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sewerage-maintenance-technician Occupational skill for the role 'sewerage maintenance technician' (also: sewer pipe maintenance technician, sewerage investigative cctv operative, sewerage investigation technician, cctv operative, sewerage system maintenance technician, sewerage investigative technician). Use when the user asks for typical sewerage maintenance technician work such as: Drive trucks to transport crews, materials, and equipment.; Communicate with supervisors and other workers, using equipment such as wireless phones, pagers, or radio telephones.; Prepare and keep records of actions taken, including maintenance and repair work.

Sewerage Maintenance Technician

Sewerage maintenance technicians inspect sewers and pipeline systems. They do this by using moving video cameras, whose recordings tell them whether they need to perform any maintenance and repair on these types of systems.

Core workflow

  1. Drive trucks to transport crews, materials, and equipment.
  2. Communicate with supervisors and other workers, using equipment such as wireless phones, pagers, or radio telephones.
  3. Prepare and keep records of actions taken, including maintenance and repair work.
  4. Operate sewer cleaning equipment, including power rodders, high-velocity water jets, sewer flushers, bucket machines, wayne balls, and vac-alls.
  5. Measure excavation sites, using plumbers' snakes, tapelines, or lengths of cutting heads within sewers, and mark areas for digging.
  6. Locate problems, using specially designed equipment, and mark where digging must occur to reach damaged tanks or pipes.
  7. Clean and repair septic tanks, sewer lines, or related structures such as manholes, culverts, and catch basins.
  8. Service, adjust, and make minor repairs to equipment, machines, and attachments.

How to use this skill

Key competences (essential)

  • assemble manufactured pipeline parts
  • detect flaws in pipeline infrastructure
  • examine civil structures
  • follow health and safety procedures in construction
  • inspect pipelines
  • inspect sewers
  • maintain records of maintenance interventions
  • maintain septic tanks
  • maintain test equipment
  • prevent damage to utility infrastructure
  • prevent pipeline deterioration
  • recognise signs of corrosion
  • record test data
  • repair pipelines
  • secure working area

Hot technologies

  • Intuit QuickBooks
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Word

Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/40260ee8-c94a-4dc8-a562-f9fbc2fe13b1), ONET 30.3 (47-4071.00). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*