Plumbing Apprentice

First Year Apprentice Vacancy

KD Group are seeking Plumbing/Pipefitting Apprentices for the following locations:

• Carrick on Shannon site (CNU - Boyle Construction)
• Limerick (St. Camillus Hospital - Conack Construction)

Anyone interested, please contact hr@kdgroup.ie for further information or telephone (094) 9023858

Profile of Craft

Plumbing Construction/Engineering

Plumbing work involves the installation and maintenance of plumbing, heating, and mechanical services on domestic, commercial, and industrial projects, including houses, schools, hospitals, office blocks, apartment blocks, factories, as well as pharmaceutical, chemical, and food/drink processing facilities.

These installations comprise a wide range of services including pipefitting, welding, soldering on central heating systems, air handling systems, solar heating, hot and cold water supplies, sanitary appliances and sanitation systems, gas pipelines and appliances, compressed air, fire control, steam, chilled water systems, and process pipework.

At the end of the apprenticeship, the Craftsperson will be able to demonstrate competence in the following:

Core Skills

• Use of plumbing tools and materials

• Pipe fitting

• Pipe bending

• Inspection and testing of pipework

• Fault diagnosis

• Design/installation of central heating systems including:

  • Solid fuel

  • Gas

  • Oil-fired boilers

  • Flues and ventilation

  • Fuel storage and distribution

• Design/installation of plumbing systems including:

  • Mains water supply

  • Water treatment

  • Domestic and multi-storey hot and cold water supply

  • Storage tanks, cylinders, calorifiers

  • Sanitary appliances and discharge pipework and systems

• Installation of:

  • Gas appliances

  • Fire fighting systems

Specialist Skills

• Installation of:

  • Underfloor heating

  • Solar heating

  • Steam heating

  • Compressed air systems

  • Vacuum systems

  • Biomass heating

  • Ground source heat pump heating

  • Greywater systems

• Commissioning and servicing:

  • Boosted cold water systems

  • Unvented hot water systems

  • Boilers

  • Burners

  • Gas appliances

  • Pumps

• Knowledge of:

  • Heating controls

  • Air handling units and air conditioning systems

  • Industrial and process gases and liquids