Plumber | 40 hrs/week

Tell me about your apprenticeship and the kinds of systems you've worked on since. Have you worked in a hospital or other large facility?

What they are checking: Whether their background prepares them for complex, always-occupied facility plumbing.

Tell me about a repair that went wrong. What did you do?

What they are checking: Honesty about mistakes and whether they fix problems fully instead of hiding them.

A drain is backing up in a patient care area. How do you handle it?

What they are checking: Whether they think about infection control, patient safety and coordinating with clinical staff.

How do you shut down a water line for repair in a building that runs 24 hours a day?

What they are checking: Planning to minimize disruption to patient care and communicate outages.

How do you keep yourself and others safe when working around patients and visitors?

What they are checking: Awareness of safety rules and keeping work areas clean in a health care setting.

How do you prioritize when several work orders come in at once?

What they are checking: Whether they rank requests by risk to patients and operations, not by who asked loudest.

Do you hold a journeyman plumbing license, and in which states?

What they are checking: Whether they meet the licensing the posting prefers for the state where the work happens.

What plumbing code issues come up most often in older buildings, and how do you handle them?

What they are checking: Code knowledge and good judgment when existing work does not meet current code.

Walk me through how you troubleshoot low water pressure on one floor.

What they are checking: A systematic diagnostic approach rather than guessing at parts.

What experience do you have with backflow preventers, mixing valves or water heaters?

What they are checking: Familiarity with stationary equipment that keeps hospital water safe and at the right temperature.