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Domestic Gas Fitter

Job Posted: 11 days ago

Salary: £ 17.85 - 17.85 / Hour
Job Type: Contract
Location: NE34, South Shields, South Tyneside

Expire in: 17 days

Job Description

Domestic Gas Fitter

£17.85 per Hour

37 Hours per week

Work until December 2026

To carry out Gas, Heating and Plumbing works on repairs and maintenance, minor works, capital projects, empty properties, schools and public buildings.

  * NVQ Level 3 or equivalent Advanced Craft Certificate in Plumbing

  * Gas ACS CCN1 & Appliances / Non Domestic Gas equivalent

  * Time served recognised apprenticeship in Plumbing

  * Certificate of competence in Manual Handling

  * Certificate of competence in Working at Height

  * Relevant Health and Safety Training

  * Certificate of Asbestos Awareness Training

Work Experience

  * Experience of a range of Gas, Heating and Plumbing competencies and trade skills

  * Undertaking all aspects of the role, using a multi – skilled whole job approach.

  * The use of portable tools and equipment

  * Experience of measuring and marking out for work

  * Experience of working on domestic homes when occupied or empty

  * Experience of working in Public Buildings and Schools

  * Experience of all 1st and 2nd fix Heating Install

  * Experience in on site Health and Safety

  * Be Competent in working with and dealing with materials classed as Hazardous to Health (COSHH)

  * Be able to carry out a Risk Assessment

Knowledge/ Skills/ Aptitudes

  * Able to work unsupervised and solve a range of complex problems without recall or advice

  * Measuring and Marking out on-site; Read drawings and plans

  * Operate hand tools and mechanical plant, use of testing equipment (e.g CAT – Cable Detecting Device)

  * Driving Vehicles

  * Continued concentration on a range of matters simultaneously (i.e. operating machines to correct tolerances; safety of employees, public etc. Mentally forward planning (for materials and plant)

Planning the order of tasks that need to be completed in a day.

Key Tasks of the Post:

Undertaking all aspects of the role, using a multi – skilled whole job approach.

The use of portable power tools and equipment

Experience of measuring and marking out for work

Experience of working on domestic homes when occupied or empty

Experience of working in Public Buildings and Schools

Experience of all 1st and 2nd fix Heating and Gas work including Planned, Replacement and Maintenance works

Experienced in on site Health and Safety

Be competent in working with and dealing with materials classed as Hazardous to Health (COSHH)

Be able to carry out a Risk Assessment

Regularly working at height, working both indoors and outdoors

To ensure site is safe for public and employees

To change and use tools associated with the work including Portable Power Tools associated to a multi – skilled whole job approach.

To Supervise Apprentices, work experience and other young people in a construction environment and in our customers homes. Demonstrating the correct completion of gas, heating and plumbing tasks, and excellent level of customer care.

Responsible for the progress of your own work on site, ensuring that all tasks are carried out to high standard and conforming to current regulations.

Be a team player and therefore able to work in a group

Be accustomed to building and construction sites

Understand the basics of computers and other hand-held devices

To ensure site is safe for public and employees.

You will be responsible for contributing to a great team. You must:

Responsible for the progress of your own work on site, ensuring that the job is marked out correctly and at the right levels

Evaluating drawings and ordering the amount of material and plant required for the day.

To ensure that the job is completed in the time frame and to customers satisfaction

Responsible for the safety of yourself and others around you in the work you carry out

To work to plans and drawings but the application and approach is determined by the post holder. Able to determine order of tasks to be undertaken during the day. The post holder will not in day-to-day activities be supervised and will be responsible for ensuring the work is completed on time and safely. While major unforeseen circumstances may be discussed with your Team Leader or manager, the majority of problems are expected to be solved by the Tradesman without seeking assistance.

Interested please apply

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