该小组履行以下部分或全部职责：

• 阅读蓝图、图纸和规格以确定管道系统、供水网络以及废物和排水系统的布局
• 安装、维修和维护家用、商业或工业管道装置和系统
• 在墙壁和地板上定位和标记管道连接、通道孔和固定装置的位置
• 在墙壁和地板上开孔以容纳管道和管道配件
• 使用手动和电动工具或机器测量、切割、弯曲和螺纹管道
• 使用联轴器、夹具、螺钉、螺栓、水泥或钎焊、钎焊和焊接设备连接管道
• 使用空气和水压表测试管道是否泄漏
• 可以准备成本估算。

• 通常需要完成中学学业。
• 通常需要完成四到五年的学徒计划或五年以上的行业工作经验和一些高中、大学或行业管道课程才能获得行业认证。
• 贸易认证在新斯科舍、爱德华王子岛、新不伦瑞克、魁北克、安大略、萨斯喀彻温和阿尔伯塔是强制性的，在纽芬兰和拉布拉多、曼尼托巴、不列颠哥伦比亚、育空地区、西北地区和努纳武特提供，但自愿。
• 成功完成省际红印章考试后，合格的水管工也可以获得红印章背书。

• 随着经验的积累，可能晋升到主管职位。
• 红印章背书允许跨省流动。

• 水管工主管（在72012 承包商和主管中，管道安装行业）
• 蒸汽装配工、管道装配工和喷水灭火系统安装工 ( 72301)
• 煤气安装工 ( 72302)

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

• Read blueprints, drawings and specifications to determine layout of plumbing system, water supply network and waste and drainage systems
• Install, repair and maintain domestic, commercial or industrial plumbing fixtures and systems
• Locate and mark positions for pipe connections, passage holes and fixtures in walls and floors
• Cut opening in walls and floors to accommodate pipe and pipe fittings
• Measure, cut, bend and thread pipes using hand and power tools or machines
• Join pipes using couplings, clamps, screws, bolts, cement or soldering, brazing and welding equipment
• Test pipes for leaks using air and water pressure gauges
• May prepare cost estimates.

• Completion of secondary school is usually required.
• Completion of a four- to five-year apprenticeship program or a combination of over five years of work experience in the trade and some high school, college or industry courses in plumbing is usually required to be eligible for trade certification.
• Trade certification is compulsory in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Saskatchewan and Alberta and available, but voluntary, in Newfoundland and Labrador, Manitoba, British Columbia, the Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
• Red Seal endorsement is also available to qualified plumbers upon successful completion of the interprovincial Red Seal examination.

• Progression to supervisory positions is possible with experience.
• The Red Seal endorsement allows for interprovincial mobility.

• Plumbers supervisor (in 72012 Contractors and supervisors, pipefitting trades)
• Steamfitters, pipefitters and sprinkler system installers (72301)
• Gas fitters (72302)