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Helper--Plumbing

Helper--Plumbing

  • Ideal for hands-on work and learning plumbing skills on the job.
  • Support essential plumbing tasks, ensuring smooth water flow in homes and businesses.
  • Engage in diverse tasks, from pipe assembly to fixture repairs, every day is different.
💰 Earn $38K-$57K
📚 High School Diploma or GED

Overview

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.

Scoop

Minimum Education

High School Diploma or GED

Career Prospects

Excellent (Increasing by 5% or more)

Training Time

6 months to 1 year

Job Openings

5,500 in Total

Earnings

$44,170 Med. in CA

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Day-to-Day

  • Measure, cut, thread and assemble new pipe, placing the assembled pipe in hangers or other supports.
  • Cut or drill holes in walls or floors to accommodate the passage of pipes.
  • 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.
  • Cut pipe and lift up to fitters.

Best For You If...

YOU Like 💕

  • Working with my hands

You are skilled in 💫

  • Monitoring
  • Critical Thinking
  • Operations Monitoring
  • Operation and Control
  • Equipment Maintenance

You value 🙏

  • Having support
  • Support
  • Independence
  • Having freedom
  • Relationships
  • Personal relationships

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