It keeps you fit...its definitely fun and we get bloody good hours.

 

Rory O’Connell - Water Service Person

Water Service Person

  • Work on a variety of jobs and sites
     

  • Use your problem solving skills
     

  • Average salary $40,000k
     

  • People rely on you to keep their water flowing
     

  • Fix and install water infrastructure
     

What the Job Involves

  • Fix pipelines that distribute water from the service reservoirs to people's homes.
  • General maintenance of the network
  • New water main installations and relocations
  • Working outside

Education

 

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Rory O’Connell - Water Service Person

Rory O’Connell - Water Service Person

 

What is the best part of the job?

You turn up to a job and it’s up to you to reassure the customers. Good to know people can rely on us to get the work done.

What was your pathway into becoming a Water Service Person?

I was recommended the industry by a friend. I came into the industry unskilled, getting training through City Care while working to do a Level 3 Water Reticulation Certificate through Connexis.In this training you learn about planned and reactive maintenance on water infrastructure

What are the career prospects?

You can become a supervisor after completion of a Level 4 certificate, and also go into management becoming an Operations Manager or a Service Manager.


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