How do they match: Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners

  • Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners

  • Drain and Sewer Technician
  • Sewer and Drain Technician

  • Break asphalt and other pavement so that pipes can be accessed, using airhammers, picks, and shovels.
  • Communicate with supervisors and other workers, using equipment such as wireless phones, pagers, or radio telephones.
  • Cover repaired pipes with dirt, and pack backfilled excavations, using air and gasoline tampers.
  • 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.
  • Locate problems, using specially designed equipment, and mark where digging must occur to reach damaged tanks or pipes.
  • Measure excavation sites, using plumbers' snakes, tapelines, or lengths of cutting heads within sewers, and mark areas for digging.
  • Rotate cleaning rods manually, using turning pins.