Trades
Plumber and Gasfitter
$45.00 to $55.00 hourly
Pay is above the B.C. median for this work ($32.00 an hour; Job Bank, 2023–2024)
What the posting asks for
Job Bank's data for this posting doesn't list requirements. The full ad is on Job Bank.
Hours and terms
- Full time, Permanent employment
Usually needed for this kind of work
- B.C. requires a certificate for this trade (Gasfitter (Class A and B)). Registered apprentices can do the work while they train. SkilledTradesBC
- Completion of secondary school is usually required.
- Completion of a four- to five-year apprenticeship program ora combination of over five years of work experience in the trade and some high school, college or industry courses in plumbing is usually required to be eligible for trade certification.
- Red Seal endorsement is also available to qualified plumbers upon successful completion of the interprovincial Red Seal examination.
From Canada's occupation guide (OaSIS) for Plumbers (NOC 72300). It describes this kind of work in general, not this employer's ad.
What this work usually involves
- Read blueprints, drawings and specifications to determine layout of plumbing system, water supply network and waste and drainage systems
- Install, repair and maintain domestic, commercial or industrial plumbing fixtures and systems
- Locate and mark positions for pipe connections, passage holes and fixtures in walls and floors
- Cut opening in walls and floors to accommodate pipe and pipe fittings
- Measure, cut, bend and thread pipes using hand and power tools or machines
- Join pipes using couplings, clamps, screws, bolts, cement or soldering, brazing and welding equipment
Job Bank's search for this title and town usually shows this ad first.
From Job Bank.
