PIPE FITTER, MARINE

  

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PIPE FITTER, MARINE

Specialty Definition: PIPE FITTER, MARINE

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Occupations

Lays out, installs, and maintains ships' piping systems, such as steam heat and power, hot water, hydraulic, air pressure, and oil lines, following blueprints, and using handtools and shop machines: Plans layout of pipe sections, allowing for conformance to specifications, holes, and obstructions. Cuts and bores holes in bulkheads and decks for installation of pipes. Operates shop machines to cut and thread pipe and pipe fittings, such as valves, traps, and thermostats. Packs pipe with sand to avoid contortion of pipe and bends pipe to specified shape on pipe-bending fixture. Bolts or welds pipe brackets to support pipe systems. Connects pipes to fixtures, such as radiators, laundry, and galley equipment, pumps, and tanks, using wrench, and solders joints to seal connections, using hand torch. Repairs, packs, and adjusts valves. Tests installed systems for leaks and to ensure that system meets specifications, using hydrostatic and other pressure test equipment. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: PIPE FITTER, MARINE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 49 50 45      46 49 54 54 45 52 2C      4D 41 52 49 4E 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01001001 01010000 01000101 00100000 01000110 01001001 01010100 01010100 01000101 01010010 00101100 00100000 01001101 01000001 01010010 01001001 01001110 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#73 &#80 &#69 &#32 &#70 &#73 &#84 &#84 &#69 &#82 &#44 &#32 &#77 &#65 &#82 &#73 &#78 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0049 0050 0045      0046 0049 0054 0054 0045 0052 002C      004D 0041 0052 0049 004E 0045

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

504350392404354543952142473552434839

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