Details Report for:
47-3015.00 - Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
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.
Sample of reported job titles: Plumber's Helper
Tasks | Technology Skills | Tools Used | Knowledge | Skills | Abilities | Work Activities | Detailed Work Activities | Work Context | Job Zone | Education | Credentials | Interests | Work Styles | Work Values | Related Occupations | Wages & Employment | Job Openings | Additional Information
Tasks Save Table (XLS/CSV)
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Technology Skills Save Table (XLS/CSV)
- Office suite software — Microsoft Office
- Spreadsheet software — Microsoft Excel
- Word processing software — Microsoft Word
Hot Technology — a technology requirement frequently included in employer job postings.
Tools Used Save Table (XLS/CSV)
- Adjustable widemouth pliers — Expanding-jaw pliers; Water pump pliers
- Adjustable wrenches
- Air compressors
- Alternating current AC arc welder — Alternating current AC welding equipment
- Augers
- Backhoes — Tractors with backhoe attachments
- Ball peen hammer — Ball peen hammers
- Bandsaw wheel — Vertical bandsaws
- Bench vises — Bench chain vises
- Blocks or pulleys — Block and tackle equipment; Pulleys
- Blow torch — Butane torches; Propane torches; Torches
- Bolt cutters
- Boring or sinking machinery — Boring machines; Horizontal boring machines
- Box end wrenches — Ratcheting box wrenches
- Calipers
- Caulking guns
- Circuit tracers — Wire tracers
- Compactors
- Deburring tool — Deburring tools
- Detection apparatus for non metallic objects — Line locators; Transmitters
- Dewatering pumps — Utility pumps
- Diagonal cut pliers — Diagonal cutting pliers
- Diaphragm pumps — Test pumps
- Digital camcorders or video cameras — Video diagnostic tools
- Direct current DC arc welder
- Drain or pipe cleaning equipment — Drain cleaning cables; Drain cleaning machines; Hand spinners; Plumbers' snakes (see all 9 examples)
- Drain or toilet plunger — Plungers; Vacuum plungers
- Dredgers — Dredges
- Drill press or radial drill — Drill presses
- Dump trucks
- Explosimeters
- Flat hand file — Flat files
- Flow sensors — Flow gauges
- Fluid regulators — Pipe freezing kits; Water stoppers
- Forklifts
- Gas detectors — Gas leak detection devices
- Gas generators — Generators
- Gas welding or brazing or cutting apparatus — Plasma cutting guides; Torch cutter guides
- Graders
- Hacksaw — Hacksaws; Mini hacksaws
- Hammer drills — Rotary hammers
- Hand reamer — Reamers
- Hex keys — Allen wrenches; Hex wrenches
- Hoists — Chain falls; Tirfors; Tuggers
- Hole saws — Hole cutting tools
- Hose cutter — Gasket cutters
- Hydraulic truck cranes — Hydraulic cranes
- Impact hammers
- Impact wrenches — Hydraulic valve turners
- Inspection mirror — Telescopic inspection mirrors
- Integrated tool carriers — Tractor pipe carrier attachments
- Jacks — Manual screw jacks; Pipeline jacks
- Ladders
- Laser measuring systems — Pipe lasers
- Leak testing equipment — Trutest smoke detectors
- Level sensors or transmitters — Transit levels
- Levels — Automatic levels; Laser levels; Split bubble levels; Two-hole pins (see all 8 examples)
- Light trucks or sport utility vehicles — Light pickup trucks
- Liquid leak detectors — Ultrasonic leak detectors
- Locking pliers — Channel lock pliers
- Manlift or personnel lift — Manlifts
- Metal band sawing machine — Bandsaws
- Metal detectors — Magnetic locators; Null locators; Rebar locators
- Metal inert gas welding machine — Metal inert gas MIG welders
- Metal markers or holders — Centering head tools; Magnetic circle layout tools; Radius markers
- Moisture meters
- Mud pumps — Sand pumps
- Nut drivers — Universal nut wrenches
- Offset socket wrenches — Hollow core socket wrenches
- Ohmmeters
- Oil gun — Oilers
- Open end wrenches — Crescent wrenches
- Pipe bending mandrel — Pipe bending mandrels
- Pipe bending tools — Manual benders; Pipe benders; Tube bending springs
- Pipe extractors
- Pipe layer — Pipelayers
- Pipe or tube cutter — Pipe cutters; Pipe cutting machines; Tubing cutters; Wide roll pipe cutters (see all 8 examples)
- Pipe reamer — Spiral ratchet pipe reamers; Straight-fluted pipe reamers
- Pipe vises — Aligning clamps; Welding clamps
- Pipe wrenches — End pipe wrenches; Offset pipe wrenches; Straight pipe wrenches
- Pneumatic drill — Pneumatic drills
- Pneumatic grinders — Air operated grinders; Angle air grinders; Pipe beveling machines
- Pneumatic hammer — Air hammers
- Pneumatic sanding machines — Sandblasters
- Power drills — Cordless drills; Direct tap machines; Right-angle drills
- Power flaring tool — Flaring tools
- Power grinders — Offset grinders; Pedestal grinders; Portable grinders; Seat dressers (see all 7 examples)
- Power saws — Circular saws; Concrete saws; Cutoff saws; Reciprocating pipe saws (see all 5 examples)
- Power screwguns — Cordless screwdrivers
- Pressure indicators — Air pressure gauges; Heavy duty water pressure gauges; Maximum reading water pressure gauges; Water pressure gauges (see all 6 examples)
- Pressure or steam cleaners — Rodders; Root ranger jetter nozzles; Water jetters
- Pry bars — Crowbars
- Pullers — Compression sleeve pullers; Faucet handle pullers; Faucet stem and cartridge pullers; Tub drain removers
- Ratchets — Ratchet wrenches
- Round file — Rat-tail files
- Safety harnesses or belts — Safety harnesses
- Scaffolding
- Screwdrivers — Impact screwdrivers; Phillips head screwdrivers
- Sewage pumps
- Sheet metal grooving machine — Roll groovers
- Shielded metal arc welding or stick welding machine — Shielded arc welding tools
- Shovels — Narrow mouth shovels; Round point shovels
- Sledge hammer — Sledgehammers
- Slings — Belting slings
- Slip or groove joint pliers — Slip joint pliers
- Soldering iron — Soldering equipment; Soldering irons
- Specialty wrenches — Chain wrenches; Plumbers' pliers; Spud wrenches; Water heater element removal wrenches (see all 21 examples)
- Spot welding machine — Portable welding machines
- Square file — Thread repair files
- Staple guns
- Strap wrenches — Rubber strap wrenches
- Sump pumps
- Swaging tools
- Tachometers — Hand tachometers
- Tampers — Powered tampers
- Tape measures — Measuring tapes
- Tapping machine attachment — Tapping tools
- Thermographs — Non-contact infrared thermometers
- Threading die — Die heads for threading machines
- Threading dies — Die heads for plastic pipe/conduit; Pipe threaders
- Threading machine — Pipe threading machines
- Tinners snips — Tin snips
- Tongs — Chain tongs
- Torx keys — Four-in-one keys; Shut-off keys; Water meter keys
- Tracer or duplicating or contouring lathe — Lathes
- Track excavators — Excavators
- Track loaders — Tractors with loader attachments
- Trenching machines — Cable plows; Trenchers
- Tube end finisher — Facing machines; Tube crimping tools
- Tungsten inert gas welding machine — Tungsten inert gas TIG welding equipment
- Two way radios
- Vacuum gauges
- Vibration testers — Vibration analyzers
- Voltage or current meters — Amp meters; Voltmeters
- Water pumps — Ditch pumps; Fill pumps
- Water samplers
- Welder torch — Brazing equipment
- Welding masks — Welding hoods
- Wheel bulldozers — Bulldozers
- Wheel loaders
- Winches
- Wire brushes — Air wire brushes; Motor-driven brushes; Pneumatic wire brushes
- Wire or cable cutter — Cable saws
Knowledge Save Table (XLS/CSV)
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Skills Save Table (XLS/CSV)
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Abilities Save Table (XLS/CSV)
Work Activities Save Table (XLS/CSV)
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Detailed Work Activities Save Table (XLS/CSV)
- Install plumbing or piping.
- Cut metal components for installation.
- Maintain plumbing structures or fixtures.
- Cut openings in existing structures.
- Drill holes in construction materials.
- Measure materials or objects for installation or assembly.
- Assist skilled construction or extraction personnel.
- Assemble products or production equipment.
- Move construction or extraction materials to locations where they are needed.
- Install building fixtures.
- Order construction or extraction materials or equipment.
- Select construction materials.
- Dig holes or trenches.
- Remove worn, damaged or outdated materials from work areas.
- Clean equipment or facilities.
Find occupations related to multiple detailed work activities
Work Context Save Table (XLS/CSV)
Job Zone Save Table (XLS/CSV)
Title | Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed |
Education | These occupations usually require a high school diploma. |
Related 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. |
Job Zone 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, and tellers. |
SVP Range | (4.0 to < 6.0) |
Education
Interests Save Table (XLS/CSV)
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Realistic — Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others. ![]() |
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Work Styles Save Table (XLS/CSV)
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Related Occupations Save Table (XLS/CSV)
47-2021.00 | Brickmasons and Blockmasons |
47-2031.00 | Carpenters |
47-2041.00 | Carpet Installers |
47-2044.00 | Tile and Stone Setters ![]() |
47-2051.00 | Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers |
47-2053.00 | Terrazzo Workers and Finishers |
47-2211.00 | Sheet Metal Workers |
47-3012.00 | Helpers--Carpenters |
47-3013.00 | Helpers--Electricians |
47-4061.00 | Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators |
Wages & Employment Trends
Median wages (2019) | $15.43 hourly, $32,100 annual |
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Employment (2019) | 59,300 employees |
Projected growth (2019-2029) | ![]() |
Projected job openings (2019-2029) | 7,300 |
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Top industries (2019) | Construction (94% employed in this sector)
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Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2019 wage data
and 2019-2029 employment projections
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"Projected growth" represents the estimated change in total employment over the projections period (2019-2029). "Projected job openings" represent openings due to growth and replacement.
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