PIPEFITTER

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National (OA)

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Work Process Schedule

Work Process Content

On the Job Training

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10K

OJT hours

Materials

250

Reading blueprints and specifications.
Understanding written and verbal work orders.
Recognizing and selecting appropriate types and sizes of pipe and fittings.
Recognizing and selecting appropriate related materials and equipment, such as valves, supports, fasteners.

Layout

750

Inspecting work site to determine presence of obstructions and to ascertain that holes cut for pipe will not cause structural weakness.
Planning installation or repair to avoid obstructions and to avoid interfering with activities of other workers.
Planning and marking layout.
Minimizing waste of materials.
Coordinating with other trades.

Rigging and Signaling

200

Understanding and utilizing standard construction site signals.
Safely unloading materials.
Safely using ladders and scaffolding.
Safely using power lifts and personnel lifts.
Working safely in trenches.
Shoring trenches with plywood (if in keeping with prevailing area practice.)
Shoring trenches with aluminum hydraulic system (if in keeping with prevailing area practice.)

Assembly and Installation

3.3K

Cutting openings as required, using hand and power tools.
Measuring and marking metallic and non-metallic pipe.
Cutting metallic and non-metallic pipe, using hand and power tools.
Threading pipe, using pipe threading machine.
Bending metallic and non-metallic pipe, using hand and power tools.
Joining metallic and non-metallic pipe, using hand and power tools for threading, soldering, brazing, fusing, welding or other approved processes.
Hanging and supporting pipe and related materials.
Installing related equipment and making piping connections.
Increasing pressure in pipe system.
Testing of all components of installed systems, using pneumatic or hydrostatic testing procedures.