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O*NET detailed work activityMaintain plumbing structures or fixtures
Stays humanHands-on work
6 jobs10 tasks
This is physical, in-person work with real objects, tools, equipment and places that change from day to day. AI can't do it for you.
Part of Maintain facilities or equipment, under the O*NET work activity group Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 10 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Perform rough-ins, repair and replace fixtures and water heaters, and locate, repair, or remove leaking or broken pipes.
- Shut off steam, water, or other gases or liquids from pipe sections, using valve keys or wrenches.
- Maintain or repair plumbing by replacing defective washers, replacing or mending broken pipes, or opening clogged drains.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Install or repair sanitary or stormwater sewer structures or pipe systems.
- Clean and repair septic tanks, sewer lines, or related structures such as manholes, culverts, and catch basins.
- Modify, clean, or maintain pipe systems, units, fittings, or related machines or equipment, using hand or power tools.
- Inspect, clean, and repair drainage systems, bridges, tunnels, and other structures.
- Empty aircraft lavatory systems or refill them with sanitizer fluid.
- Cut damaged sections of pipe with cutters, remove broken sections from ditches, and replace pipe sections, using pipe sleeves.
- Clean and renew steam traps.