To detect leakage on the Company’s supply and distribution system and customer wastage to increase operational efficiency and revenue coverage.
Candidates applying for this position should possess:
· A Craft Certificate in Plumbing
· One (1) year experience in maintaining water distribution system.
· Personal Transportation would be an asset.
The Candidate must have the following skills/abilities.
- Physically fit
- Must be a team player
· Inspects the Company’s water pipes and fittings in specified areas using best leakage practices including visible detection, step testing, sounding, and report any defects following standard procedures.
· Carryout simple repairs to the Company’s assets, such as (re) fitting stop taps, replacing meters, tightening leaking joints and other similar quick repairs, where applicable.
· Inspect customer pipe work and fittings in specified areas for defects including leakage/ tampering and report any defects following standard procedures.
· Cary out simple repairs to customers pipe work such as tightening fittings on stop taps, refit stop taps that have been disconnected, tighten fittings on meters, etc. as a free service and which do not involve the use of any new material.
· Identify illegal connections on site from investigations and billing data.
· Report any illegal connections/meter tampering following standard.
· Serve relevant notices on customers for defective pipe work, fittings, tampering and illegal connection.
· Report any change in uses of property from domestic to commercial following standard procedure.
· Perform other related duties and responsibilities consistent with the purpose and level of the post.
The Georgetown Sewerage and Water Commission was established on the 23rd March 1929 to provide for the completion of the Sewerage Works of Georgetown. Its objectives were to establish a body of Commissioners to control maintain and manage the Sewerage System and Waterworks of Georgetown; and to provide for the maintenance thereof. GS&WC was responsible for Central Georgetown. The Georgetown Sewerage and Water Amendment Act Number 4 of 1994 made the GS&WC an autonomous public sector institution under the control of the Minister of Works and Communications.
The Guyana Water Authority (GUYWA) was established under the Guyana Water Authority Act Chapter 55:01 of 1972. Its main activities included the construction, operation and maintenance of water distribution systems in order to supply potable water to the public. Prior to the establishment of the Authority, responsibility for the water sector was that of the Pure Water Supply Division of the Ministry of Works.
The Guyana Water Authority was responsible for delivering water to the suburban, Rural and the Hinterland regions excluding Linden and those areas supplied by the Sugar Industry Labour Welfare Fund Committee.
The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) was established, resulting from the merger of the Guyana Water Authority (Guywa) and the Georgetown Sewerage and Water Commissioners (GS&WC), on May 30, 2002. Thus, GWI is responsible for the previously divided responsibilities of GUYWA and GS&WC.