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· Good light if indoor
· All crew members familiar with signals
· Steel tied tight and properly spaced
· Pre wet –SSD for concrete repair
· Check shot wires/dept gauges
· Check scaffold and any obstacles
· Make sure protection is in place to prevent damage
· Know what is required and shoot test panels accordingly
o I don’t like to shoot in a box so my test panels have a bottom and one side. This leaves one side and top open for rebond to blow out. This also makes it easy to remove specimen and reuse from next day
o Properly cure test panel
§ Nozzleman will not be doing all these things physically , but they should know someone on crew is taking care of each item
Remember safety. I have all of my finger and no scars. Every time I have seen an accident somebody did something wrong/they should not have done. The most serious accident I saw was a pump operator turned on a pump when he should not have. A plug blew out and the hose hit a crew member in the face.
Any by the way – A good nozzleman will keep the hose between his legs where he will have a chance to control the nozzle if a “slug” comes through.
As the saying goes: “A Shotcrete Nozzlemen always keeps his hose between his legs and Controls the Pressure!”