sewer construction worker
Code 7126.11
Sewer construction workers install sewer pipes to transport wastewater out of structures and to a body of water or treatment facility. They dig trenches and insert the pipes, making sure they have the correct angle and are connected watertight. Sewer construction workers also construct other elements of sewage infrastructure, such as manholes, and maintain and repair existing systems.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- mechanics
- mechanical systems
- excavation techniques
Skills and competences
- lay sewer pipe
- provide pipe bedding
- detect flaws in pipeline infrastructure
- assemble manufactured pipeline parts
- prevent damage to utility infrastructure
- inspect construction supplies
- dig sewer trenches
- inspect construction sites
- level earth surface
- prevent pipeline deterioration
- test pipeline infrastructure operations
- secure working area
- follow health and safety procedures in construction
- work ergonomically
- transport construction supplies
- transport pipes
- use safety equipment in construction
Transversal competences
- react to events in time-critical environments
- use measurement instruments
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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