Apprentice Pipefitter

000: Maintenance

MAAP: Apprentice Pipefitter

Job Description & Duties:

To install new piping and repair, renew, or relocate existing piping. Perform acetylene and electric welding work.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Procure, cut, rig, align, and install pipe, fittings, valves, gaskets, and hangers.
• Use blueprints or drawings on installation or repair work.
• Figure type of material most adaptable to job and select from brass, copper, lead, iron, stainless steel, plastic, spiral riveted or galvanized pipe (also select bolts, gaskets, and valves).
• Apply proper oil and cutting compounds when using threading and cutting machine and hand tools.
• Use caution to avoid accidents by checking for gases or other injurious substances.
• Make patterns to use for devising odd-size fittings.
• Check/replace steam traps, fire systems, valves, and sprinklers.
• Clean pipelines and heaters.
• Able to use a level, tape measure, and other calibrated equipment.
• Install/maintain steam Traps.
• Maintain control systems.
• Insulate and cover work as needed.
• Maintain plumbing throughout mill and company-owned property.
• Regulate and operate electric arc welding machine (allowing for variance, quality, type of material, and distance job being performed from welding machine).
• Use gauges as guides for proper setting of oxygen and acetylene valves for type of material being welded or burned.
• Prepare surface for welding using wire brush and chipping hammer, grinder.
• Perform flat, vertical, horizontal, or overhead welding on copper, iron, aluminum, brass, and alloy metals.
• Operate acetylene burning machine when fabricating materials.
• Simple math skills such as understanding fractions and division are needed.

000: Maintenance

MAAP: Apprentice Pipefitter

Job Description & Duties:

To install new piping and repair, renew, or relocate existing piping. Perform acetylene and electric welding work.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Procure, cut, rig, align, and install pipe, fittings, valves, gaskets, and hangers.
• Use blueprints or drawings on installation or repair work.
• Figure type of material most adaptable to job and select from brass, copper, lead, iron, stainless steel, plastic, spiral riveted or galvanized pipe (also select bolts, gaskets, and valves).
• Apply proper oil and cutting compounds when using threading and cutting machine and hand tools.
• Use caution to avoid accidents by checking for gases or other injurious substances.
• Make patterns to use for devising odd-size fittings.
• Check/replace steam traps, fire systems, valves, and sprinklers.
• Clean pipelines and heaters.
• Able to use a level, tape measure, and other calibrated equipment.
• Install/maintain steam Traps.
• Maintain control systems.
• Insulate and cover work as needed.
• Maintain plumbing throughout mill and company-owned property.
• Regulate and operate electric arc welding machine (allowing for variance, quality, type of material, and distance job being performed from welding machine).
• Use gauges as guides for proper setting of oxygen and acetylene valves for type of material being welded or burned.
• Prepare surface for welding using wire brush and chipping hammer, grinder.
• Perform flat, vertical, horizontal, or overhead welding on copper, iron, aluminum, brass, and alloy metals.
• Operate acetylene burning machine when fabricating materials.
• Simple math skills such as understanding fractions and division are needed.