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Pipelayers Career

For the Pipelayers, the average hourly wage is $25.41 and the average annual wage is $52,840. Understand required skills and ability for the career and find right career colleges for it.
Pipelayers career

Pipelayers

The main tasks and work activities of Pipelayers are to evaluate projects to determine compliance with technical specifications, spread sand, dirt or other loose materials onto surfaces, weld metal components, apply adhesives to construction materials. In general, for the Pipelayers, operation and Control, active Listening, operation Monitoring, quality Control Analysis and other 3 skills are required.
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General Job Description and Education/Training Levels for Pipelayers

Pipelayers occupations usually require a high school diploma. 71.23% of Pipelayers have High School Diploma (or the equivalent) and 4.3% of Pipelayers have Bachelor's Degree and Above. You can check detailed job description, required skiils, activities, and more detailed description at Pipelayers tasks, skills, and ability page.
The following graph shows the percentage of earned degrees held by Pipelayers occupational group.
Less than a High School Diploma
24.47%
High School Diploma (or the equivalent)
71.23%
Post-Secondary Certificate
0.00%
Some College Courses
0.00%
Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree)
0.00%
Bachelor's Degree and Above
4.30%