This occupation is discovered within the utilities sector, in clear water and waste water industries. Water community operatives sometimes work in solely one of many water industries, though some multi-utility staff may fit throughout each. They work for utility house owners, operators or contractors, ranging in dimension from small to massive firms.
This can be a core and choices apprenticeship normal. Apprentices might want to full the core and one choice:
1. Clear water community operative.
2. Waste water community operative.
The broad goal of the occupation is to assemble, keep and restore water community infrastructure, to supply a dependable provide/service to home, business and industrial customers. Clear water infrastructure consists of mains pipes, water provide pipes, cease faucets, fireplace hydrants and sluice valves for clear water operations; and in waste water operations: drains and sewers, chambers, interceptors, circulate management gadgets and storage tanks. In each occupations the work is each deliberate – building and upkeep, and reactive – repairs and emergencies. They guarantee the positioning is protected for work, which can embrace visitors administration and management, full web site excavation and restore the positioning to a protected situation. They use a variety of powered gear and hand instruments, for instance diggers.
Relying on the work required, they could spend the day at one web site or work throughout numerous websites. Work places could embrace new construct websites, public highways or home properties. They’re required to work in all climate circumstances. They could have to work shifts, standby and unsociable hours.
Of their day by day work, an worker on this occupation interacts with colleagues, similar to managers, community technicians and engineers, supply drivers, reinstatement groups and administration workers. They normally work in a small staff – sometimes with one or two different operatives, liable for their very own work, reporting to managers however not below direct supervision. On a web site they could additionally work together with web site brokers and different trades. They are going to talk with shoppers/prospects relating to work that’s being undertaken and in some conditions most of the people. They could additionally liaise with personnel from statutory authorities, such because the Highways Authority, native authorities and the Surroundings Company. When working in emergency conditions, they could liaise with emergency companies personnel.
An worker on this occupation will probably be liable for finishing work to the required normal, following procedures and making certain Well being & Security and regulatory compliance, for instance with the Ingesting Water Inspectorate, The Water Providers Regulation Authority (OFWAT) and Surroundings Company and so forth; failure to take action might have severe penalties for self, public well being and the setting. Recording and reporting on work accomplished is a crucial a part of the job, which can embrace completion of paperwork or computerised data, drawings and offering web site pictures. They’re anticipated to current knowledgeable picture of the corporate. They’re liable for making certain their instruments and gear are match to be used, appropriately saved and maintained. Relying on their degree of expertise, they could be liable for main the staff.
Water community operatives should be certified and on the Avenue Works Register. Sometimes, a driving license will probably be required as they could be anticipated to drive to their place of job, utilizing an organization automobile. As well as, clear water community operatives should maintain a Water Hygiene Card. Some water community operatives could require a CSCS (Development Expertise Certification Scheme) Card and/or SHEA (Security, Well being and Environmental Consciousness) Fuel Passport Card.
Mains layer
Restore and upkeep operative
Service layer
Utility operative
Water operative
KSBs
Information
K1: Well being and security observe: danger assessments and protected methods of labor, permits to work, working in confined areas, private protecting gear (PPE), handbook dealing with.
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K2: Well being and security rules and procedures: Well being and Security at Work Act 1974, New Roads and Avenue Works Act 1991, Working at Heights, Provision and Use of Work Tools Rules (PUWER), Management of Substances Hazardous to Well being (COSHH), Lifting Operations Lifting Tools Rules (LOLER), first support, fireplace security. Varieties and makes use of of asbestos and the place they could come into contact; protected work practices, management measures, and protecting gear wanted to undertake asbestos mains work.
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K3: Environmental necessities; Surroundings Safety Act 1990.
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K4: Ideas and processes that underpin the placement of utility community belongings; well being and security steering on avoiding injury to underground utility companies.
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K5: Checks and operational necessities for generally used utility community operations gear and instruments: utility location gear/instruments, pneumatic gun, hand/energy instruments – energy disc cutter, chain noticed, drills.
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K6: Earlier than/after use checks, upkeep and storage necessities for generally used utility community operations gear and instruments: utility location gear/instruments, pneumatic gun, hand/energy instruments – energy disc cutter, chain noticed, drills.
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K7: Ideas of visitors administration and management.
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K8: Excavation methods: open minimize, moling, vacuum extraction; and trench help methods: proprietary methods, sheeting and mechanical.
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K9: Emergency companies, Highways authorities, Surroundings Company; who they’re, what they do; escalation procedures.
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K10: Trade construction and regulatory necessities; Ingesting Water Inspectorate, The Water Providers Regulation Authority (OFWAT), regulatory surveys.
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K11: Reporting channels; limits of authority.
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K12: Communication methods – written, verbal; customer support methods.
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K13: Equality & range issues within the office.
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K14: Procedures for the development and connection of fresh water community belongings (mains and companies).
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K15: Procedures for the restore of mains clear water community belongings.
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K16: Procedures for clear water community emergencies.
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K17: Penalties of flooding and air pollution, on folks and the setting.
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K18: Clear water community operative. Ideas of taking water samples.
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K19: Procedures for the development and connection of waste water community belongings (mains and companies).
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K20: Procedures for repairs in waste water: mechanical and patches (sizzling, chilly and ultraviolet).
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K21: Procedures for coping with emergencies, inner contamination flooding (DG5), air pollution (Class 1-4).
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K22: Penalties of waste water flooding and air pollution, on folks and the setting.
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K23: Decontamination dangers and mitigations; organic hazards.
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Expertise
S1: Determine hazards and implement controls to scale back dangers; adjust to methodology statements.
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S2: Interpret work directions/engineering directions and decide actions.
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S3: Determine and organise assets to undertake actions.
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S4: Adjust to office well being, security & environmental coverage and observe; use of Private Protecting Tools (PPE) and security gear.
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S5: Examine signing, lighting and guarding; tackle points if required.
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S6: Dig holes for utility community companies.
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S7: Monitor and keep web site circumstances; good housekeeping.
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S8: Determine, find and keep away from utility provide equipment and sub-structures.
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S9: Choose, verify and function gear and instruments; report faults if required.
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S10: Preserve and retailer gear and instruments, for instance cost batteries, clear gear, grease machines, re-fuel.
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S11: Talk with colleagues and/or stakeholders, for instance, statutory companies and members of the general public, prospects.
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S12: Use respiration equipment.
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S13: Use fuel detection gear.
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S14: Perform trench set up for instance, sheeting, light-weight and proprietary methods.
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S15: Document info, for instance job stories, time sheets.
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S16: Backfill and reinstate highway and/or pavement surfaces after water community building/restore.
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S17: Perform squeeze off actions to wash water companies (Clear water).
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S18: Be part of supplies by electro-fusion.
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S19: Be part of supplies by butt fusion processes.
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S20: Be part of supplies by mechanical means on clear water companies, for instance encapsulation, straight, ferrule, flange connections.
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S21: Clear water. Drill and faucet clear water companies.
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S22: Set up water provide companies.
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S23: Conduct disinfection procedures for clear water mains and companies.
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S24: Conduct repairs to wash water asbestos mains .
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S25: Conduct stress and soundness (integrity of pipework) testing to wash water companies.
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S26: Use circulate and line stopping procedures.
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S27: Restore water community gear, for instance hydrants, values, boundary packing containers.
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S28: Clear water community operative. Use pumps and dewatering gear.
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S29: Apply clear water community emergency procedures.
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S30: Be part of supplies by versatile seals on waste water companies.
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S31: Set up waste water provide companies.
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S32: Put together pipework for lining.
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S33: Put together for rodding actions for instance, get away concrete or manhole level.
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S34: Conduct repairs on waste water asbestos pipes.
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S35: Restore and keep pressurised pipes on rising mains.
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S36: Use mitigation strategies to keep up circulate on waste water networks circulate, for instance stopping or diverting.
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S37: Use pumps and dewatering gear to mitigate and keep circulate within the community.
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S38: Apply waste water community emergency procedures.
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S39: Apply remedy in place patches.
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S40: Decontaminate gear, tooling and PPE.
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Behaviours
B1: Prioritises well being, security and setting when endeavor work.
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B2: Adaptable, for instance keen to just accept altering priorities and dealing necessities.
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B3: Staff participant, for instance retains others knowledgeable, recognises private {and professional} limitations and seeks recommendation when needed, takes account of equality and variety in interactions.
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B4: Skilled, for instance wears work apparel in keeping with firm necessities, well mannered and courteous, maintains safety of enterprise particular and private information.
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B5: Self-motivated, for instance manages personal time successfully, takes accountability to finish the job.
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B6: Satisfaction in work, for instance works to agreed high quality targets and requirements.
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B7: Dedicated to continued skilled growth.
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