Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
Tasks Include:
- Cut or drill holes in walls or floors to accommodate the passage of pipes.
- Measure, cut, thread and assemble new pipe, placing the assembled pipe in hangers or other supports.
- Mount brackets and hangers on walls and ceilings to hold pipes, and set sleeves or inserts to provide support for pipes.
- Requisition tools and equipment, select type and size of pipe, and collect and transport materials and equipment to work site.
- Fit or assist in fitting valves, couplings, or assemblies to tanks, pumps, or systems, using hand tools.
- Assist pipe fitters in the layout, assembly, and installation of piping for air, ammonia, gas, and water systems.
- Excavate and grade ditches, and lay and join pipe for water and sewer service.
- Cut pipe and lift up to fitters.
- Disassemble and remove damaged or worn pipe.
- Clean shop, work area, and machines, using solvent and rags.
- Perform rough-ins, repair and replace fixtures and water heaters, and locate, repair, or remove leaking or broken pipes.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: +11.8%
National: +2.1%
Education
High School Diploma
Job Zone:
Two: Some Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Moderately High ($36,000 - $49,999)
Median Earnings:
National
$36,340.00
State
$35,610.00
Regional
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
Description
Career Cluster: | Architecture & Construction |
Help plumbers, pipefitters, steamfitters, or pipelayers by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include using, supplying, or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
Education
Required Level of Education
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 48.69%
- Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production) = 26.83%
- Master's Degree = 9.69%
- Some College Courses = 9.18%
- Less than a High School Diploma = 5.60%
Related Work Experience
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 38.41%
- None = 36.06%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 12.31%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 11.72%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 1.50%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 22.26%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 21.47%
- None = 21.17%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 15.09%
- Up to and including 1 month = 11.41%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 6.89%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 1.71%
On-the-Job Training
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 28.05%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 21.33%
- None or short demonstration = 18.49%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 16.84%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 9.69%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 5.60%
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Cut or drill holes in walls or floors to accommodate the passage of pipes.
- Measure, cut, thread and assemble new pipe, placing the assembled pipe in hangers or other supports.
- Mount brackets and hangers on walls and ceilings to hold pipes, and set sleeves or inserts to provide support for pipes.
- Requisition tools and equipment, select type and size of pipe, and collect and transport materials and equipment to work site.
- Fit or assist in fitting valves, couplings, or assemblies to tanks, pumps, or systems, using hand tools.
- Assist pipe fitters in the layout, assembly, and installation of piping for air, ammonia, gas, and water systems.
- Excavate and grade ditches, and lay and join pipe for water and sewer service.
- Cut pipe and lift up to fitters.
- Disassemble and remove damaged or worn pipe.
- Clean shop, work area, and machines, using solvent and rags.
- Perform rough-ins, repair and replace fixtures and water heaters, and locate, repair, or remove leaking or broken pipes.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Install gas burners to convert furnaces from wood, coal, or oil.
- Immerse pipe in chemical solution to remove dirt, oil, and scale.
- Clean and renew steam traps.
- Fill pipes with sand or resin to prevent distortion, and hold pipes during bending and installation.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
Tools and Technology
Tools Include:
- Adjustable wrenches
- Air compressors
- Pneumatic hammer (Air hammers)
- Pneumatic grinders (Air operated grinders)
- Pressure indicators (Air pressure gauges)
- Wire brushes (Air wire brushes)
- Pipe vises (Aligning clamps)
- Hex keys (Allen wrenches)
- Welders (Alternating current/direct current AC/DC welders)
- Voltage or current meters (Amp meters)
- Pneumatic grinders (Angle air grinders)
- Welders (Arc welders)
- Augers
- Levels (Automatic levels)
- Backhoes
- Hammers (Ball peen hammers)
- Bandsaw wheel (Bandsaws)
- Specialty wrenches (Basin wrenches)
- Specialty wrenches (Basket strainer wrenches)
- Slings (Belting slings)
- Bench vises (Bench chain vises)
- Bench vises
- Power grinders (Bevel grinding machines)
- Specialty wrenches (Bibb seat tools)
- Blocks or pulleys (Block and tackle equipment)
- Bolt cutters
- Boring or sinking machinery (Boring machines)
- Box end wrenches
- Gas welding or brazing or cutting apparatus (Brazing equipment)
- Wheel bulldozers (Bulldozers)
- Blow torches (Butane torches)
- Trenching machines (Cable plows)
- Wire or cable cutters (Cable saws)
- Calipers
- Levels (Carpenters' levels)
- Caulking guns
- Metal markers or holders (Centering head tools)
- Hoists (Chain falls)
- Tongs (Chain tongs)
- Specialty wrenches (Chain wrenches)
- Locking pliers (Channel lock pliers)
- Power saws (Circular saws)
- Specialty wrenches (Cleanout plug wrenches)
- Compactors
- Specialty wrenches (Compound leverage wrenches)
- Pressure indicators (Comprehensive water gauges)
- Pullers (Compression sleeve pullers)
- Power saws (Concrete saws)
- Power drills (Cordless drills)
- Power screwguns (Cordless screwdrivers)
- Open end wrenches (Crescent wrenches)
- Pry bars (Crowbars)
- Power saws (Cutoff saws)
- Deburring equipment (Deburring tools)
- Diagonal cut pliers (Diagonal cutting pliers)
- Threading dies (Die heads for plastic pipe/conduit)
- Stamping or forming dies (Die heads for threading machines)
- Power drills (Direct tap machines)
- Water pumps (Ditch pumps)
- Drain or pipe cleaning equipment (Drain cleaning cables)
- Drain or pipe cleaning equipment (Drain cleaning machines)
- Dredgers (Dredges)
- Workshop presses (Drill presses)
- Power drills (Drilling machines)
- Dump trucks
- Levels (Dumpy levels)
- Pipe wrenches (End pipe wrenches)
- Track excavators (Excavators)
- Adjustable widemouth pliers (Expanding-jaw pliers)
- Explosimeters
- Tube end finishers (Facing machines)
- Pullers (Faucet handle pullers)
- Pullers (Faucet stem and cartridge pullers)
- Water pumps (Fill pumps)
- Tube end finishers (Flaring tools)
- Files (Flat files)
- Flow sensors (Flow gauges)
- Forklifts
- Torx keys (Four-in-one keys)
- Gas detectors (Gas leak detection devices)
- Hose cutter (Gasket cutters)
- Gas generators (Generators)
- Graders
- Saws (Hacksaws)
- Drain or pipe cleaning equipment (Hand spinners)
- Tachometers (Hand tachometers)
- Pressure indicators (Heavy duty water pressure gauges)
- Hex keys (Hex wrenches)
- Hole saws (Hole cutting tools)
- Offset socket wrenches (Hollow core socket wrenches)
- Boring or sinking machinery (Horizontal boring machines)
- Hydraulic truck cranes (Hydraulic cranes)
- Impact wrenches (Hydraulic valve turners)
- Pressure indicators (Hydrostatic testers)
- Impact hammers
- Screwdrivers (Impact screwdrivers)
- Impact wrenches
- Specialty wrenches (Internal wrenches)
- Ladders
- Levels (Laser levels)
- Lathes
- Light trucks or sport utility vehicles (Light pickup trucks)
- Detection apparatus for non metallic objects (Line locators)
- Metal markers or holders (Magnetic circle layout tools)
- Metal detectors (Magnetic locators)
- Pipe bending mandrels (Mandrels)
- Manlift or personnel lift (Manlifts)
- Pipe bending tools (Manual benders)
- Jacks (Manual screw jacks)
- Pressure indicators (Maximum reading water pressure gauges)
- Tape measures (Measuring tapes)
- Metal inert gas MIG welding machinery (Metal inert gas MIG welders)
- Saws (Mini hacksaws)
- Pipe or tube cutters (Mini tubing cutters)
- Moisture meters
- Specialty wrenches (Monkey wrench sets)
- Wire brushes (Motor-driven brushes)
- Power grinders (Motor-driven grinders)
- Mud pumps
- Shovels (Narrow mouth shovels)
- Thermographs (Non-contact infrared thermometers)
- Metal detectors (Null locators)
- Power grinders (Offset grinders)
- Pipe wrenches (Offset pipe wrenches)
- Ohmmeters
- Oil gun (Oilers)
- Specialty wrenches (One stop wrenches)
- Levels (Optical levels)
- Power grinders (Pedestal grinders)
- Specialty wrenches (Pedestal sink wrenches)
- Screwdrivers (Phillips head screwdrivers)
- Drain or pipe cleaning equipment (Pigs)
- Pipe bending tools (Pipe benders)
- Pneumatic grinders (Pipe beveling machines)
- Pipe or tube cutters (Pipe cutters)
- Pipe or tube cutters (Pipe cutting machines)
- Pipe extractors
- Levels (Pipe flange aligners)
- Fluid regulators (Pipe freezing kits)
- Laser measuring systems (Pipe lasers)
- Threading dies (Pipe threaders)
- Threading machines (Pipe threading machines)
- Pipe wrenches
- Pipe layer (Pipelayers)
- Jacks (Pipeline jacks)
- Gas welding or brazing or cutting apparatus (Plasma cutting guides)
- Specialty wrenches (Plastic nut basin wrenches)
- Specialty wrenches (Plumbers' pliers)
- Drain or pipe cleaning equipment (Plumbers' snakes)
- Drain or toilet plunger (Plungers)
- Pneumatic drill (Pneumatic drills)
- Wire brushes (Pneumatic wire brushes)
- Pipe or tube cutters (Polyvinyl chloride PVC cutters)
- Pipe or tube cutters (Polyvinyl chloride PVC saws)
- Specialty wrenches (Pop-up plug wrenches)
- Power grinders (Portable grinders)
- Drain or pipe cleaning equipment (Power spinners)
- Tampers (Powered tampers)
- Drain or pipe cleaning equipment (Pressurized water pigs)
- Blow torches (Propane torches)
- Pry bars
- Blocks or pulleys (Pulleys)
- Metal markers or holders (Radius markers)
- Specialty wrenches (Rapwrenches)
- Files (Rat-tail files)
- Ratchets (Ratchet wrenches)
- Box end wrenches (Ratcheting box wrenches)
- Reamers
- Metal detectors (Rebar locators)
- Power saws (Reciprocating pipe saws)
- Power saws (Reciprocating saws)
- Power drills (Right-angle drills)
- Pressure or steam cleaners (Rodders)
- Tube end finishers (Roll groovers)
- Pressure or steam cleaners (Root ranger jetter nozzles)
- Hammer drills (Rotary hammers)
- Shovels (Round point shovels)
- Strap wrenches (Rubber strap wrenches)
- Safety harnesses or belts (Safety harnesses)
- Mud pumps (Sand pumps)
- Pneumatic sanding machines (Sandblasters)
- Scaffolding
- Files (Seat dressers)
- Specialty wrenches (Seat wrenches)
- Sewage pumps
- Drain or pipe cleaning equipment (Sewer tapes)
- Specialty wrenches (Shower valve socket wrenches)
- Torx keys (Shut-off keys)
- Specialty wrenches (Six-step faucet seat wrenches)
- Hammers (Sledgehammers)
- Slip or groove joint pliers (Slip joint pliers)
- Drain or pipe cleaning equipment (Snakes)
- Pipe or tube cutters (Soil pipe cutters)
- Soldering irons or guns (Soldering equipment)
- Soldering irons or guns (Soldering irons)
- Reamers (Spiral ratchet pipe reamers)
- Levels (Split bubble levels)
- Specialty wrenches (Spud wrenches)
- Staple guns
- Power grinders (Stationary grinders)
- Specialty wrenches (Stillson wrenches)
- Pipe wrenches (Straight pipe wrenches)
- Reamers (Straight-fluted pipe reamers)
- Strap wrenches
- Sump pumps
- Swaging tools
- Power drills (Tapping tools)
- Gauges or inspection fixtures (Telescopic inspection mirrors)
- Specialty wrenches (Telescoping basin wrenches)
- Diaphragm pumps (Test pumps)
- Files (Thread repair files)
- Tinners snips (Tin snips)
- Hoists (Tirfors)
- Gas welding or brazing or cutting apparatus (Torch cutter guides)
- Blow torches (Torches)
- Track loaders
- Integrated tool carriers (Tractor pipe carrier attachments)
- Backhoes (Tractors with backhoe attachments)
- Track loaders (Tractors with loader attachments)
- Level sensors or transmitters (Transit levels)
- Detection apparatus for non metallic objects (Transmitters)
- Trenching machines (Trenchers)
- Leak testing equipment (Trutest smoke detectors)
- Pullers (Tub drain removers)
- Pipe bending tools (Tube bending springs)
- Tube end finishers (Tube crimping tools)
- Pipe or tube cutters (Tubing cutters)
- Hoists (Tuggers)
- Tungsten inert gas TIG welding machinery (Tungsten inert gas TIG welding equipment)
- Two way radios
- Levels (Two-hole pins)
- Liquid leak detectors (Ultrasonic leak detectors)
- Nut drivers (Universal nut wrenches)
- Dewatering pumps (Utility pumps)
- Vacuum gauges
- Drain or toilet plunger (Vacuum plungers)
- Bandsaw wheel (Vertical bandsaws)
- Vibration testers (Vibration analyzers)
- Digital camcorders or video cameras (Video diagnostic tools)
- Voltage or current meters (Voltmeters)
- Specialty wrenches (Water heater element removal wrenches)
- Pressure or steam cleaners (Water jetters)
- Torx keys (Water meter keys)
- Pressure indicators (Water pressure gauges)
- Adjustable widemouth pliers (Water pump pliers)
- Water samplers
- Fluid regulators (Water stoppers)
- Pipe vises (Welding clamps)
- Welding masks (Welding hoods)
- Welders (Welding machines)
- Wheel loaders
- Pipe or tube cutters (Wide roll pipe cutters)
- Winches
- Wire brushes
- Circuit tracers (Wire tracers)
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
86.50 | Building and Construction | Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads. |
66.75 | Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. |
66.00 | Mechanical | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. |
62.50 | Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
57.00 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
53.25 | Administration and Management | Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Skills
% | Subject | Description |
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The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
68.75 | 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. |
59.50 | 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. |
59.50 | 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. |
56.25 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
56.25 | 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 that there is a problem. |
56.25 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
56.25 | Extent Flexibility | The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs. |
56.25 | 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. |
53.00 | Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
50.00 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
50.00 | Static Strength | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. |
50.00 | 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). |
50.00 | 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. |
50.00 | Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
50.00 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
82.25 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
78.00 | Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards | Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
77.50 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
76.25 | Handling and Moving Objects | Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. |
74.75 | Thinking Creatively | Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
74.50 | Performing General Physical Activities | Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials. |
72.75 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
69.75 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
68.75 | Controlling Machines and Processes | Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles). |
65.75 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
62.75 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
61.25 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
61.25 | Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment | Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles. |
60.50 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
59.75 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
58.25 | Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information | Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity. |
57.50 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
56.50 | Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment | Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft. |
55.25 | Developing Objectives and Strategies | Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them. |
54.50 | Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others | Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. |
54.00 | Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates | Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance. |
53.50 | Assisting and Caring for Others | Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients. |
52.00 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
52.00 | Performing for or Working Directly with the Public | Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests. |
51.25 | Scheduling Work and Activities | Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others. |
50.75 | Providing Consultation and Advice to Others | Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
75.75 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
75.00 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
74.50 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
74.25 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
71.50 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
71.00 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
70.75 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
70.50 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
69.25 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
65.75 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
61.75 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
60.75 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
60.50 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
59.00 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
53.75 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
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55.50 | Support | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
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92.80 | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? |
89.60 | Outdoors, Exposed to Weather | How often does this job require working outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions? |
89.00 | Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets | How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets? |
87.00 | In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment | How often does this job require working in a closed vehicle or equipment (e.g., car)? |
84.80 | Spend Time Standing | How much does this job require standing? |
84.40 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
82.80 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
82.20 | Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body | How much does this job require bending or twisting your body? |
80.40 | Cramped Work Space, Awkward Positions | How often does this job require working in cramped work spaces that requires getting into awkward positions? |
78.40 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
76.80 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
76.00 | Spend Time Kneeling, Crouching, Stooping, or Crawling | How much does this job require kneeling, crouching, stooping or crawling? |
75.60 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
74.80 | Very Hot or Cold Temperatures | How often does this job require working in very hot (above 90 F degrees) or very cold (below 32 F degrees) temperatures? |
74.60 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
73.80 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
72.20 | Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in non-controlled environmental conditions (e.g., warehouse without heat)? |
71.60 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
71.40 | Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings | How often does this job require exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings? |
70.80 | Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable | How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable? |
70.40 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
69.40 | Exposed to Hazardous Equipment | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous equipment? |
68.20 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
67.80 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
67.40 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
67.20 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
67.20 | Outdoors, Under Cover | How often does this job require working outdoors, under cover (e.g., structure with roof but no walls)? |
64.00 | Exposed to Contaminants | How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)? |
62.80 | Spend Time Walking and Running | How much does this job require walking and running? |
61.20 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
60.80 | Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting | How often does this job require working in extremely bright or inadequate lighting conditions? |
60.00 | Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People | How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements? |
60.00 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
60.00 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
59.80 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
55.60 | Exposed to High Places | How often does this job require exposure to high places? |
55.60 | Exposed to Disease or Infections | How often does this job require exposure to disease/infections? |
55.60 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
53.40 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
53.40 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
53.00 | Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment | How important is it to this job that the pace is determined by the speed of equipment or machinery? (This does not refer to keeping busy at all times on this job.) |
51.40 | Exposed to Hazardous Conditions | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous conditions? |
51.40 | Exposed to Whole Body Vibration | How often does this job require exposure to whole body vibration (e.g., operate a jackhammer)? |
50.20 | Letters and Memos | How often does the job require written letters and memos? |
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Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. For example, a teller would benefit from experience working directly with the public.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
- Examples
- These occupations often involve using your knowledge and skills to help others. Examples include orderlies, counter and rental clerks, customer service representatives, security guards, upholsterers, tellers, and dental laboratory technicians.
- Education
- These occupations usually require a high school diploma.
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Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $28,530.00 | $36,340.00 | $41,600.00 |
Virginia | $27,780.00 | $35,610.00 | $39,530.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | $30,682.30 | $37,625.26 | $42,271.47 |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | $28,317.36 | $36,199.48 | $39,930.28 |
Central VA/Region2000 | $26,042.30 | $30,915.80 | $33,376.83 |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | $28,508.49 | $32,539.96 | $38,038.53 |
New River/Mt. Rogers | $24,922.33 | $30,277.30 | $33,339.64 |
Northern Virginia | $32,960.46 | $40,829.15 | $45,222.22 |
Piedmont Workforce | $30,419.87 | $35,158.03 | $39,579.00 |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | $27,913.38 | $35,854.39 | $38,173.88 |
Western Virginia | $28,540.52 | $35,347.10 | $38,044.73 |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
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Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 47,800 | 48,800 | +2.1% |
Virginia | 2,553 | 2,855 | +11.8% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
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