EUSSM1 Carry out inspection and operational maintenance on sewerage or drainage assets

Overview

This Standard is about carrying out inspections and operational maintenance on sewerage or drainage assets. Sewerage and drainage assets could be in public networks or privately owned. Operational maintenance is taken to mean straightforward activities such as cleaning and reporting on sewerage or drainage assets.

It includes carrying out inspections, selecting and preparing tools and equipment, carrying out maintenance and dealing with any faults or damage.

This Standard is for operatives who inspect and carry out operational maintenance of sewerage or drainage assets.

Performance Criteria

You must be able to:

  1. establish information about inspection and maintenance requirements of sewerage or drainage assets from appropriate sources
  2. locate position of sewerage or drainage assets requiring inspection, rectification or repair in accordance with organisational procedures
  3. select an appropriate water supply in accordance with organisational procedures
  4. identify and report external factors which prevent the job being carried out when required to appropriate people
  5. prepare appropriate materials, tools and equipment for work activities in accordance with organisational procedures
  6. notify individuals and organisations affected by work activities in accordance with organisational procedures
  7. identify the risks associated with confined spaces, biological contamination, general public, highway/roadway working and the associated control measures
  8. protect work zones in line with legislative requirements for signing, lighting and guarding
  9. carry out inspection and operational maintenance of sewerage or drainage assets in accordance with organisational procedures and relevant technical specification
  10. identify and report defects, deficiencies, faults or damage outside the scope of your job in accordance with relevant organisational procedures
  11. recommend possible temporary arrangements to protect the operation and condition of sewerage or drainage assets, in accordance and organisational procedures
  12. record and report work activities, outcomes, faults and damage in accordance with relevant organisational procedures
  13. ensure records are accurate and legible and are disseminated in accordance with relevant organisational procedures
  14. ensure surface area is left in a safe and clean condition, and meets environmental requirements
  15. dispose of waste materials in accordance with organisational procedures

Knowledge and Understanding

You need to know and understand:

  1. regulatory and organisational procedures relevant to the sewerage or drainage maintenance you are undertaking including those relating to health, safety, the environment and waste
  2. the risk of disease or injury and associated procedures and control measures for working in confined spaces, at height, in excavations, lone working, on public highways, in dangerous atmospheres, in aerobic and anaerobic conditions, with tidal flows or increasing water levels, with industrial waste or trade effluent, uncontrolled discharges into the system, manual handling, vermin  
  3. types of sewers, drains and ancillaries and how to identify them including un-powered and electrically isolated ancillaries , foul drainage, surface water drainage, combined drainage, culverted watercourse, land drainage, sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS), rising mains, pumped systems, septic tanks
  4. organisational procedures for obtaining and using a water supply
  5. requirements for safe work zones and predetermined actions to take in instances of safe zone infringements
  6. maintenance requirements of sewers, drains and ancillaries
  7. maintenance methods including operational checks, cleaning and reporting using CCTV systems
  8. inspection methods including visual inspection, performance tests and CCTV reviews
  9. sources of information about inspection and maintenance requirements including organisational procedures, practices, technical specifications, contractors, customers
  10. external factors that may affect the work including weather, traffic, access, safety, working environment, environmental issues , general public
  11. organisational procedures for preparation, inspection and operational maintenance
  12. organisational  procedures for the use of tools and equipment
  13. the risks associated with manual handling and the appropriate control measures
  14. the risks associated with the use of CCTV systems and high pressure water jetting equipment
  15. implications of inadequate inspection and operational maintenance for the operation of the system
  16. interpretation of results from verification, testing and CCTV reports
  17. tools and equipment including cutting equipment, hand tools, inspection equipment, trenchless repair technology, cleaning equipment and when it is appropriate to use them
  18. technical specifications for tools and equipment, operational maintenance procedures, verification and testing
  19. faults and damage including major structural damage, serious blockage, flooding, danger to public health, pollution and how to identify them
  20. recording and reporting procedures and the implications of not correctly recording and reporting faults and damage
  21. types of temporary arrangements including flow diversion, temporary pumping, permits to work, isolation to protect work areas and methods of operations
  22. effects of influences on sewer or drain service conditions
  23. implications of local flooding and pollution events