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pipe fitter

[′pīp ‚fid·ər]
(engineering)
A technician who fits, threads, installs, and repairs pipes in a pipework system.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Kent Police said tonight that pipe fitter Jukes, of Castle Hill Avenue, Folkestone, and ground worker Buck, of Church Road, Folkestone, were charged under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 after being held at around 5.30am today.
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As each barrel is lowered into place, the pipe fitter will ensure that the ladder steps, which are either embedded in the walls of the manhole at the factory or grouted into predrilled holes onsite, are placed above each other from barrel to barrel.
Since their newest arrival, Marnie, 35, has had to give up her job working night shifts at Asda, meaning 42-year-old mechanical pipe fitter Ian has to work seven days a week to provide for the family.
The NCPWB members represent a pool of more than 11,000 union pipe fitter welders across the nation.
She thought it was a story about a 67-year-old grandmother willing to do anything to prevent her home from being demolished and a brawny pipe fitter who is convinced the land destined to be cleared for a highway was a sacred site to his Dakota ancestors.
Mendoza showed the flyer to her dad, Joaquin, a pipe fitter at a candy factory, and told him she planned to complain.
When pipe fitter John Pleyle, of Dillotford Avenue, Cheylesmore, found out Shell donated funds to local charities, he was quick to suggest the Evening Telegraph/Mercia FM appeal.
Hamilton has also written a book specifically for those in the pipe fitting trade called Pipe Fitter's Math Guide, a book which earns the same high praise as Math to Build On does.
Bruce was a Pipe Fitter by profession and a member of Pipe Fitters Union Local #597.
32 courses have been selected under these sectors including 3-Years DAE in Civil Technology, 2 Years Vocational courses including Draftsman Civil, Plumber and pipe Fitter, Architectural Drafting, 1-Year courses of Draftsman Civil, Civil Surveyor, Quantity Surveyor, Plumber and Sanitary Installer and Beautician, and 23 three to six months courses.
Jill, a trainee pipe fitter, made history in 2012 when she became one of the first female apprentices to work in the Clyde's docks.
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