Appendix B – Tools and Equipment
Hand Tools
- adjustable wrenches (various sizes)
- benders (pipe and tube)
- bench vices
- caulking guns
- centre finder/contour marker
- centre punches
- 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 saws
- extension cords
- files (flat, half–round, rat–tail, bastard)
- fitting brushes
- flaring tools
- flashlights
- gasket cutters
- grease guns
- hacksaws
- hammers (ball-peen, claw, sledge)
- hand saws
- head wrenches
- hex wrenches (metric and imperial)
- hose wrenches
- in–air groovers
- levels
- line–up bars
- nipple chucks
- oilers
- paint brushes
- picks
- pipe stands
- pipe wrenches
- pliers (needle nose, locking, slip joint, side cutting)
- plumb bobs
- 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 wrenches
- tripod vices
- trowels (concrete and pointer)
- utility knives
- wire brushes
- wire cutters
Portable and Stationary Power Tools
- air–monitoring devices
- chop saws
- compressors
- electric drills (portable magnetic base, drill press, cordless, hammer, t-drill)
- flushing machines ( hydraulic and hydrophneumatic )
- fusion welding machines
- grinders (wire brush, angle grinders)
- groovers (hydraulic, cut, press and roll)
- hand–held electronic tape
- heating torches
- hole saws
- hydraulic benders
- hydraulic cutters
- impact wrenches (electric, pneumatic and wireless)
- oxy–fuel brazing torches
- oxy–fuel cutting torches
- pipe cutters
- concrete cutting machines
- coring machine core driller
- die equipment
- pipe threaders/groovers
- plasma cutters
- powder actuated tools
- power vices
- reamers (hand-held or mounted on power threader)
- reciprocating saws
- tampers
- tapping machines and attachments
- testing pumps
- threading machines
- vacuum cleaners (wet/dry)
- water pumps
- wire wheels (body grinder or angle grinder with wire brush)
Measuring and Testing Equipment
- amp/volt meters
- back flow test kit
- battery load testers
- builder’s levels
- calibrating gauges
- calipers
- dial indicators
- differential pressure gauges
- diffusers
- drafting equipment (scale ruler, compass)
- feeler gauges
- flowmeters
- heat lamps
- hoses
- hydrometers
- laser levels
- laser plumbs
- liquid measuring containers
- magnetic levels
- manometers
- multimeters
- pipe diameter tapes
- Pitot tubes
- play pipes
- pressure gauge kit
- refractometers
- sight tubes
- levels (torpedo, 2–foot)
- squares
- stop watches
- straightedges
- tachometers
- tape measures
- temperature gauges
- test hoses and securement
- testing pumps, excess, hydrostatic test pumps
- thread depth gauges (ring/plug)
- torque wrenches
- transits
- vernier callipers
Hoisting, Lifting and Access Equipment
- beam clamps
- cable clamps
- chain block hoists
- chains
- come–alongs (cable or chain)
- fork–lifts
- grip hoists
- jacks
- ladders
- overhead hoists
- pipe buggies (pipe cannon)
- pipe dollies (grass hopper)
- portable booms
- power–elevated work platforms (boom lift, scissor lift)
- ropes
- scaffolding
- shackles
- slings
- snatch blocks
- spreader bars
- stands
- supports
- tuggers
Electronic Equipment (General)
- calculators
- cellular phones
- computers
- digital cameras
- hand–held and stationary radios
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and Safety Equipment
- air hoods
- air–monitoring devices
- aprons
- boots
- confined space entry equipment
- coveralls
- earplugs and earmuffs
- eye wash stations
- face shields
- fall protection equipment
- fire blankets
- fire extinguishers
- fire hoses
- fire–retardant clothing
- first aid kit
- gloves
- goggles
- hard hats
- high voltage rubber insulating blankets and gloves
- knee pads
- respirators (particle, vapour)
- reflector vests
- safety glasses
- self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA)
- spill kit
- tag–and lock–out devices
- welding partition screens