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)

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