Profession dewatering technician

Dewatering technicians install and operate pumps, spares, pipe ranges, and vacuum dewatering systems to collect and remove liquids and chemicals.

Personality Type

• Realistic / Investigative
• Realistic / Conventional
• Realistic / Enterprising

Knowledge

• Chemistry

  The composition, structure, and properties of substances and the processes and transformations that they undergo; the uses of different chemicals and their interactions, production techniques, risk factors, and disposal methods.

Skills

• Work ergonomically

  Apply ergonomy principles in the organisation of the workplace while manually handling equipment and materials.

• Manage water treatment

  Treat contaminated water using a variety of techniques such as lagoons and reed beds.

• Collect samples

  Set up and operate equipment to collect water, gas or soil samples for testing.

• Manage storage tanks

  Oversee the operations of the storage tank; obtain appropriate balancing levels in filtrate tanks.

• Troubleshoot

  Identify operating problems, decide what to do about it and report accordingly.

• Manage sumps

  Oversee correct operation of sumps; to make sure that the operations for collecting and removing the undesirable or excess liquid runs smoothly.

• Maintain records of mining operations

  Maintain records of mine production and development performance, including performance of machinery.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB