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"HORIZONTAL-EARTH-BORING-MACHINE OPERATOR"
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  • 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.

 

 

 


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DOT:   850.662-010

Job Number: 4970