Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners

Clean and repair septic tanks, sewer lines, or drains. May patch walls and partitions of tank, replace damaged drain tile, or repair breaks in underground piping.

Job Task

• Rotates cleaning rods manually with turning pin.
• Installs rotary knives on flexible cable, mounted on reel of machine, according to diameter of pipe to be cleaned.
• Services, adjusts, and makes minor repairs to equipment, machines, and attachments.
• Drives pickup trucks to haul crew, materials, and equipment.
• Taps mainline sewers to install sewer saddles.
• Requisitions tools and equipment and prepares records showing actions taken.
• Notifies coworkers to dig out ruptured line or digs out shallow sewers, using shovel.
• Breaks asphalt and other pavement, using airhammer, pick, and shovel.
• Covers repaired pipe with dirt and packs backfilled excavation, using air and gasoline tamper.
• Inspects manholes to locate stoppage of sewer line and repaired sewer line joints to ensure tightness, prior to backfilling.
• Measures distance of excavation site, using plumbers' snake, tapeline, or length of cutting head within sewer and marks trenching area.
• Communicates with supervisor and other workers, using radio telephone.
• Updates sewer maps and manhole charting.
• Cleans and disinfects domestic basements and other areas flooded as result of sewer stoppages.
• Operates sewer cleaning equipment, including power rodder, high velocity water jet, sewer flusher, bucket machine, wayne ball, and vac-all.
• Cuts damaged section of pipe with cutters, removes broken section from ditch, and replaces pipe section, using pipe sleeve.
• Starts machine to feed revolving cable or rods into opening, stopping machine and changing knives to conform to pipe size.
• Withdraws cable and observes residue for evidence of mud, roots, grease, and other deposits indicating broken or clogged sewer line.
• Cleans sewage collection points and sanitary lines and repairs catch basins, manholes, culverts, and storm drains.

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