Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners

• 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.
• Start machines to feed revolving cables or rods into openings, stopping machines and changing knives to conform to pipe sizes.
• Service, adjust, and make minor repairs to equipment, machines, and attachments.
• Inspect manholes to locate sewer line stoppages.
• Cut damaged sections of pipe with cutters, remove broken sections from ditches, and replace pipe sections, using pipe sleeves.
• Dig out sewer lines manually, using shovels.
• Break asphalt and other pavement so that pipes can be accessed, using airhammers, picks, and shovels.

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• Operation and Control - Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
• Troubleshooting - Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.
• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Quality Control Analysis - Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
• Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Complex Problem Solving - Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.

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