Water Reticulation Technician
399999 · Heavy Next-day readyDescription
Water Reticulation Technicians instal and maintain the pipes that carry drinking water or wastewater and stormwater.
Typical work tasks
Operates bores, reservoirs and treatment facilities; maintains urban reticulation, rural schemes and water pump stations; assists with pipeline installations, projects and maintenance works; identifies and reports faults to the network engineer; customer service; assists with water related emergencies and risk management; complies with health and safety requirements. May be required to operate heavy machinery.
Typical work environment
- Works outdoors in almost all but extreme weather conditions. May sometimes work indoors at reticulation facilities.
- Worksites are frequently wet and dirty.
- Protective clothing may be utilised as appropriate.
Typical physical and mental demands
- The physical demand is up to heavy.
- Standing is frequently required. Sitting is not a significant component of the job.
- Walking is frequently required about the worksite to move equipment, supplies, and carry out various tasks.
- Stretching up and across is frequently required.
- Squatting, crouching, and kneeling is frequently necessary.
- Bending is frequently required.
- Twisting of the body or neck is frequently required.
- Lifting and carrying reticulation materials and equipment about the worksite is frequently required.
- Repetitive movements are frequently required, especially the use of hands and arms for cutting, screwing, and joining fixtures together.
- Driving to worksites is frequently required and operation of heavy machinery may also be required.
- Employees frequently use a range of hand, power, and machine tools including hammers, hacksaws, clamps, pipe-cutters, and wrenches.
- Mental skills necessary include practical, problem-solving, and organisational skills.
Enter via experience or on-the-job training; no mandatory pre-entry qualification. A licence may be required for some roles or employers. Flagged next-day ready.
Unverified — this label is model-generated and not yet clinician-reviewed. Confirm against the WTDS before relying on it.
How this was determined (model-generated): Certificate is completed ~18mo AFTER joining (OJT pathway), not a pre-entry gate, so barrier is experience_or_training not qualification; Class 1 'likely required' = may_be_required, making next_day_ready true.
Entry Requirements
A National Certificate in Water Reticulation (ANZSCO Level 3 skill level) is the national “standard” qualification, which newcomers can expect to complete within about 18 months of joining the industry. A Class 1 Driver Licence is likely to be required and Classes 2 and 4 would be advantageous.
Further Comments
There are opportunities for flexibility of movement but they are limited.