Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners
Septic tank service includes cleaning and repairing septic tanks, sewer lines, or drains. The septic tank cleaning service cleaners may patch walls and partitions of the tank, replace damaged drain tile, or repair breaks in underground piping.
The daily tasks of septic tank cleaning job cleaners include communicating with supervisors and other workers and using wireless phones, pagers, or radiotelephones. They also drive trucks to transport crews, materials & equipment, inspect manholes to locate sewer line stoppages, and operate sewer cleaning equipment like power rodders, high-velocity water jets, and sewer flushers, bucket machines, Wayne balls, and vac-alls. Preparing and keeping records of actions taken, including maintenance and repair work, are also included in a septic tank pumping services.
The knowledge required for septic tank pumping job is understanding of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services, principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits, machines and tools, like designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. Apart from these, other skills which are essential for septic tank services are controlling operations of equipment or systems, watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly and performing routine maintenance on equipment, and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
To be successful in septic tank cleaning services, you need to be reliable, dependable, have good leadership skills, listening skills, and be hardworking. Every day the septic tank pumping job technician will be exposed to weather conditions & contaminations.
Qualifications
Every career requires an element of study and academic qualification, and there can be several study routes and pathways you can take. In following any academic pathway you will study subjects that contribute to the specialised knowledge required to achieve your career goals. These qualifications provide a future employer with the evidence that you have the desired knowledge, understanding and experience of their industry, so it’s important to consider the various types of qualifications available to you and to understand how they can boost your career and create opportunities for you.
- Grade 10 All Subjects
Tasks
- 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.
- Operate sewer cleaning equipment, including power rodders, high-velocity water jets, sewer flushers, bucket machines, wayne balls, and vac-alls.
- Ensure that repaired sewer line joints are tightly sealed before backfilling begins.
- Withdraw cables from pipes and examine them for evidence of mud, roots, grease, and other deposits indicating broken or clogged sewer lines.
- Install rotary knives on flexible cables mounted on machine reels, according to the diameters of pipes to be cleaned.
- Measure excavation sites, using plumbers' snakes, tapelines, or lengths of cutting heads within sewers, and mark areas for digging.
- Locate problems, using specially designed equipment, and mark where digging must occur to reach damaged tanks or pipes.
- Clean and repair septic tanks, sewer lines, or related structures such as manholes, culverts, and catch basins.
Progression Routes
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