Sewerage maintenance technician

Code 3112.1.12

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.

Essential skills

Knowledge

  • types of pipelines

Skills and competences

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

Transversal competences

  • supervise sewerage systems construction

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Sources

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences