pipefitters
Industrial tubing specialists
Pipefitters are skilled tradespeople who install and maintain piping systems that carry liquids, gases, or steam—in factories, power plants, refineries, and large buildings.
The work overlaps with plumbing but typically involves industrial-scale systems operating at high pressures or temperatures.
The pipefitters union negotiated a new contract.
Heat-fusing metal pieces
- threadingPassing strand through opening
- brazingFiller-metal bonding process
- solderingLow-temp metal fusion
- torchingSetting fire to
cutting · measuring · aligning · assembling · rigging · hoisting · mounting · grooving
Joining into one
- journeymanQualified trade worker
- apprenticeLearner bound to employer
- blue-collarManual labor workforce
- localOf this area
workforce · certification · licensing · vocational · foreman · contractor · shiftwork · overtime
Flow-controlling mechanisms
- gaugesInstruments for measuring
- pressureForce upon contact
- flowUnbroken forward movement
- hydraulicsStudy of pressurized liquids
steam · HVAC · sprinkler · drainage · conduits · flanges · elbows · couplings
welding
Heat-fusing metal pieces
- threadingPassing strand through opening
- brazingFiller-metal bonding process
- solderingLow-temp metal fusion
torching · cutting · measuring · aligning · assembling · rigging · hoisting · mounting · grooving · bolting
union
Joining into one
- journeymanQualified trade worker
- apprenticeLearner bound to employer
- blue-collarManual labor workforce
local · workforce · certification · licensing · vocational · foreman · contractor · shiftwork · overtime · safety
valves
Flow-controlling mechanisms
hydraulics · steam · HVAC · sprinkler · drainage · conduits · flanges · elbows · couplings · manifolds
steel
Carbon-hardened iron alloy
- copperReddish-brown metallic element
- PVCChlorinated plastic abbreviation
- stainlessFree from discoloration
cast-iron · galvanized · alloy · tubing · seamless · threaded · grooved · welded · ductile · flux
torch
Handheld burning light source
level · vise · cutter · beveler · grinder · come-along · soapstone · squares · crimper
- workersworkers, employee, employees, laborer, laborers
- service tradesmaintenance workers, maintenance crew, service workers, repairmen, handymen
- blue-collar tradesmachinists, metalworkers, welders, machine operators, assembly workers
- fitterssteamfitter, steamfitters, gasfitter
- tradesmenwelders, machinists, carpenters, plumbers, electricians
- heavy industrysteel mills, steel production, steel industry, steelmaking, smelters
pipefitterselectricians
Tradespeople handling power systems
wiremen · linemen · roofers · carpenters · masons
pipefittersoffice workers
Indoor professional employees
white-collar workers · executives · managers · administrators · accountants