Appendix B - Tools and Equipment
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and Safety Equipment
- air quality monitors
- aprons
- arc flash protection
- barricades/guardrails/pylons
- detection devices (carbon monoxide, combustible gas)
- eye wash kits
- face shields
- fall-arrest and restraint systems
- fire blankets
- fire extinguishers
- fire-retardant clothing
- first-aid kits
- gloves (industrial rubber [low/high voltage] and leather)
- hard hats
- hearing protection (plugs, muffs)
- high-visibility clothing
- leather chaps
- lock-out devices and padlocks
- masks (dust, particle and filter)
- overalls (fire-rated)
- rain suits
- respirators
- respirator cartridges
- respiratory masks
- rubber boots
- safety boots
- safety glasses/goggles
- self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA)
- warning signs and caution tape
- welder visors
- welding screens
Hand Tools
- adjustable wrenches
- angle finders
- bearing pullers
- bolt cutters
- bolt dies
- bolt taps
- brooms
- brushes (wire, paint, acid and fitting)
- callipers
- caulking guns
- C-clamps
- centre-point sets
- chalk lines
- chisels
- cloths (sand, emery, sandpaper)
- cold-chisel sets
- combination wire strippers
- combination wrench sets (imperial and metric)
- conduit benders
- crimpers
- crowbars
- differential pressure gauges
- dollies
- draft gauges
- drift-punch sets
- extendable mirrors
- feeler gauges
- files
- fish tapes
- flange alignment pins
- flange spreaders (jacks)
- flaring tools
- flashlights
- folding rules
- fuse pullers
- gas cylinders, and soldering and brazing equipment
- gas leak detector solution
- gasket cutters
- grease guns
- hacksaws
- hammers (claw, ball peen, sledge, brass, chipping, soft-face)
- hand crimpers
- hand drills
- hand saws
- hex/torx keys (set)
- hole saws
- ignition tools (sparker, torch)
- keyhole saws
- knives
- knockout (k.o.) sets
- labelling machines
- levels (line, laser and transit)
- nut driver sets
- oiling cans
- orifice drills
- pencils and pads
- PEX pipe expanders (manual)
- picks
- pipe cutters (single-wheel, multi-wheel)
- pipe stands (roller and V type)
- pipe taps
- pipe threaders
- pipe vises (chain and yokes, tri‑stand and bench vise)
- pipe wraparounds
- pipe wrenches
- pitot tubes (velometer)
- plastic pipe cutters
- pullers
- punches
- purging equipment
- rasps
- ratchets
- reamers
- scratch awls
- screw extractors
- screwdrivers (complete set)
- shovels
- socket sets (imperial and metric)
- spacing tools
- spud wrenches
- squares
- strikers
- swaging tools
- swedge (hand flaring tool)
- T squares
- tap and die sets
- tape measurers
- threading hand dies
- tin snips
- tip cleaners
- toolboxes
- torches
- torque wrenches
- transfer pumps (hand-operated)
- tri-squares
- tube benders
- tube cleaners
- tube cutters
- utility brushes
- wire strippers
- wood chisels
Power Tools
- air compressors and accessories
- air tools
- arc welders (electrical, fuel)
- band saws
- blowers
- chop-saws
- circular saws
- compressed gas cylinders (purge, shield, cutting)
- cordless tools (drills, saws)
- gas coring machine
- crimping tools
- electric drills
- exhaust fans
- grinders (electric or pneumatic, angle, bench, die, pedestal)
- hammer-drills
- heat guns
- impact drivers
- impact guns
- impact wrenches
- jigsaws
- knockout cutters
- lighting equipment
- nibblers
- PEX pipe expanders (power)
- portable band saws (hacksaws)
- powder-actuated tools
- power pipe threaders
- power threading machines
- propane tiger torches (preheating)
- reciprocating saws
- rotary hammers
- soldering guns
- tank lifters
- transfer pumps
- vacuum cleaners (high-efficiency particulate air [HEPA])
- welding equipment (Metal Inert Gas [MIG], Tungsten Inert Gas [TIG])
Technical Instruments and Testers
- alignment tools
- atmosphere testers
- calculators
- calipers
- capacitor testers
- clamp-on ammeters
- combustion analyzers
- computers
- data recorders
- dial indicators
- differential pressure gauges and sight tubes
- digital recordings
- digital tachometers
- draft gauges
- drafting equipment
- electronic leak detectors
- ground resistance testers
- hand pumps and accessories
- hydrostatic pumps and gauges (manual and power)
- manometers
- manufacturer-specific diagnostic equipment
- megohmmeters
- micrometers
- multimeters (voltage, amperage, resistance)
- ohmmeters
- rotameters
- rulers
- scale rulers
- squares (standard 24 in. combination, flange, straightedge)
- string lines
- temperature testers
- thermocouple testers
- thermometers (infrared, electronic, mechanical)
- true RMS meters
- velocity meters
Access Equipment
- ladders (combination, extension, step)
- mobile elevated work platforms (electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, hand and power winch, one-person, platform, scissor lift, articulating boom)
- scaffolding
Lifting, Rigging and Hoisting Equipment/Équipement de levage, de gréage et de hissage
- chokers
- eye bolts
- portable wire rope winches
- rigging tools (blocks, come-alongs, snatch block, handlines and pulleys)
- ropes/cables (wire, nylon [synthetic])
- shackles (varying sizes)
- spreader beams
- slings