PIPE FITTER 1ST CLASS

Job Purpose

To remove, repair and/or repair and place, valves, pumps, generators, engines, shafts and other associated auxiliary equipment, test and reinstall. Master, 1st, 2nd and 3rd class levels are based on proficiency, knowledge, skills and abilities.

Installs, maintains, overhauls, services, operates and repairs plant mechanical and accessory equipment. Works from blueprints, sketches, work orders, state, municipal and underwriters ordinances and specifications and written and verbal instructions. Installs and relocates various types of machines and mechanical equipment such as drill presses, power saws, air compressors, gasoline engines, and vacuum pumps. Repairs and maintains above equipment and determines the work necessary to prevent breakdown or major overhaul of equipment. Determines when equipment should be shut down to accomplish major overhaul. Installs, connects, and tests mechanical equipment, repairing, replacing or taking other corrective action, as required. Locate trouble causing breakdown of machines or equipment and determine method of repair and sequence of operations; perform repairs, replacing worn or broken parts and reassemble, reinstall, and check out for efficient operation. Performs incidental related duties as assigned.

Work Environment

Work is regularly performed in outside weather conditions, including rain and extreme heat, near moving mechanical parts and includes occasional exposure to wet and/or humid conditions and to vibration.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

The employee is required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 70 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth percep...