Appendix B - Tools and Equipment
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and Safety Equipment
- air circulators
- air exchangers
- caution tapes
- coveralls (fire retardant)
- dust masks
- ear plugs and muffs
- exhaust fans
- eye wash facilities
- face shields
- fire extinguishers
- first aid kit/equipment
- full body harnesses
- ground fault interrupters (GFCI)
- hard hats
- knee pads
- leather gloves
- life lines (lanyards)
- portable lighting
- respirators
- rope grabs
- rubber gloves
- safety footwear
- safety vest
- saw guards
- signage
- vapour masks
- warning signs
Common Tools
- brooms
- buckets
- caulking guns
- chalk lines
- chisels
- claw hammers
- cove base trowels
- electrical power bars
- extension cords
- finishing trowels
- floor scrapers
- grinding stones
- grout floats
- grout scrapers
- hacksaws
- hand brushes
- hawks
- heavy gauge trowels
- lights
- magnesium floats
- margin trowels
- marking instruments
- masking tapes
- mitre boxes
- mortar boards
- notch trowels
- plastic sheets
- pliers
- point trowels
- pry bars
- putty knives
- rags
- rubber mallets
- screwdrivers
- shovels
- snips
- socket sets
- sponges
- squeegees
- straight edges
- suction cups
- tile cutters
- tile nippers
- utility knives
- locking pliers
- wheelbarrows
- wood floats
Measuring and Layout Equipment
- lasers (square, line, rotary)
- plumb bobs
- squares
- builders levels
- storey poles
- straight edges
- tape measures
- transits
- water levels
Scaffolding and Access Equipment
- aluminium decks
- boom lifts (articulating)
- ladder jacks
- ladders
- pallet jacks
- ramps
- sawhorses
- scaffolds (mechanical, stationary, rolling)
- scissor-lifts
Portable Power Tools and Accessories
- angle grinders
- base grinders
- buffers
- chipping hammers
- circular saws
- core bit drills
- drum cement mixers
- electric winches
- floor grinding machines
- floor polishers
- floor scrubbers
- hammer drills
- hot glue guns
- jack hammers
- mixing drills
- power chisels
- power drills
- power grout washing machines
- power grouting machines
- power scarifiers
- power undercut saws
- routers
- stand-up screw guns
- wet and dry vacuums
- wet saws
Specialty Tools and Equipment
- A-frames
- air compressors and attachments
- bridge saws for large format tiles
- buggies
- cement mixers
- communication devices
- diamond plug stones and pads
- dry grinders for terrazzo
- dry vacuum systems
- generators
- heaters
- jigs (racks)
- multiple suction cup lifters
- rail cutters
- sealer applicators
- stone grinders
- stone polishers
- terrazzo rollers
- vibrators