PreFab Plumber

A.        JOB SUMMARY

Operates hand tools to plumb tanks for installation

B.        ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Maintain production within quality standards
2. Follow all applicable safety policies and procedures
3. Complete all required safety training
4. Perform clean-ups and maintain area cleanliness
5. Maintain a clean, safe and orderly work area
6. Assist Plant Manager and Supervisor as needed
7. To work as a team with others in plant
8. Work any overtime as needed
9. Ability to weld steel and stainless steel
10. Assembly of plumbing in fiberglass basins
11. Assembling Steel Guide Rails (SGR)
12. Boxing up finished SGR’s
13. Experience in driving a forklift
14. Any and all other tasks as assigned by the Supervisor
15. Your attendance during scheduled work hours is an essential function of this position

C.        SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

            Not applicable

D.        PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

1. Balancing - maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing, or crouching
2. Bending and stooping - bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist, 6 hours per day, intermittently 
3. Climbing – ascending or descending ladders, scaffolding, ramps, poles and other devices using feet and legs and/or hands and arms.  Body agility is emphasized, 1 hour per day, intermittently
4. Crawling – moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet, 3 hours per day, intermittently
5. Arm-hand steadiness - the ability to keep the hand and arm steady while moving the arm or while holding the arm and hand in one position
6. Multi-limb coordination - the ability to coordinate two or more limbs i.e., two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm, while standing
7. Extent flexibility – the ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with body, arms and/or legs
8. Light carrying - physically transporting items weighing less than 15 pounds from one location to another, intermittently
9. Moderate carrying – physically transporting items weighing 15-44 pounds, 6 hours per day, intermittently
10. Heavy carrying – physically transporting items weighing 45 pounds and over, 2 hours per day, intermittently
11. Fingering – picking, pinching, or otherwise working primarily with fingers, rather than with the whole hand or arm. 8 hours per day, intermittently
12. Grasping - applying pressure to an object with fingers, including thumb and palm, 8 hours per day, intermittently
13. Feeling - perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of the fingertips
14. Kneeling – bending legs at knees to come to rest on one or both knees, 4 hours per day, intermittently
15. Lifting – raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position.  It requires a substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles, 6 hours per day, intermittently
16. Light lifting – raising objects under 15 pounds from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from one position to another, 4 hours per day, intermittently 
17. Moderate lifting – raising objects 15-44 pounds from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from one position to another, 2 hours per day, intermittently
18. Heavy lifting – raising objects 45 pounds and over from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from one position to another, 1 hours per day, intermittently

E.         MOBILITY REQUIREMENTS

1. Standing - 8 hours per day
2. Pulling hand over hand – using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion, 8 hours per day, intermittently
3. Pushing – using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward, or upward, 2 hours per day, intermittently
4. Reaching above shoulder – extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direct, 1 hour per day, intermittently, this position has extreme heavy lifting above shoulders 
5. Repetitive motion – substantial movement of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers for sustained periods of time, 8 hours per day, intermittently
6. 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
7. Manual dexterity – the ability to quickly move the hand, the hand together with the arm, or two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects
8. Control precision – the ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions
9. Response orientation – the ability to choose quickly between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, etc.). It includes the speed with which the correct response is started with the hand, foot, or other body part
10. 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
11. Reaction time – the ability to quickly respond (with the hands, fingers, or feet) to a signal (sound, light, etc.) when it appears
12. Very heavy work – exerting in excess of 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or in excess of 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or in excess of 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects

F.         VISUAL / HEARING ACUITY REQUIREMENTS

1. Visual requirement – employee is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as analyzing data, extensive visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and/or operation of machines, including inspection, using measurement devices and/or assembly or fabrication parts at distance close to the eyes.
2. Visual requirement – employee is required to have visual acuity to perform an activity such as operate machines, such as lathes, drill presses, power saws, and mills where the seeing job is at or within arm’s reach; performs mechanical or skilled trades tasks of a non-repetitive nature (plumbing)
3. Hearing requirement - perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction.  The ability to receive detailed information through oral communication and to make the discriminations of sounds

G.        ENVIRONMENT CONDITIONS

1. The employee is subject to both environmental conditions, activities that occur inside and outside
2. The employee is subject to extreme heat.  Temperatures above 100 degrees for periods of more than 1 hour
3. The employee is subject to noise.  There is sufficient noise to cause the employee to shout in order to be heard above ambient noise
4. The employee is subject to hazards.  This includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, moving vehicles, electrical current, working in high places, and exposure to chemicals
5. The employee is subject to atmospheric conditions.  One of more of the following conditions that affect the respiratory system or the skin:  fumes, odors, dust, mists, or gases
6. The work is frequently in close quarters, enclosed areas such as fiberglass tanks that could cause claustrophobia

H.        JOB KNOWLEDGE, EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

1. Ability to read documents such as correspondence, control plans, and safety rules, tape measure, and basic blueprint 
2. Ability to coherently complete routine paperwork
3. Employee must have the ability to count accurately, add, subtract, multiply, divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals
4. Employee must have technical ability.  Must have extreme proficiency in reading a tape measure and reading fractions
5. Employee must have the ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.  
6. The ability to deal with problems involving several variables in standardized situations

I.          MENTAL REQUIREMENTS-COMPREHENSION

1. Employee must have the ability to understand, remember, and apply oral and/or written instructions, communicate routinely, factual information
2. Employee must have the ability to understand complex problems and to collaborate and explore alternative solutions
3. The ability to understand opposing points of view on highly complex issues and to negotiate and integrate different viewpoints
4. Employee must use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems
5. Employee must understand written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents
6. Employee must have the ability to watch gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly, conduct tests and inspect products to evaluate quality or performance

J.         REASONING AND DECISION MAKING

1. Employee must have the ability to tell when something is wrong or likely to go wrong, and apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense
2. Employee must have the ability to organize thoughts an ideas into understandable terminology

K.        COMMUNICATION

1. Employee must have the ability to express or exchange ideas by means of the spoken word, those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly
2. Employee must have the ability to understand and follow basic instructions and guidelines
3. The ability to complete routine forms
4. The ability to compose letters, outlines, memoranda, and basic reports and/or to orally communicate technical information