Job Description:

• 1) Sets up and operates boring machine to drill horizontal holes through earth banks for installation of pipelines under highways, railroads, canals, and other obstructions: Assembles and positions machine, augers, and casing pipes.

• 2) Signals operator of crane to lower boring equipment into previously dug starter hole.

• 3) Verifies depth and level of boring position, using surveyor's level and spirit level.

• 4) Starts engine and moves levers to rotate and feed auger into earth, and simultaneously activates hydraulic ram that forces casing into hole.

• 5) Retracts auger and forces earth cuttings back through casing to permit coupling additional sections of casing and auger.

• 6) May operate machine which flushes and pumps earth cuttings from hole.

• 7) May operate boring machine that drives pilot hole through earth bank and pulls auger bit back through bank to cut hole of required diameter.