7124-Insulation Workers

Job Title: 

Insulation Workers

Job Description: 

Insulation workers apply and repair insulating materials to buildings, boilers, pipes or refrigeration and air-conditioning equipment

Tasks: 

Tasks include:

  • cutting insulation material by shape and size
  • applying slabs and sheets of insulating or sound-absorbing materials to walls, floors and ceilings of buildings
  • blow and pack insulating or sound-absorbing materials into cavities between walls, floors and ceilings of buildings with power-driven machines
  • examining plans, specifications and work sites to determine the type, quality and quantity of insulation material required
  • applying insulation materials to exposed surfaces of equipment such as boilers, pipes and tanks
  • insulating refrigeration and air-conditioning equipment
Additional Notes: 


This unit group includes

Boiler and pipe insulator
Refrigeration and air-conditioning equipment insulator
Suspended ceiling installer

Specific Occupations: 

71241
Building insulator

71242
Boiler/Pipe insulator

71243
Refrigeration/Air-conditioning equipment insulator

71244
Refractory worker

71249
Other insulation workers

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Source Of Info: 

Source: SINGAPORE STANDARD OCCUPATIONAL CLASSIFICATION 2015, Department of Statistics, Ministry of Trade & Industry, Republic of Singapore