pipelayer
Lays underground conduits
A pipelayer is a worker who installs underground pipes for water, sewage, gas, or other utilities.
The job involves excavation, positioning heavy pipes, and connecting them properly.
Pipelayer also refers to heavy equipment that lowers pipe sections into trenches.
As slang, pipelayer is a crude term for a man who has sex, from the phallic association.
Long narrow excavation
- excavationAct of unearthing
- beddingMaterials covering a mattress
- backfillReplacing excavated material
- alignmentCorrect relative positioning
jointing · welding · fusion · bonding · sealing · grading · shoring · connection
Wooden food board
Underground drainage pipe
- waterlineLevel water reaches
- gaslinePipe delivering natural fuel
- conduitTube conveying fluid or cables
- mainlineChief railway line
distribution · drainage · utilities · sanitation · aqueduct · irrigation · stormwater · culvert
Physical task performer
- tradesmanSkilled manual worker
- journeymanQualified trade worker
- apprenticeLearner bound to employer
- foremanWorker who directs others
blue-collar · union · craftsman · operator · fitter · crew · contractor · hardhat
trench
Long narrow excavation
- excavationAct of unearthing
- beddingMaterials covering a mattress
- backfillReplacing excavated material
alignment · jointing · welding · fusion · bonding · sealing · grading · shoring · connection · slope
trencher
Wooden food board
sewer
Underground drainage pipe
- waterlineLevel water reaches
- gaslinePipe delivering natural fuel
- conduitTube conveying fluid or cables
mainline · distribution · drainage · utilities · sanitation · aqueduct · irrigation · stormwater · culvert · underground
laborer
Physical task performer
- tradesmanSkilled manual worker
- journeymanQualified trade worker
- apprenticeLearner bound to employer
foreman · blue-collar · union · craftsman · operator · fitter · crew · contractor · hardhat · workboots
PVC
Chlorinated plastic abbreviation
fittings · valves · coupling · flange · elbow · tee · joint · gasket · bell · spigot
- road workersroad crew, paver, flagger, flagman, road builder