Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners
Tasks Include:
- Drive trucks to transport crews, materials, and equipment.
- Communicate with supervisors and other workers, using equipment such as wireless phones, pagers, or radio telephones.
- Prepare and keep records of actions taken, including maintenance and repair work.
- Operate sewer cleaning equipment, including power rodders, high-velocity water jets, sewer flushers, bucket machines, wayne balls, and vac-alls.
- Measure excavation sites, using plumbers' snakes, tapelines, or lengths of cutting heads within sewers, and mark areas for digging.
- Locate problems, using specially designed equipment, and mark where digging must occur to reach damaged tanks or pipes.
- Clean and repair septic tanks, sewer lines, or related structures such as manholes, culverts, and catch basins.
- Service, adjust, and make minor repairs to equipment, machines, and attachments.
- Inspect manholes to locate sewer line stoppages.
- Dig out sewer lines manually, using shovels.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: +23.2%
National: +7.0%
Education
High School Diploma
Job Zone:
One: Little or No Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Moderately High ($36,000 - $49,999)
Median Earnings:
National
$45,610.00
State
$42,480.00
Regional
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners
Description
Career Cluster: | Architecture & Construction |
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.
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Education
Required Level of Education
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 40.44%
- Less than a High School Diploma = 37.08%
- Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production) = 22.13%
- Some College Courses = 0.34%
Related Work Experience
- None = 34.56%
- Up to and including 1 month = 14.11%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 13.57%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 13.57%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 9.50%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 9.08%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 2.39%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 1.44%
- Over 6 years, up to and including 8 years = 1.44%
- Over 10 years = 0.34%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Up to and including 1 month = 40.27%
- None = 25.24%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 12.57%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 9.75%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 7.15%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 3.23%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 1.44%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 0.35%
On-the-Job Training
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 42.38%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 25.57%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 17.38%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 8.22%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 6.45%
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Drive trucks to transport crews, materials, and equipment.
- Communicate with supervisors and other workers, using equipment such as wireless phones, pagers, or radio telephones.
- Prepare and keep records of actions taken, including maintenance and repair work.
- Operate sewer cleaning equipment, including power rodders, high-velocity water jets, sewer flushers, bucket machines, wayne balls, and vac-alls.
- Measure excavation sites, using plumbers' snakes, tapelines, or lengths of cutting heads within sewers, and mark areas for digging.
- Locate problems, using specially designed equipment, and mark where digging must occur to reach damaged tanks or pipes.
- Clean and repair septic tanks, sewer lines, or related structures such as manholes, culverts, and catch basins.
- Service, adjust, and make minor repairs to equipment, machines, and attachments.
- Inspect manholes to locate sewer line stoppages.
- Dig out sewer lines manually, using shovels.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Ensure that repaired sewer line joints are tightly sealed before backfilling begins.
- Withdraw cables from pipes and examine them for evidence of mud, roots, grease, and other deposits indicating broken or clogged sewer lines.
- Install rotary knives on flexible cables mounted on machine reels, according to the diameters of pipes to be cleaned.
- Start machines to feed revolving cables or rods into openings, stopping machines and changing knives to conform to pipe sizes.
- Cut damaged sections of pipe with cutters, remove broken sections from ditches, and replace pipe sections, using pipe sleeves.
- Break asphalt and other pavement so that pipes can be accessed, using airhammers, picks, and shovels.
- Cover repaired pipes with dirt, and pack backfilled excavations, using air and gasoline tampers.
- Requisition or order tools and equipment.
- Rotate cleaning rods manually, using turning pins.
- Clean and disinfect domestic basements and other areas flooded by sewer stoppages.
- Tap mainline sewers to install sewer saddles.
- Update sewer maps and manhole charts.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners
Special Requirements
http://www.dpor.virginia.gov/Boards/WWWOOSSP/
Required Fees:
http://www.dpor.virginia.gov/Boards/WWWOOSSP/#Education_and_Exams
For More Information, Contact:
Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation – Board for Waterworks and Wastewater Works Operators and Onsite Sewage System Professionals
Phone: (80.4) .0362
TTY: (80.4) .8595
Fax: (86.6) .5354
http://
[email protected]
The data sources for the information displayed here include: Virginia Career VIEW Research. (Using onet28)
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
73.50 | 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. |
63.00 | Transportation | Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits. |
62.25 | Mechanical | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. |
59.75 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
59.50 | 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. |
54.75 | Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
51.00 | Administration and Management | Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Skills
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
72.00 | Operation and Control | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. |
65.50 | Operations Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
53.00 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
50.00 | Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
50.00 | Equipment Maintenance | Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed. |
50.00 | Troubleshooting | Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it. |
50.00 | Repairing | Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools. |
50.00 | Quality Control Analysis | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. |
50.00 | Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners
Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
68.75 | 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. |
65.50 | Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
62.50 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
62.50 | 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. |
62.50 | 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. |
62.50 | 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. |
62.50 | 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. |
59.50 | 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. |
56.25 | Hearing Sensitivity | The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness. |
56.25 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
56.25 | Reaction Time | The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears. |
53.00 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
53.00 | Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. |
53.00 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
53.00 | Extent Flexibility | The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs. |
53.00 | Static Strength | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. |
50.00 | Auditory Attention | The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds. |
50.00 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
50.00 | Trunk Strength | The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without "giving out" or fatiguing. |
50.00 | Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. |
50.00 | Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
50.00 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
84.50 | Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment | Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft. |
83.50 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
79.00 | Performing General Physical Activities | Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials. |
67.25 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
65.25 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
64.50 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
64.25 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
64.00 | Handling and Moving Objects | Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. |
62.50 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
59.75 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
59.50 | Controlling Machines and Processes | Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles). |
59.50 | Performing for or Working Directly with the Public | Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests. |
58.00 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
57.75 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
55.25 | Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others | Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used. |
54.75 | Communicating with People Outside the Organization | Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail. |
53.50 | Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment | Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles. |
52.25 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
49.50 | Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards | Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
77.75 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
72.75 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
72.50 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
71.50 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
68.50 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
67.50 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
65.75 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
61.00 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
60.50 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
60.50 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
59.25 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
55.75 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
52.25 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
52.00 | Social Orientation | Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
49.75 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
55.50 | Relationships | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service. |
55.50 | Support | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners
Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
99.00 | Outdoors, Exposed to Weather | How often does this job require working outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions? |
94.80 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
94.20 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
92.00 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
90.60 | Exposed to Contaminants | How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)? |
90.00 | Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets | How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets? |
89.20 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
88.80 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
86.60 | Very Hot or Cold Temperatures | How often does this job require working in very hot (above 90 F degrees) or very cold (below 32 F degrees) temperatures? |
86.20 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
85.80 | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? |
85.40 | In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment | How often does this job require working in a closed vehicle or equipment (e.g., car)? |
85.40 | Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable | How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable? |
82.00 | Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting | How often does this job require working in extremely bright or inadequate lighting conditions? |
81.60 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
81.20 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
81.20 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
77.00 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
76.40 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
75.80 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
75.00 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
74.80 | Exposed to Hazardous Equipment | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous equipment? |
72.40 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
72.00 | Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body | How much does this job require bending or twisting your body? |
71.60 | In an Open Vehicle or Equipment | How often does this job require working in an open vehicle or equipment (e.g., tractor)? |
71.60 | Exposed to Disease or Infections | How often does this job require exposure to disease/infections? |
70.80 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
68.20 | Spend Time Standing | How much does this job require standing? |
67.80 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
67.40 | Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings | How often does this job require exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings? |
66.40 | Letters and Memos | How often does the job require written letters and memos? |
65.60 | Exposed to Whole Body Vibration | How often does this job require exposure to whole body vibration (e.g., operate a jackhammer)? |
64.00 | Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in non-controlled environmental conditions (e.g., warehouse without heat)? |
63.60 | Spend Time Walking and Running | How much does this job require walking and running? |
63.00 | Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People | How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements? |
60.20 | Cramped Work Space, Awkward Positions | How often does this job require working in cramped work spaces that requires getting into awkward positions? |
59.40 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
59.00 | Frequency of Conflict Situations | How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job? |
58.60 | Spend Time Kneeling, Crouching, Stooping, or Crawling | How much does this job require kneeling, crouching, stooping or crawling? |
57.40 | Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment | How important is it to this job that the pace is determined by the speed of equipment or machinery? (This does not refer to keeping busy at all times on this job.) |
56.60 | Electronic Mail | How often do you use electronic mail in this job? |
56.40 | Exposed to Hazardous Conditions | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous conditions? |
53.40 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
49.80 | Outdoors, Under Cover | How often does this job require working outdoors, under cover (e.g., structure with roof but no walls)? |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Job Zone One: Little or No Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- Little or no previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, a person can become a waiter or waitress even if he/she has never worked before.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few days to a few months of training. Usually, an experienced worker could show you how to do the job.
- Examples
- These occupations involve following instructions and helping others. Examples include food preparation workers, dishwashers, floor sanders and finishers, landscaping and groundskeeping workers, logging equipment operators, and baristas.
- Education
- Some of these occupations may require a high school diploma or GED certificate.
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Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $31,120.00 | $45,610.00 | $54,600.00 |
Virginia | $30,800.00 | $42,480.00 | $49,000.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | $35,458.69 | $46,610.81 | $56,179.08 |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | $32,463.50 | $39,632.73 | $50,074.03 |
Central VA/Region2000 | $36,699.53 | $43,890.46 | $48,319.69 |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | $27,976.41 | $39,811.47 | $45,200.53 |
Hampton Roads | $34,438.94 | $40,911.80 | $50,236.24 |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | $38,952.90 | $48,461.24 | $59,634.03 |
Piedmont Workforce | $35,651.89 | $45,711.95 | $58,338.42 |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | $35,292.34 | $38,313.36 | $42,130.95 |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | $29,799.97 | $31,122.44 | $41,132.90 |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
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Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 30,100 | 32,200 | +7.0% |
Virginia | 784 | 966 | +23.2% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
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Careers in Maintenance/Operations Pathway:
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Proficiency Ratings
These proficiencies are scored on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being not
important to the job and 5 being extremely important to the job.
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Titles
- Drain Cleaner
- Electric Sewer Cleaning Machine Operator
- Maintenance Worker
- Pipe Cleaning and Priming Machine Operator
- Pipe Cleaning Machine Operator
- Plumber
- Public Works Technician
- Roto Rooter Operator
- Septic Cleaner
- Septic Pump Truck Driver
- Septic Tank Cleaner
- Service Technician
- Servicer
- Sewage Screen Operator
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