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Summary Job Description | Tasks | |||
Lay pipe for storm or sanitation sewers, drains, and water mains. Perform any combination of the following tasks: grade trenches or culverts, position pipe, or seal joints. | Check slopes for conformance to requirements, using levels or lasers. | |||
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Cover pipes with earth or other materials. | ||||
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Connect pipe pieces and seal joints, using welding equipment, cement, or glue. | ||||
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Cut pipes to required lengths. | ||||
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Install or repair sanitary or stormwater sewer structures or pipe systems. | ||||
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Install or use instruments such as lasers, grade rods, or transit levels. | ||||
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Grade or level trench bases, using tamping machines or hand tools. | ||||
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Lay out pipe routes, following written instructions or blueprints and coordinating layouts with supervisors. | ||||
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Align and position pipes to prepare them for welding or sealing. | ||||
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Dig trenches to desired or required depths, by hand or using trenching tools. | ||||
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Operate mechanized equipment, such as pickup trucks, rollers, tandem dump trucks, front-end loaders, or backhoes. | ||||
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Train or supervise others in laying pipe. | ||||
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Tap and drill holes into pipes to introduce auxiliary lines or devices. | ||||
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Locate existing pipes needing repair or replacement, using magnetic or radio indicators. | ||||
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CompGeo Salary Survey Benchmark Job Summary and Competencies
Pipelayers
The Benchmark Job Description below represents the specific Position Characteristics of the job used in the Salary Survey. Benchmark Job Descriptions should be inspected carefully to review the degree of matching between an organizations' Job and the Salary Survey Benchmark. Matching internal Jobs to Salary Survey Benchmark Jobs should not be done on Job Title alone. A thorough comparison of Salary Survey Benchmark to Internal Job Descriptions is recommended. A good overlap should exist on any comparisons used on critical Job Dimensions and Competencies.- Job Description
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Important Skill Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Operation Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. | |||
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Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. | |||
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Operation and Control | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. | |||
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Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. | |||
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Quality Control Analysis | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. | |||
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Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. | |||
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Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. | |||
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Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. | |||
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Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. | |||
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Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. | |||
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Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. | |||
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Equipment Maintenance | Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed. | |||
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Troubleshooting | Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it. | |||
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Repairing | Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools. | |||
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Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. | |||
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Important Ability Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. | |||
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Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. | |||
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Arm-Hand Steadiness | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. | |||
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Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. | |||
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Manual Dexterity | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. | |||
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Multilimb Coordination | The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. | |||
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Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). | |||
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Depth Perception | The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object. | |||
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Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. | |||
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Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). | |||
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Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. | |||
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Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. | |||
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Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). | |||
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Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. | |||
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Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. | |||
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Trunk Strength | The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing. | |||
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Extent Flexibility | The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs. | |||
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Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. | |||
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Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. | |||
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Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. | |||
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Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. | |||
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Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. | |||
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Reaction Time | The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears. | |||
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Static Strength | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. | |||
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Tools/Technology Example | Product Category | |||
Spreadsheet software | Spreadsheet software | |||
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Word processing software | Word processing software | |||
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Air compressors | Air compressors | |||
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Air hammers | Pneumatic hammer | |||
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Aligning clamps | Pipe vises | |||
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Arc welders | Welders | |||
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Backhoes | Backhoes | |||
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Belting slings | Slings | |||
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Bevel grinding machines | Power grinders | |||
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Block and tackle equipment | Blocks or pulleys | |||
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Boring machines | Boring or sinking machinery | |||
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Bulldozers | Wheel bulldozers | |||
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Cable plows | Trenching machines | |||
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Caulking tools | Caulking guns | |||
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Combination squares | Squares | |||
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Compactors | Compactors | |||
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Concrete saws | Power saws | |||
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Cutting torches | Blow torches | |||
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Desktop computers | Desktop computers | |||
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Ditch pumps | Water pumps | |||
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Dredges | Dredgers | |||
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Drill presses | Workshop presses | |||
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Drilling machines | Power drills | |||
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Excavators | Track excavators | |||
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Explosimeters | Explosimeters | |||
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Facing machines | Tube end finishers | |||
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Files | Files | |||
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Fill pumps | Water pumps | |||
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Forklifts | Forklifts | |||
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Framing squares | Squares | |||
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Generators | Gas generators | |||
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Graders | Graders | |||
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Hammers | Hammers | |||
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Hand tampers | Tampers | |||
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Horizontal boring machines | Boring or sinking machinery | |||
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Hydraulic cranes | Hydraulic truck cranes | |||
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Ladders | Ladders | |||
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Laser printers | Laser printers | |||
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Leak detection equipment | Liquid leak detectors | |||
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Mandrels | Pipe bending mandrels | |||
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Manlifts | Manlift or personnel lift | |||
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Manual benders | Pipe bending tools | |||
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Manual screw jacks | Jacks | |||
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Metal inert gas MIG welders | Metal inert gas MIG welding machinery | |||
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Motor-driven brushes | Wire brushes | |||
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Motor-driven grinders | Power grinders | |||
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Narrow mouth shovels | Shovels | |||
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Notebook computers | Notebook computers | |||
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Null locators | Metal detectors | |||
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Offset socket wrench sets | Socket sets | |||
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Ohmmeters | Ohmmeters | |||
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Optical levels | Levels | |||
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Personal computers | Personal computers | |||
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Pigs | Drain or pipe cleaning equipment | |||
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Pipe beveling machines | Pneumatic grinders | |||
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Pipe cutting machines | Pipe or tube cutters | |||
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Pipe lasers | Laser measuring systems | |||
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Pipe threaders | Threading dies | |||
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Pipelayers | Pipe layer | |||
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Pipeline jacks | Jacks | |||
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Portable grinders | Power grinders | |||
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Power saws | Power saws | |||
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Powered tampers | Tampers | |||
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Pressure testers | Pressure indicators | |||
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Pry bars | Pry bars | |||
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Reciprocating pipe saws | Power saws | |||
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Roll groovers | Tube end finishers | |||
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Round point shovels | Shovels | |||
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Sand pumps | Mud pumps | |||
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Sandblasters | Pneumatic sanding machines | |||
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Scaffolding | Scaffolding | |||
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Sledgehammers | Hammers | |||
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Snakes | Drain or pipe cleaning equipment | |||
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Stationary grinders | Power grinders | |||
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Tapping machines | Tap machines or tapping machines | |||
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Test pumps | Diaphragm pumps | |||
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Track loaders | Track loaders | |||
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Tractor pipe carrier attachments | Integrated tool carriers | |||
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Tractors with backhoe attachments | Backhoes | |||
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Tractors with loader attachments | Track loaders | |||
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Transit levels | Level sensors or transmitters | |||
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Trenchers | Trenching machines | |||
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Tungsten inert gas TIG welding equipment | Tungsten inert gas TIG welding machinery | |||
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Voltmeters | Voltage or current meters | |||
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Water removal pumps | Dewatering pumps | |||
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Welding hoods | Welding masks | |||
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Welding machines | Welders | |||
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Wheel loaders | Wheel loaders | |||
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Winches | Winches | |||
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Wire tracers | Circuit tracers | |||
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Prerequisite Qualification Category | Education and Experience Level | |||
Required Level of Education | Less than a High School Diploma | |||
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On-the-Job Training | Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months | |||
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Related Work Experience | None | |||
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On-the-Job Training | None or short demonstration | |||
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On-Site or In-Plant Training | None | |||
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Alternate Job Title(s) | |||
Cast-Iron Drain Pipe Layer | |||
Construction Laborer | |||
Construction Worker | |||
Drain Layer | |||
Drain Tiler | |||
Equipment Operator | |||
Fitter | |||
Irrigation System Installer | |||
Irrigation Technician | |||
Laborer | |||
Machine Operator | |||
Pipe Assembly Worker | |||
Pipe Calker | |||
Pipe Connector | |||
Pipe Cutter | |||
Pipe Fitter | |||
Pipe Installer | |||
Pipe Layer | |||
Pipe Liner | |||
Pipe Setter | |||
Pipe Wrapping Machine Operator | |||
Pipelayer | |||
Pipelaying Fitter | |||
Pipeman | |||
Piper | |||
Piper Installer | |||
Plumbing Technician | |||
Sewer Connector | |||
Sewer Pipe Layer | |||
Skilled Laborer | |||
Tile Conduit Layer | |||
Trench Pipe Layer | |||
Water Main Pipe Layer | |||
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