Plumber Job Description Sample Template
JOB TITLE:
- Plumber
DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Ensures all plumbing and plumbing fixtures shall be installed in compliance with applicable local plumbing ordinances.
- Understand safety requirements, including eyewash stations and emergency showers.
- Ensures emergency fixture placement must meet certain standards, such as being conveniently located, unobstructed, and accessible at all times.
- Ensures that plumbing in the facility contains proper drainage and efficient irrigation systems for the crop yield.
- Make sure that grow rooms should be provided with floor drains to remove spilled water and nutrient solutions.
- Checks if the drains should be trapped and equipped with screens to catch any plant material or other debris.
- Ensures that water supply lines used for irrigation purposes be provided with back-flow preventers to protect the domestic water supply from contamination.
- Provides cost estimates for repairs, installations, and maintenance.
- Reviews building plans and inspects structures to assess material and equipment needed for the installation of pipes.
- Inspects and repairs circulating pumps and recommends replacement as needed.
- Analyzes defects or malfunctions in plumbing systems, identifies the problem, and performs the necessary repairs.
EXPERIENCE and QUALIFICATIONS:
- Knowledge of plumbing systems.
- Skilled in repairing, fabricating, and replacing system parts.
- Ability to solve most problems without any direct supervision.
- Ability to use hand tools, sewer machines, pipe groves, soldering and brazing equipment, and computer operating systems.
- Working knowledge of various plumbing systems including purified water; air, natural and medical gas; vacuum, soil, waste, and vent; steam condensate, pipe covering and insulation, fire protection; miscellaneous fluid systems, fixtures, and appliances.
- High School Diploma or GED.
- Minimum 21 years of age (or per state regulations).
- Must pass all required background checks.
- Must comply with all legal or company regulations for working in the industry.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
- Ability to stand, crawl, walk, and stoop.
- Push, pull, and lift or lower objects weighing up to 50 lbs.
- Ability to work indoors and outdoors, in wet or humid weather, and in fluctuating and/or extreme temperatures.