Job Description:

• 1) Installs and repairs hot-air furnaces, stoves, and similar equipment in accordance with diagrams and other specifications, using handtools and pipe-threading tools: Constructs foundation of concrete or other noncombustible material.

• 2) Assembles and positions heating units in accordance with diagrams, using handtools.

• 3) Cuts holes in floors and walls to form air duct outlets.

• 4) Installs air ducts, smoke pipes, blowers, and stokers, following blueprints of building and using handtools.

• 5) Installs fuel pipes, using dies, pipe cutters, and pipe wrenches.

• 6) Wraps insulating asbestos around air ducts.

• 7) Connects and adjusts timers and thermostats.

• 8) Inspects inoperative heating units to locate causes of trouble.

• 9) Disassembles heating unit and replaces or repairs defective parts, using handtools.

• 10) Cuts, bends, and crimps sheet metal to repair furnace and stove casing and pipes, using crimpers, files, snips, handbrakes, and sheet metal hammers.

• 11) Reassembles and starts heating unit to test operation.