Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners

People in this career often have these skills:

• Operation and Control - Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
• Operations Monitoring - Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.

People in this career often know a lot about:

• Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Transportation - Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
• Mechanical - Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
• English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Public Safety and Security - Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.

People in this career often have talent in:

• Manual Dexterity - The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
• Control Precision - The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
• Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
• Flexibility of Closure - The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.

• Arm-Hand Steadiness - The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
• Multilimb Coordination - The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.
• Depth Perception - The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object.

People in this career often do these activities:

• Communicate with other construction or extraction personnel to discuss project details.
• Drive trucks or truck-mounted equipment.
• Inspect plumbing systems or fixtures.
• Clean equipment or facilities.
• Record operational or environmental data.

• Maintain plumbing structures or fixtures.
• Measure work site dimensions.
• Maintain construction tools or equipment.
• Decontaminate equipment or sites to remove hazardous or toxic substances.
• Locate equipment or materials in need of repair or replacement.
• Inspect completed work to ensure proper installation.
• Maintain mechanical equipment.
• Install equipment attachments or components.
• Operate heavy-duty construction or installation equipment.
• Dig holes or trenches.
• Edit documents.
• Spread sand, dirt or other loose materials onto surfaces.
• Compact materials to create level bases.
• Remove worn, damaged or outdated materials from work areas.
• Cut metal components for installation.
• Order construction or extraction materials or equipment.
• Break up rock, asphalt, or concrete.
• Drill holes in construction materials.

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