Numeracy in the Pipe Trades
Pipe-Trade Tools
Tri-pod laser levels
Plumbers can save time during pipe installation using the tripod laser measure, especially when installing vertical pipes from the floor to a fixture or ceiling. They save time from making multiple measurements, determining levels by holding up a bubble level, and having to make multiple marks.
Other levels
- Rotary laser levels
- Line laser levels
- Dot laser levels
- Builder’s levels
- Transit levels
- Automatic levels
- Torpedo laser levels
Chalk Line
A cord saturated in chalk dust, used for marking a guide line. They speedily and accurately ‘draw’ straight lines between two points, and are inexpensive to purchase.
We Find Pipes Everywhere!
Used for residential, commercial, and industrial applications:
- For drinking water
- For waste drainage and venting
- Fire suppression
- Chemical, Steam Power, and Oil Refinery Plants
- To transport gas or liquids over long distances
- For compressed air systems
- For irrigation
- For high-temperature or high-pressure production processes
- It is used in petroleum industries
- Marine applications
- And so much more!!!!
Career Possibilities
- Plumbing
- Gas fitting
- Sprinkler fitting
- Pipe fitting
- Refrigeration
Piping-related fields include:
- industrial
- residential
- commercial
- marine
- Service or new construction
- medical
- gas
- fire protection
- municipal services
- solar-system installation
- heating and cooling
- troubleshoot, diagnose, and repair
- Plus, so much more!!!
