Skills
Protect Self and Others
- Identify, interpret and apply applicable Acts, Codes and regulations
- Select, wear adjust, use and maintain personal protective equipment
- Recognize and assess hazards and hazardous conditions
- Control Hazards
- Assemble, erect use and dismantle elevated platforms and scaffolds
- Perform lock out and tagging procedures
- Select, operate and maintain tools and equipment
- Perform housekeeping duties
Communicate
- Demonstrate effective interpersonal relations
- Receive and react to instructions
- Give instructions
- Read and interpret documents and/or job specifications
- Write job-related documents
- Practice personal hygiene
Read, Interpret, and Maintain Drawings and Specifications
- Identify required drawings and specifications
- Identify and interpret industry symbols and abbreviations
- Identify and select drawing equipment
- Create drawings and sketches
- Identify the drawing approval process
- Maintain documentation
Analyse and Design Systems
- Identify types of system
- Perform job- related calculations
- Determine system installation requirements
- Identify system equipment and devices to be installed
- Select the equipment to be installed
- Select the devices to be installed
- Layout and illustrate the piping system(s)
- Submit design documents for approval(s)
Plan and Prepare for the Project
- Prepare material and labour take off lists
- Complete all required applications and documentation
- Determine required installation tools and equipment
- Expedite job
- Establish a job schedule
- Verify orders
- Store material, equipment and tools
Layout and Install Pipe and Fittings Values and Supports
Field check and verify site drawings
- Identify and select required piping materials
- Identify and select various pipe fittings
- Identify and select various control valves
- Identify and select various joining methods
- Identify and select various pipe supports and hangers
- Create a series of structural openings
- Fabricate all required pipe supports, hangers sleeves, guides and anchors
- Install pipe supports, fabricated components and hangers
- Perform various cutting procedures
- Join material
- Perform tube and pipe bending operations
- Prepare pipe and fittings
- Install and join pipe and fittings
Assemble and Install Process Piping Systems
- Identify and select the process piping systems to be installed
- Verify pipe and fittings characteristics
- Identify and verify the installation location
- Install piping systems
- Label and tag installed piping systems
- Install fire stopping measures
Install and Maintain Instrumentation Control Systems
- Identify and select piping requiring control system
- Identify the types and function of piping system instrumentation
- Determine the control system installation requirements
- Identify and select the control systems to be installed
- Install, calibrate and maintain control system(s)
Install Equipment
- Identify the equipment to be installed
- Verify the equipment characteristics
- Select the equipment to be installed
- Assemble the equipment
- Identify the installation location of the equipment
- Install the equipment supports and hanger
- Install and connect the equipment to various piping
Install Devices
- Install the devices
- Verify the device characteristics
- Select the devices used for the system
- Assemble the devices
- Identify the installation locations of the devices
- Install device supports and hangers
- Install and connect the device to various equipment and piping systems
Test Systems
- Identify and select the required tests for systems
- Determines the type, duration, pressures and set up requirements for test
- Perform and/or arrange destructive and non-destructive testing
- Perform visual inspection of various piping systems
- Perform stress relieving on trade related materials
- Arrange for test or a testing schedule
- Perform piping system testing procedures
- Perform water treatment testing
- Receive and document test reports and results
Commission Activate Systems
Identify the piping systems that require commissioning and/or activation
Determine and perform the tests required for final inspections
Flush and chemically treat systems
Verify the calibration and operation of equipment and controls
Instruct the end users
Check that the systems are commissioned/ activated
Perform Rigging and Hosting
- Read and interpret specifications and shop drawings
- Inspect the job site
- Determine the rigging and hoisting equipment required
- Schedule the rigging and hoisting operation
- Inspect the rigging and hoisting equipment
- Connect the rigging equipment to the load
- Secure the hoisting area
- Perform the lift and moving operation
- Position and secure the load
- Disconnect the load
- Remove and store the rigging equipment
- Communicate throughout the hoisting operation
- Operate power lifting and hoisting equipment
Perform Preventive Maintenance
- Prepare the equipment for inspection
- Determine mechanical system components which require scheduled maintenance
- Prepare service schedules for the client
- Liaise with the client
- Obtain approvals to proceed with maintenance schedule
- Perform the required maintenance
- Verify the maintenance performed
- Re- commission the system after maintenance/ Verify the full operational status of the system
- Clean up the job- site
- Submit relevant documentation
Troubleshoot and Repair Mechanical Systems
- Diagnose and assess system problem(s)
- Prepare a service proposal
- Liaise with the client
- Arrange for maintenance
- Prepare the systems for the approved repairs
- Perform the required service
- Operate the system after all repairs are completed
- Verify the calibration of the system and/or components
- Re-commission the system
- Clean up the job site
- Submit the relevant documentation
For more information, see Ontario College of Trades Training Standards
