The document provides information on personal protective equipment (PPE) used in plumbing work and basic measurements and calculations. It discusses various types of PPE plumbers use to protect against hazards like impacts, heat, chemicals and infections. This includes safety goggles, coveralls, ear muffs, gloves, heat shields, safety shoes and respirators. It also outlines how to measure materials using both English and metric systems, how to convert between the two, and common formulas used to calculate area, perimeter, volume and other geometric values.
The document provides information on personal protective equipment (PPE) used in plumbing work and basic measurements and calculations. It discusses various types of PPE plumbers use to protect against hazards like impacts, heat, chemicals and infections. This includes safety goggles, coveralls, ear muffs, gloves, heat shields, safety shoes and respirators. It also outlines how to measure materials using both English and metric systems, how to convert between the two, and common formulas used to calculate area, perimeter, volume and other geometric values.
The document provides information on personal protective equipment (PPE) used in plumbing work and basic measurements and calculations. It discusses various types of PPE plumbers use to protect against hazards like impacts, heat, chemicals and infections. This includes safety goggles, coveralls, ear muffs, gloves, heat shields, safety shoes and respirators. It also outlines how to measure materials using both English and metric systems, how to convert between the two, and common formulas used to calculate area, perimeter, volume and other geometric values.
The document provides information on personal protective equipment (PPE) used in plumbing work and basic measurements and calculations. It discusses various types of PPE plumbers use to protect against hazards like impacts, heat, chemicals and infections. This includes safety goggles, coveralls, ear muffs, gloves, heat shields, safety shoes and respirators. It also outlines how to measure materials using both English and metric systems, how to convert between the two, and common formulas used to calculate area, perimeter, volume and other geometric values.
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5s in PLUMBING
SORT The first step in the process, Seiri, has been Americanized as "sort" and is a pretty accurate translation of this critical component. In addition to being woodworkers, we are all, to some degree, tool collectors. The Sort phase of 5S'ing your shop is to critically examine your collection of tools and remove those that are not used.
SET IN ORDER Seiton, straighten, or "set in order" is the next step in 5S'ing your workshop. Ben Franklin said "A place for everything and everything in its place," but for his adage to hold true, he must have exercised Seiri first. Until you sort and dispose of unused tools and materials, your "place for everything" will consume your shop and there will be no room to have "everything in its place."
SHINE Resisting the temptation to mount my editorial soapbox, I will concede to one indulgence, and write that Seiso, the "shine" portion of the 5S philosophy, is my favorite. After sorting through tools and materials, disposing of what is not needed, and then straightening and organizing what is left, a good thorough cleaning, and daily diligent upkeep, will make your shop safer, more pleasant, and more efficient.
STANDARDIZE Seiketsu, the fourth step, is to "standardize" the first three components of 5S. A better word might be to "inculcate," which is to instill an attitude or habit through instruction and repetition. After your initial "sorting" of items in your shop, and then "setting in order" what is left, you may find yourself briefly disoriented at times, as in "Now where did I put that half inch mortise chisel?" Don't worry. Herein lies the true beauty of the 5S system.
SUSTAIN As you can no doubt see, 5S is an ongoing process. It can easily become a workshop "way of life." Once you realize how much more fun your shop time can be, once you recognize that you are spending more time building and less time looking for tools, jigs, parts, and materials, and once you come to realize the safety and efficiency benefits of sorting, straightening, and cleaning, you will be hooked. The beauty is, you will probably be subconsciously hooked. Sorting will become second nature. Orderliness will become rote. Cleanliness will be a passion (or at least a habit). And when all of this occurs as a part of your regular routine, you will have standardized the process (Seiketsu) and in so doing, will have also achieved the fifth "S," Shitsuke, or "sustain." PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT It is a protective equipment used for work-related occupational health and safety purposes. It is designed to protect the worker’s body from any hazards and injuries such as blunt impacts, electrical hazards, heat, chemical hazards, heat, chemicals, infections and etc. This includes wearing safety shoes, hearing protection, googles, gloves, helmets, safety vests and etc. SAFETY GOGGLES Goggles are meant to protect our eyes. When doing their work, plumbers are exposed to different risks. Wearing goggles while doing tasks such as soldering pipes and leak inspections helps protect their eyes.
COVER-ALL It is used to protect body from the heat of the sulight and to protect our body while working.
EAR MUFF/EAR PLUG
It is used to eyes from loud noises.
GLOVES When doing their job, plumbers are exposed to different chemicals and elements, which can be dangerous for their well-being if they contact it. To protect them from these matters, they should use heavy-duty gloves, which can even provide other benefits such as a better grip on slippery items.
HEAT SHIELD Heat shields are used to protect properties from heat and also to help prevent fires. Using this tool will help protect the plumber and the client’s lives.
STEEL SHOE/SAFETY SHOES
It is used to protect our foot from fallen objects while working. Respirator or Facemask It is used to prevent inhaling dust and polluted air while working
PERFORMING MESURATION AND BASIC
CALCULATIONS
Measure given materials.
Measuring the materials needs a skill in rule reading both in English
and metric system of measurement. Rule reading is a basic skill in Plumbing. Every plumber should know how to read the rule. A rule is composed of two systems of measurements namely:
1. English system – uses inch, foot and yard. There are 16
graduations per inch.
2. Metric system – uses millimeter (mm), centimeter (cm),
meter (m) and kilometer (km). 1/16 1/8
3/16 1/4 5/16 3/8
7/16 1/2
9/16
5/8 11/16 3/4 English 13/16 System 7/8 15/16 1 inch 10 mm Metric 1 cm System 1 mm 0.01 m 0.1 cm 0.001 m Conversion of Linear Measurements
Structural plan is scaled in metric system. Every carpenter
should know how to convert from English system to metric system of measurement and vice versa.
1. 1 cm is equivalent to 10 millimeters. 2. 1 meter is equivalent 100 cm and also equivalent to 1,000 millimeters. 3. 1 kilometer is equivalent to 1,000 meters and also equivalent to 100,000 meters. 4. 1 meter is equivalent to 3.281 feet. 5. 1 meter is equivalent to 39.37 inches. 6. 1 inch is equivalent to 2.54 centimeters. 7. 1 yard is equivalent to 3 feet and also equivalent to 36 inches. 8. 1 foot is equivalent to 12 inches.
Summary of Formulas
1. Area of a Square ……………………… A=s²
2. Perimeter of a Square ………….…... P=4S 3. Area of a Rectangle…………………… A= L x W 4. Perimeter of a Rectangle ……………. P=2L + 2W 5. Are of a Triangle……………………… A = ½ bh 6. Perimeter of a Triangle………………. P=S1 +S2 +S3 7. Missing Side C of Triangle ………….. C= 𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 8. Area of a Parallelogram………………... A= bh 9. Area of a Trapezoid ……………………. A= (a + b)x h 10. Area of a Circle ………………………. A = ¶ r² 11. Circumference of a Circle …………… C = ¶D or C= 2¶r 12. Volume of a Cube ……………………. V = s³ 13. Volume of a Rectangular Parallelepiped V=LxWxT 14. Volume of a Cylinder…………………. V = ¶ r² x h 15. Lateral Surface Area of a Cylinder….. LSA = 2¶r x h
