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Automation Squad

Role

AI for Septic Tank Servicers

Robert MacKelfresh

By Robert MacKelfresh

Founder, Automation Squad

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.

Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners · O*NET 47-4071.00 · Job Zone 2 · sourced from the U.S. Department of Labor occupation database

Automation coverage

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AI you can use for this job

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The tools this job actually uses

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What this job involves

23 documented tasks, most important first. Showing 23.

  1. Communicate with supervisors and other workers, using equipment such as wireless phones, pagers, or radio telephones.
  2. Drive trucks to transport crews, materials, and equipment.
  3. Inspect manholes to locate sewer line stoppages.
  4. Operate sewer cleaning equipment, including power rodders, high-velocity water jets, sewer flushers, bucket machines, wayne balls, and vac-alls.
  5. Prepare and keep records of actions taken, including maintenance and repair work.
  6. Clean and repair septic tanks, sewer lines, or related structures such as manholes, culverts, and catch basins.
  7. Measure excavation sites, using plumbers' snakes, tapelines, or lengths of cutting heads within sewers, and mark areas for digging.
  8. Service, adjust, and make minor repairs to equipment, machines, and attachments.
  9. Clean and disinfect domestic basements and other areas flooded by sewer stoppages.
  10. Locate problems, using specially designed equipment, and mark where digging must occur to reach damaged tanks or pipes.
  11. Withdraw cables from pipes and examine them for evidence of mud, roots, grease, and other deposits indicating broken or clogged sewer lines.
  12. Ensure that repaired sewer line joints are tightly sealed before backfilling begins.
  13. Rotate cleaning rods manually, using turning pins.
  14. Install rotary knives on flexible cables mounted on machine reels, according to the diameters of pipes to be cleaned.
  15. Start machines to feed revolving cables or rods into openings, stopping machines and changing knives to conform to pipe sizes.
  16. Dig out sewer lines manually, using shovels.
  17. Update sewer maps and manhole charts.
  18. Cover repaired pipes with dirt, and pack backfilled excavations, using air and gasoline tampers.
  19. Cut damaged sections of pipe with cutters, remove broken sections from ditches, and replace pipe sections, using pipe sleeves.
  20. Requisition or order tools and equipment.
  21. Break asphalt and other pavement so that pipes can be accessed, using airhammers, picks, and shovels.
  22. Tap mainline sewers to install sewer saddles.
  23. Pump, clean, and repair septic tanks, sewer lines, or related structures such as manholes, culverts, and catch basins.