Appendix B – Tools and Equipment
Hand Tools
- adjustable wrenches (various sizes)
- benders (pipe and tube)
- bench vices
- caulking gun
- centre finder/contour marker
- centre punch
- cold chisels (various sizes)
- combination wrenches (metric and imperial)
- crimping pliers
- crimping tools
- cutters (pipe and tube)
- die and chasers
- drop–in anchor setting tool
- drywall saw
- extension cord
- files (flat, half–round, rat–tail, bastard)
- fitting brushes
- flaring tools
- flashlight
- gasket cutter
- grease gun
- hacksaw
- hammers (ball-peen, claw, sledge)
- hand saw
- head wrench
- hex wrenches (metric and imperial)
- hose wrench
- in–air groovers
- levels
- line–up bars
- nipple chuck
- oilers
- paint brushes
- pick
- pipe stand
- pipe wrench
- pliers (needle nose, locking, slip joint, side cutting)
- plumb bob
- pry bars (goose neck, wrecking, pinch)
- ratchet cutters
- markers
- rod cutters
- rod dies
- scissors
- scrapers (various sizes)
- screwdrivers (flat, Phillips, Robertson, various sizes)
- snips (heavy duty sheet metal cutting)
- socket sets (metric and imperial)
- strap/chain wrench
- tripod vice
- trowels (concrete and pointer)
- utility knives
- wire brush
- wire cutter
Portable and Stationary Power Tools
- air–monitoring device
- chop saw
- compressor
- electric drills (portable magnetic base, drill press, cordless, hammer, t-drill)
- flushing machines ( hydraulic and hydrophneumatic )
- fusion welding machines
- grinders (wire brush, angle grinders)
- groover (hydraulic, cut, press and roll)
- hand–held electronic tape
- heating torch
- hole saw
- hydraulic bender
- hydraulic cutter
- impact wrenches (electric, pneumatic and wireless)
- oxy–fuel brazing torch
- oxy–fuel cutting torch
- pipe cutter
- concrete cutting machines
- coring machine core driller
- die equipment
- pipe threaders/groovers
- plasma cutter
- powder actuated tools
- power vice
- reamer (hand-held or mounted on power threader)
- reciprocating saw
- tamper
- tapping machines and attachments
- testing pump
- threading machines
- vacuum cleaner (wet/dry)
- water pump
- wire wheel (body grinder or angle grinder with wire brush)
Measuring and Testing Equipment
- amp/volt meter
- back flow test kit
- battery load tester
- builder’s level
- calibrating gauges
- calipers
- dial indicator
- differential pressure gauges
- diffuser
- drafting equipment (scale ruler, compass)
- feeler gauges
- flowmeter
- heat lamp
- hoses
- hydrometer
- laser level
- laser plumbs
- liquid measuring containers
- magnetic level
- manometer
- multimeter
- pipe diameter tapes
- Pitot tubes
- play pipes
- pressure gauge kit
- refractometer
- sight tube
- spirit level
- levels (torpedo, 2–foot)
- square
- stop watch
- straightedge
- tachometer
- tape measure
- temperature gauges
- test hoses and securement
- testing pump, excess, hydrostatic test pump
- thread depth gauges (ring/plug)
- torque wrenche
- transit
- vernier calliper
Hoisting, Lifting and Access Equipment
- beam clamps
- cable clamps
- chain block hoist
- chains
- come–alongs (cable or chain)
- fork–lift
- grip hoist
- jack
- ladder
- overhead hoist
- pipe buggy (pipe cannon)
- pipe dolly (grass hopper)
- portable booms
- power–elevated work platform (boom lift, scissor lift)
- rope
- scaffolding
- shackles
- sling
- snatch blocks
- spreader bar
- stand
- support
- tugger
Electronic Equipment (General)
- calculator
- cellular phone
- computer
- digital camera
- hand–held and stationary radios
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and Safety Equipment
- air hood
- air–monitoring device
- apron
- boots
- confined space entry equipment
- coveralls
- earplugs and earmuffs
- eye wash stations
- face shield
- fall protection equipment
- fire blanket
- fire extinguisher
- fire hoses
- fire–retardant clothing
- first aid kit
- gloves
- goggles
- hard hat
- high voltage rubber insulating blankets and gloves
- knee pads
- respirators (particle, vapour)
- reflector vest
- safety glasses
- self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA)
- spill kit
- tag–and lock–out devices
- welding partition screen