Job Description:

• 1) Tends pumps, conveyors, blowers, chlorinators, vacuum filters, and other equipment used to decontaminate wastewater by settling, aeration, and sludge digestion: Removes obstructions, such as coarse materials from bar-screens, to accelerate influent through initial screening process.

• 2) Adjusts pipe valves to regulate flow velocity through settling tanks to separate sludge by sedimentation.

• 3) Turns air and steam valves to aerate effluent, and to control temperature in sludge digestion tanks.

• 4) Observes temperature gauges to determine lubrication of equipment.

• 5) Reads charts, flow meters, and gauges to detect equipment malfunctions.

• 6) Collects samples, makes process reports, and performs minor repairs on equipment as directed by WASTEWATER-TREATMENT-PLANT OPERATOR.

• 7) May be designated according to station assignments as Activated-Sludge Attendant; Grit Station Attendant; Pump-And-Blower Attendant; Sludge-Control Attendant; Sludge-Filtration Attendant.