- Seat dressers
- Transmitters
- Basin wrenches
- Hollow core socket wrenches
- Tractors with loader attachments
- Cable saws
- Snakes
- Pipe freezing kits
- Forklifts
- Faucet stem and cartridge pullers
- Portable grinders
- Vertical bandsaws
- Non-contact infrared thermometers
- Graders
- Rapwrenches
- Plastic nut basin wrenches
- Root ranger jetter nozzles
- Plasma cutting guides
- Impact hammers
- Ratchet wrenches
- One stop wrenches
- Slip joint pliers
- Bench vises
- Centering head tools
- Angle air grinders
- Metal inert gas MIG welders
- Adjustable wrenches
- Safety harnesses
- Tin snips
- Deburring tools
- Bibb seat tools
- Pedestal grinders