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The City & Guilds Textbook: Plumbing Book 1

l Carpenters/joiners: the wood trades provide a vital function on-site during
the initial building phase, fitting door and window frames, floor joists and
roof trusses. During the second phase they will fix internal doors, skirting
boards, architraves, etc.
l Plumbers: on domestic construction sites, plumbers perform three key
functions. They install:
1 hot and cold water supplies
2 central heating
INDUSTRY TIP 3 gas.
On large construction sites, the plumber’s work will be restricted to hot and
Craft operatives, such as cold water supplies only. In most cases, specialist companies will perform the
plumbers, electricians, joiners gas and heating installations.
and bricklayers, have served l Electricians: install and test all electrical installation work on-site, including
a formal apprenticeship.
This usually takes around power, lighting, fire and smoke alarms, and security systems, usually running
three years to become fully the cables in trunking or conduits for neatness.
qualified, with a formal City l Heating and ventilation/air conditioning engineers: this is a very specialist
& Guilds (or equivalent) trade, especially where the installation of air conditioning is concerned. Their
competency qualification work mainly involves the installation of large diameter pipework for heating
being achieved. Specialist systems and air conditioning ductwork.
building operatives are often l Gas fitters: install natural gas lines in domestic properties and in commercial
trained ‘in-house’ by the or industrial buildings. On some sites they may also install large appliances
company that employs them, and pipelines.
or they may have undergone l Plasterers: responsible for wall and ceiling finishing, dry lining and external
formal training courses. These rendering, if required, using a mixture of both modern and traditional
operatives quite often do not techniques.
serve a formal apprenticeship.
l Painters and decorators: responsible for wall and ceiling finishing, including
painting skirting boards, architraves and any specialist decorating such as
murals, frescos, etc.
l Tilers: responsible for internal and external tiling of walls and floors, and
specialist tiling such as swimming pools and wet rooms.

Building operatives
Building operatives are labourers who carry out practical tasks, such as those
listed below.

l General building operatives and groundworkers: usually mix concrete,
lay drains, offload materials and generally assist the craft operatives
l Specialist building operatives: scaffolders, glaziers, suspended ceiling
installers.
p Figure 4.5 Trades working
together on-site The inspectors
There are other outside visitors to the construction site whose sole aim is health
and safety. These are the inspectors. Their role is to check that we are complying
with the rules and regulations, to ensure that the structure, the people who work
in it and on it, and the services that the eventual occupiers will use, are safe and
without risk.

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