Pipelayer
What Does it Take to Be a Pipelayer?
Occupation Description Lay pipe for storm or sanitation sewers, drains, and water mains. Perform any combination of the following tasks: grade trenches or culverts, position pipe, or seal joints.
Pipelayer Responsibilities
- Train or supervise others in laying pipe.
- Operate mechanized equipment, such as pickup trucks, rollers, tandem dump trucks, front-end loaders, or backhoes.
- Lay out pipe routes, following written instructions or blueprints and coordinating layouts with supervisors.
- Locate existing pipes needing repair or replacement, using magnetic or radio indicators.
- Install or repair sanitary or stormwater sewer structures or pipe systems.
- Check slopes for conformance to requirements, using levels or lasers.
Skills Needed to be a Pipelayer
- Operation and Control: Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
- Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Operation Monitoring: Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
- Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others’ actions.
- Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Quality Control Analysis: Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
Tools & Technologies Used by Pipelayers
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office
- Word processing software
- Spreadsheet software
Average Pipelayers Salary
The salary for Pipelayers ranges between about $26,870 and $68,930 a year.