Appendix B – Tools and Equipment

Personal Protective Equipment and Safety Equipment

  • atmospheric testing equipment
  • coveralls (fire retardant, acid-resistant, plastic oversuit, disposable)
  • CSA protective footwear (site approved)
  • cutting goggles
  • dust masks
  • ear plugs and ear muffs
  • explosion-proof lights
  • fall arrest equipment (lanyards, harnesses, retractable lanyards, tripods)
  • fire extinguishers
  • grinding shields
  • ground fault interrupter
  • hard hat
  • head lamp
  • kevlar gauntlets and gloves
  • leather protective clothing and gloves
  • personal atmospheric monitoring device
  • respirator (half mask and full face)
  • safety glasses, safety goggles and mono goggles, spoggles
  • self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) and supplied air breathing apparatus (SABA)
  • side shields
  • smoke eaters and ventilation systems
  • tarpaulins
  • warning tape, tags, signs, barricades
  • welding lenses
  • welding screens
  • welding shields
  • whip checks and pins

Welding Equipment

  • anti-spatter spray
  • chipping hammer
  • electrode holders (whips/stingers)
  • electrode ovens (stationary/portable)
  • electrode pouch
  • files
  • fire-retardant blankets
  • ground clamps
  • hand wire brush (mild steel and stainless steel)
  • inspection mirror
  • leather welding shield
  • orbital welders
  • penlight and batteries
  • power sources (welding machines) with auxiliary equipment for welding processes such as SMAW, FCAW, GMAW, GTAW and SAW
  • pre-heating torch and equipment,
  • purge hoses
  • purge paper
  • regulators
  • remote amperage controls
  • stud welding equipment
  • temperature (“temp”) sticks
  • welding cable
  • welding cable “y” connectors
  • welding electrodes

Cutting Tools and Equipment

Hand Types

  • bolt cutters
  • files
  • hacksaw and blades
  • handsaw
  • metal-cutting chisels
  • metal-cutting snips
  • pipe/tube cutters
  • knife
  • scissors
  • tap and die sets
  • utility knife

Powered Types

  • abrasive cut-off saw
  • band saw
  • circular saw
  • grinders (air and electric)
  • nibblers
  • power shears
  • reciprocating saw
  • track saw
  • tube milling machine
  • abrasive water jet cutter
  • water jet cutter

Fuel Cutting Equipment

  • oxygen lance

Oxy-Fuel Cutting Equipment

  • adapters
  • burning and heating tips
  • flashback arrestors
  • friction lighters (strikers)
  • manifold systems
  • manual cutting torches
  • oxy-fuel cart
  • oxy-fuel couplings and wrenches
  • oxy-fuel cylinders
  • oxy-fuel hoses and repair kits
  • radiograph and related equipment
  • regulators
  • tip cleaners

Plasma-Arc Cutting Equipment

  • air line
  • compressed air source
  • power supply with cables and torch
  • regulators
  • replacement ceramic cups, gouging tips and tips

Carbon Arc Cutting-Air (CAC-A)

  • air-arc gouger
  • air and power supply
  • air line
  • carbon-cutting electrodes (round/flat)
  • replacement electrode holder
  • replacement insulators

Measuring Tools

  • angle and radius gauges
  • callipers/dividers
  • combination square
  • compass
  • compound tube gauge
  • drill point gauge
  • folding rule
  • framing squares
  • measuring tapes
  • micrometers
  • scale rule
  • sliding T-bevel
  • steel tapes
  • string line
  • telescoping gauge
  • vernier calliper
  • laser measuring tools

Marking and Layout Tools

  • ball peen hammer
  • chalk
  • chalk-line
  • contour marker
  • dividers
  • dye
  • engineer’s level
  • felt pen
  • laser level
  • lumber crayon
  • paint brush
  • paint marker
  • piano wire
  • plumb bob
  • prick/center punch
  • protractor
  • scribe and awl
  • soapstone and holder
  • spirit level
  • squares
  • steel letter/number set
  • straight edge
  • trammel points
  • transit (theodolite)
  • water level
  • wrap-around

Hand Tools

Holding Tools

  • bar clamp
  • bench vice
  • C-clamp
  • end-cut pliers (nippers)
  • hammer wrench holder
  • lineman pliers
  • locking wrench pliers
  • needle-nose pliers
  • pipe vise
  • side-cutter pliers
  • sliding clamp (bessey clamp)
  • slip-joint pliers
  • water-pump (utility) pliers/channel lock pliers

Holding/Turning Tools

  • adjustable wrench
  • back-up (piper) wrench
  • box-end wrench
  • chain wrench
  • combination wrench
  • hammer (slug) wrench
  • hex keys
  • industrial (pulling) wrench
  • open-end wrench
  • pipe wrench
  • ratchet and socket wrench sets
  • screwdrivers
  • spud wrench
  • strap wrench
  • torque wrench

Fitting Tools

  • 4 lb. hammer
  • alignment pins
  • bull pin
  • clamping angles
  • claw hammer
  • dogs and screw dogs
  • drift pin
  • flange spreader
  • hickey bar
  • hose clamps
  • hydraulic jack
  • hydraulic ram
  • key plates and blank nuts
  • metal-cutting chisel
  • non-sparking hammer
  • pin punch
  • pry bar
  • shims and wedges
  • sledge hammers
  • soft-face hammer (lead-face)
  • steel, brass and wood wedges
  • strongbacks
  • wall-banger™

Hydraulic and Pneumatic Tools and Equipment

  • air chippers
  • air compressor
  • air grinders
  • air hammers
  • air movers
  • air manifolds/receiver
  • air supply hose
  • air utility hoist (air tugger)
  • drills
  • bundle puller
  • filters/oilers
  • hydraulic nut splitter
  • hydraulic and pneumatic tensioning equipment
  • hydraulic rams and jacks
  • hydrostatic test pump
  • hydraulic and pneumatic torque wrench
  • impact wrenches/sockets
  • milling machine
  • needle scalers
  • piper
  • pneumatic torque guns
  • regulator
  • sand blasting equipment
  • rolling motor

Electric-Powered Tools and Equipment

  • brake press
  • CNC tables
  • cut-off saw
  • circular saw
  • die grinder
  • drills/presses
  • electric screwdriver
  • electric supply panel
  • exhaust fans
  • extension cords
  • floodlights
  • grinders
  • hammer drill
  • impact wrench (electric and battery)
  • induction heat gun
  • ironworker
  • jigsaw
  • nibblers
  • punch
  • reciprocating saw
  • rolls
  • shears
  • string/trouble light

Rigging and Hoisting Equipment

  • air mats
  • beam clamps
  • beam trolleys
  • blocks (tackle, wire rope, snatch)
  • chain falls
  • come-along
  • cranes (truck-mounted, lattice-boom, hydraulic, tower, overhead)
  • equalizer plates
  • equalizer sheaves
  • fibre rope
  • headache ball
  • hooks/latches
  • jacks (hydraulic, screw, air bags)
  • industrial machine skates
  • links, swivels, rings, thimbles, eye bolts
  • load binders and steamboat ratchets
  • machine rollers
  • plate clamps
  • rigging belt
  • shackles
  • slings (wire rope, round sling, fibre material, chain, synthetic web, wire/chain mesh)
  • softeners
  • spreader and equalizer beams
  • strand jacks
  • swivel hoist ring
  • telescoping boom forklift
  • terminal end connections for wire rope (clips, sockets)
  • Tirfor™ jacks
  • tuggers
  • wire rope

Tube Removal/Expansion Tools and Equipment

  • air motor with adapter sleeves
  • beading tool
  • collapsing tools
  • expansion accessories (e.g., driving links, universals, gear drive)
  • expanders for boilers and heat exchangers
  • flaring/belling tools
  • hydraulic stub puller
  • induction heat gun
  • internal tube cutters (revolution tube cutter, fly cutter)
  • knockout toolsplitting chisels
  • torque controlled rolling motor
  • tube end mill
  • tube plugs
  • tube pulling spear
  • tube wall reducing tool
  • hydraulic expander

Tube Preparation/Installation Tools

  • bevel gun
  • die grinder with variety of stones
  • brass, lead and plastic hammer
  • files
  • flapper wheels/emery cloth
  • hand/power brushes (twist)
  • peening tool
  • serrating tool
  • tube cut-off saw
  • tube guide
  • tube hole reamer
  • track saw

Tools and Equipment for Fibreglass

  • aluminum-serrated rollers
  • barrel heater
  • brooms
  • carborundum grinding discs (16-36 grit)
  • catalyst dispenser
  • fibreglass material cutting tools
  • grinder with flexible disc back
  • heat lamps
  • kilo scale
  • masking tape
  • mohair rollers
  • paint brushes
  • pizza disc
  • plastic buckets
  • putty knife
  • resin spray gun/hoses
  • roll of cardboard
  • shovels
  • wooden mixing spatulas

Scaffolding and Access Equipment

  • aerial work platforms
  • aluminum framed platform
  • aluminum planks
  • boom lifts
  • bosun chair
  • electrical articulated boom lift
  • electrical scissor lifts
  • electrical vertical lifts
  • end frames
  • extension ladder
  • floats (angel’s wings)
  • gas powered articulated boom lift
  • gas powered scissor lifts
  • ladder jack scaffolds
  • ladders
  • mechanical scaffolds
  • ramps
  • rolling scaffolds
  • sawhorses
  • scissor-lift
  • stationary scaffolds
  • stepladders
  • swing stages
  • temporary access/freight elevator
  • tube and clamps
  • rope access equipment