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Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, & Steamfitters
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Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, & Steamfitters
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Help plumbers, pipefitters, steamfitters, or pipelayers by performing duties of lesser skill. Duties include using, supplying or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.
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Abilities
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Extent Flexibility| | The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs. |
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Near Vision| | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
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Oral Comprehension| | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
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Visualization| | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
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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). |
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Static Strength| | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. |
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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. |
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Control Precision| | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
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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. |
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Category Flexibility| | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Oral Expression| | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
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Inductive Reasoning| | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
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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 there is a problem. |
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Selective Attention| | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
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Deductive Reasoning| | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
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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. |
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Reaction Time| | The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears. |
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Gross Body Coordination| | The ability to coordinate the movement of your arms, legs, and torso together when the whole body is in motion. |
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Gross Body Equilibrium| | The ability to keep or regain your body balance or stay upright when in an unstable position. |
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Speech Recognition| | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
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Depth Perception| | The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object. |
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Dynamic Strength| | The ability to exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously over time. This involves muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue. |
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Speech Clarity| | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
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Far Vision| | The ability to see details at a distance. |
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Auditory Attention| | The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds. |
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Flexibility of Closure| | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. |
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Speed of Limb Movement| | The ability to quickly move the arms and legs. |
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Stamina| | The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath. |
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Time Sharing| | The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources). |
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Spatial Orientation| | The ability to know your location in relation to the environment or to know where other objects are in relation to you. |
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Glare Sensitivity| | The ability to see objects in the presence of glare or bright lighting. |
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Perceptual Speed| | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. |
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Wrist-Finger Speed| | The ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists. |
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Written Comprehension| | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
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Originality| | The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. |
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Response Orientation| | The ability to choose quickly between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures). It includes the speed with which the correct response is started with the hand, foot, or other body part. |
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Fluency of Ideas| | The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). |
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Speed of Closure| | The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns. |
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Visual Color Discrimination| | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. |
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Mathematical Reasoning| | The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. |
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Rate Control| | The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene. |
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Explosive Strength| | The ability to use short bursts of muscle force to propel oneself (as in jumping or sprinting), or to throw an object. |
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Hearing Sensitivity| | The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness. |
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Memorization| | The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures. |
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Number Facility| | The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly. |
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Dynamic Flexibility| | The ability to quickly and repeatedly bend, stretch, twist, or reach out with your body, arms, and/or legs. |
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Written Expression| | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
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Peripheral Vision| | The ability to see objects or movement of objects to one's side when the eyes are looking ahead. |
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Night Vision| | The ability to see under low light conditions. |
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Sound Localization| | The ability to tell the direction from which a sound originated. |
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Interests
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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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Second Interest High-Point| | Secondary-Cutoff/Rank Descriptiveness |
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Conventional| | Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow. |
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Enterprising| | Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business. |
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Investigative| | Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally. |
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Social| | Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others. |
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Artistic| | Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules. |
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First Interest High-Point| | Primary-Rank Descriptiveness |
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Knowledge
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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. |
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Mechanical| | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. |
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Mathematics| | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
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Public Safety and Security| | Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions. |
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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. |
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Education and Training| | Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects. |
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English Language| | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
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Design| | Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. |
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Engineering and Technology| | Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services. |
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Law and Government| | Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process. |
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Physics| | Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes. |
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Transportation| | Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits. |
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Chemistry| | Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods. |
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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. |
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Production and Processing| | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. |
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Computers and Electronics| | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
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Sales and Marketing| | Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems. |
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Personnel and Human Resources| | Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems. |
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Clerical| | Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology. |
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Economics and Accounting| | Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data. |
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Foreign Language| | Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation. |
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Psychology| | Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders. |
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Communications and Media| | Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media. |
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Medicine and Dentistry| | Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures. |
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Telecommunications| | Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems. |
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Sociology and Anthropology| | Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins. |
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Biology| | Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment. |
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Geography| | Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life. |
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Therapy and Counseling| | Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance. |
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Food Production| | Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques. |
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Philosophy and Theology| | Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture. |
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Wages
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| District of Columbia | $20,610.00 |
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| North Carolina | $22,270.00 |
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| South Carolina | $21,570.00 |
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| Virgin Islands | $22,930.00 |
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Related Careers
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Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, & Tile & Marble Setters| | Help brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, or tile and marble setters by performing duties of lesser skill. Duties include using, supplying or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment. |
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Laborers & Freight, Stock, & Material Movers, Hand| | Manually move freight, stock, or other materials or perform other unskilled general labor. Includes all unskilled manual laborers not elsewhere classified. |
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Pipelayers| | Lay pipe for storm or sanitation sewers, drains, and water mains. Perform any combination of the following tasks: grade trenches or culverts, position pipe, or seal joints. |
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Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons| | Build or repair furnaces, kilns, cupolas, boilers, converters, ladles, soaking pits, ovens, etc., using refractory materials. |
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Skills
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Mathematics| | Using mathematics to solve problems. |
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Coordination| | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
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Active Learning| | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
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Speaking| | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
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Learning Strategies| | Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things. |
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Critical Thinking| | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. |
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Installation| | Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications. |
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Active Listening| | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
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Equipment Selection| | Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job. |
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Repairing| | Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools. |
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Troubleshooting| | Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it. |
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Complex Problem Solving| | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
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Instructing| | Teaching others how to do something. |
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Reading Comprehension| | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. |
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Equipment Maintenance| | Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed. |
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Quality Control Analysis| | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. |
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Monitoring| | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
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Time Management| | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
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Negotiation| | Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences. |
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Writing| | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
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Persuasion| | Persuading others to change their minds or behavior. |
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Operations Analysis| | Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design. |
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Social Perceptiveness| | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
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Operation and Control| | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. |
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Judgment and Decision Making| | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
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Operation Monitoring| | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
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Technology Design| | Generating or adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs. |
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Service Orientation| | Actively looking for ways to help people. |
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Management of Material Resources| | Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work. |
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Management of Personnel Resources| | Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job. |
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Systems Evaluation| | Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system. |
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Science| | Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems. |
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Systems Analysis| | Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. |
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Management of Financial Resources| | Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures. |
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Programming| | Writing computer programs for various purposes. |
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Tasks
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| Assist plumbers by performing rough-ins, repairing and replacing fixtures, and locating and repairing leaking or broken pipes. |
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| Cut or drill holes in walls or floors to accommodate the passage of pipes. |
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| Measure, cut, thread and assemble new pipe, placing the assembled pipe in hangers or other supports. |
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| Mount brackets and hangers on walls and ceilings to hold pipes, and set sleeves or inserts to provide support for pipes. |
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| Requisition tools and equipment, select type and size of pipe, and collect and transport materials and equipment to work site. |
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| Fit or assist in fitting valves, couplings, or assemblies to tanks, pumps, or systems, using hand tools. |
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| Assist pipe fitters in the layout, assembly, and installation of piping for air, ammonia, gas, and water systems. |
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| Excavate and grade ditches, and lay and join pipe for water and sewer service. |
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| Cut pipe and lift up to fitters. |
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| Disassemble and remove damaged or worn pipe. |
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| Clean shop, work area, and machines, using solvent and rags. |
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| Install gas burners to convert furnaces from wood, coal, or oil. |
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| Immerse pipe in chemical solution to remove dirt, oil, and scale. |
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| Clean and renew steam traps. |
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| Fill pipes with sand or resin to prevent distortion, and hold pipes during bending and installation. |
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Tools
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| Adjustable widemouth pliers |
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| Expanding-jaw pliers |
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| Adjustable wrenches |
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| Crescent wrenches |
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| Air compressors |
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| Augers |
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| Backhoes |
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| Tractors with backhoe attachments |
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| Bandsaw wheel |
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| Bandsaws |
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| Vertical bandsaws |
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| Bench vises |
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| Bench chain vises |
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| Blocks or pulleys |
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| Block and tackle equipment |
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| Pulleys |
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| Blow torches |
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| Butane torches |
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| Propane torches |
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| Torches |
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| Bolt cutters |
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| Boring or sinking machinery |
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| Boring machines |
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| Horizontal boring machines |
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| Box end wrenches |
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| Air operated grinders |
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| Ratcheting box wrenches |
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| Calipers |
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| Caulking guns |
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| Circuit tracers |
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| Wire tracers |
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| Compactors |
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| Deburring equipment |
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| Deburring tools |
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| Detection apparatus for non metallic objects |
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| Line locators |
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| Transmitters |
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| Dewatering pumps |
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| Utility pumps |
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| Diagonal cut pliers |
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| Diagonal cutting pliers |
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| Diaphragm pumps |
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| Test pumps |
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| Digital camcorders or video cameras |
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| Video diagnostic tools |
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| Drain or pipe cleaning equipment |
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| Drain cleaning cables |
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| Drain cleaning machines |
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| Hand spinners |
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| Pigs |
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| Plumbers' snakes |
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| Power spinners |
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| Pressurized water pigs |
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| Sewer tapes |
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| Snakes |
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| Drain or toilet plunger |
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| Plungers |
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| Vacuum plungers |
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| Dredgers |
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| Dredges |
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| Drills |
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| Drilling machines |
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| Dump trucks |
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| Explosimeters |
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| Files |
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| Flat files |
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| Rat-tail files |
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| Thread repair files |
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| Flow sensors |
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| Flow gauges |
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| Fluid regulators |
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| Pipe freezing kits |
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| Water stoppers |
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| Forklifts |
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| Gas detectors |
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| Gas leak detection devices |
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| Gas generators |
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| Generators |
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| Gas welding or brazing or cutting apparatus |
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| Brazing equipment |
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| Plasma cutting guides |
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| Torch cutter guides |
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| Gauges or inspection fixtures |
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| Telescopic inspection mirrors |
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| Graders |
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| Hammer drills |
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| Rotary hammers |
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| Hammers |
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| Ball peen hammers |
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| Sledgehammers |
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| Hex keys |
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| Allen wrenches |
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| Hex wrenches |
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| Hoists |
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| Chain falls |
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| Tirfors |
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| Tuggers |
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| Hole saws |
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| Hole cutting tools |
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| Hose cutter |
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| Gasket cutters |
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| Hydraulic truck cranes |
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| Cranes |
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| Impact wrenches |
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| Hydraulic valve turners |
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| Integrated tool carriers |
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| Pipe carrier attachments for tractors |
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| Jacks |
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| Manual screw jacks |
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| Pipeline jacks |
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| Ladders |
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| Laser measuring systems |
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| Pipe lasers |
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| Lathes |
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| Leak testing equipment |
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| Trutest smoke detectors |
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| Level sensors or transmitters |
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| Transits |
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| Levels |
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| Automatic levels |
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| Carpenters' levels |
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| Dumpy levels |
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| Laser levels |
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| Optical levels |
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| Pipe flange aligners |
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| Split bubble levels |
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| Two-hole pins |
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| Light trucks or sport utility vehicles |
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| Light pickup trucks |
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| Liquid leak detectors |
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| Ultrasonic leak detectors |
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| Locking pliers |
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| Channel lock pliers |
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| Manlift or personnel lift |
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| Manlifts |
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| Metal detectors |
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| Magnetic locators |
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| Null locators |
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| Rebar locators |
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| Metal inert gas MIG welding machinery |
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| Metal inert gas MIG welders |
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| Metal markers or holders |
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| Centering head tools |
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| Magnetic circle layout tools |
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| Radius markers |
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| Moisture meters |
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| Mud pumps |
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| Sand pumps |
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| Nut drivers |
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| Universal nut wrenches |
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| Offset socket wrenches |
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| Hollow core socket wrenches |
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| Seat dressers |
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| Ohmmeters |
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| Oil gun |
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| Oilers |
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| Pipe bending mandrels |
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| Mandrels |
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| Pipe bending tools |
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| Manual benders |
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| Pipe benders |
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| Tube bending springs |
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| Pipe extractors |
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| Pipe layer |
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| Pipelayers |
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| Pipe or tube cutters |
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| Mini tubing cutters |
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| Pipe cutters |
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| Pipe cutting machines |
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| Polyvinyl chloride PVC pipe cutters |
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| Polyvinyl chloride PVC saws |
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| Soil pipe cutters |
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| Tubing cutters |
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| Wide roll pipe cutters |
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| Pipe vises |
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| Aligning clamps |
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| Welding clamps |
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| Pipe wrenches |
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| End pipe wrenches |
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| Offset pipe wrenches |
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| Straight pipe wrenches |
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