Appendix B - Tools and Equipment
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and Safety Equipment
- apron
- arm bands (signalling sleeve)
- automatic external defibrillator (AED)
- breathing protection (e.g., paper filter masks, self-contained breathing apparatus, respirator, powered air purifying respirator)
- coveralls - all types (e.g., acid, chemical, fire resistant)
- eye protection (e.g., face shields, safety glasses, goggles)
- eye wash station
- fall protection and devices
- fire protection equipment (e.g., extinguisher, blanket)
- first aid kit (CSA approved)
- gas detectors
- gauntlet (forearm protector)
- gloves (e.g., impact resistant, welding, cut resistant, rubber, heat resistant)
- hard hat
- hearing protection
- high-visibility clothing
- life jackets
- lock out equipment (e.g., locks, tags, lock box, scissor clamp)
- personal monitors
- safety footwear
- safety harness & fall arresting devices
- safety vests
- snood
- spats
- welding blinds
- welding goggles
- welding helmets
- welding jackets
Hand Tools
- alignment bars
- brushes (e.g., wire, cleaning)
- chisels
- clamps (C-Clamps)
- extractors (e.g., tap, bolt, screw)
- files
- grease guns (e.g., ultrasonic, cordless, air)
- hacksaw
- hammers (e.g., ball peen, claw, dead blow, sledge, soft faced, rubber, chipping)
- hex keys
- honing stone
- levels (e.g., machinist, torpedo, spirit, laser)
- locking pliers
- nibblers
- oil can
- piano wire
- pipe and tube cutters
- pliers
- plumb bob
- pop riveter
- pry bars
- pullers
- punches
- reamers
- scrapers
- screwdrivers
- tap and dies
- thread chasers
- threading accessories
- tin snip
- trowels
- tube benders
- wheel dresser
- wrenches (e.g., adjustable, pipe, socket, torque)
Measuring and Layout Tools
- automated laser head
- belt-tension gauge
- bore gauge
- calipers (e.g., digital, vernier, dial)
- center gauge
- chalk lines
- combination square set
- depth gauge
- dial indicator
- dividers
- feeler gauge
- gauge blocks
- gear pitch gauge
- height gauge (e.g., digital, vernier, dial)
- laser alignment equipment
- layout dye
- lead wire
- micrometers
- pi-tape
- plasti-gauge
- precision level
- precision optical tools (e.g., levels, theodolites, transits, total station)
- precision straightedge
- protractors
- radius gauge
- rulers
- scribers
- sheave gauge
- sine bar
- small hole gauge
- solid square
- squares
- string line
- surface plates
- tape measures
- taper gauge
- telescopic gauge
- thread pitch (gauge)
- three-dimensional laser scanner
- trammels
- transfer calipers (e.g., inside, outside, hermaphrodite)
- web deflection gauge
Portable Power Tools
- angle grinder
- chainsaw
- circular saw
- die grinder
- explosive-actuated tool
- hammer drill
- heat gun
- hydraulic nuts
- hydraulic ram
- hydraulic wrenches
- impact drill
- impact gun (rivet)
- impact wrench
- jack hammer
- jig saw
- portable band saw
- portable bender
- portable drill
- portable threader
- reciprocating saw
- right angle drill
- routers
Shop Tools and Equipment
- angle plates
- band saw
- bearing heater (e.g., induction, oil bath, oven)
- brake press
- chop saw
- cribbing (dunnage)
- drill press (e.g., bench, radial arm, upright)
- hydraulic press (e.g., horizontal, vertical)
- iron worker
- lathe
- media blaster
- milling machine
- parallel bars
- parts washer
- pedestal grinder
- shears
- surface grinder
- tube rollers
- twist drills
- v-blocks
- vises
Welding and Cutting Equipment
- air carbon arc cutting equipment
- flux core arc welding (FCAW) equipment and consumables
- gas metal arc welding (GMAW) equipment and consumables
- gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) equipment and consumables
- oxy-acetylene equipment and consumables
- oxy-fuel cutting equipment
- plasma arc cutting equipment and consumables
- shielded metal arc welding (SMAW) equipment and consumables
Testing and measuring Equipment
- ammeter
- balancing equipment
- borescope
- calculators
- computers
- dye penetrant test equipment
- flow meter
- fluid analysis equipment
- hardness test equipment
- laser alignment equipment
- magnetic particle test equipment
- multimeter
- non-contact voltage tester
- pressure/vacuum gauge
- printers
- radio transmitter
- scales
- strobe light
- tachometer
- thermographic test equipment
- ultrasonic test equipment
- vibration analysis equipment
Access, Rigging, Hoisting and Lifting Equipment
- aerial lifts
- air bags
- air jack
- air tuggers
- block and tackle
- chain fall
- chains
- crane (e.g., gantry, mobile, overhead)
- equipment handling rollers
- forklift
- hydraulic blocks
- hydraulic jack
- ladders
- lever actuated chain hoist
- lifting eyes
- mobile elevated work platforms (MEWP)
- outrigger
- pinch bar
- power chain blocks
- rigging hardware (turnbuckle, wire rope clips, hooks, collector rings, edge protectors)
- scaffolds
- scissor lift
- screw jack
- shackles
- sheave blocks
- slings
- snatch block
- spreader bar
- synthetic rope
- trolleys
- winches
- wire rope
- wire rope hoists