1. Whakangote
I mua i te rere o te whakamatao, me ruha kia kore ai te hau, nga mirumiru ranei o roto o te punaha e paheke ai te whakamahana, te aukati paipa ranei. Ko te mahi motuhake ko te timata i te papu wai me te waeine tuatahi, whakatuwhera i te puera wairere ki te whakaheke i te wai ki te taumata wai noa, katahi ka whakawetohia te papu wai, ka tiimata te motuka matua whakamatao, tuku i te mea whakamahana ki te huri mo tetahi wa, ka whakatuwhera i te puera hau kia pau. Ko te mahi e whai ake nei ka taea te mahi i muri i te otinga o te ngongo.
2. Utaina
Whai muri i te whakamahinga o te whakamatao, ka hiahiatia he whakamatautau kawenga, ara, ka piki haere te utaina kia tae atu ai te whakamatao ki te ahua o te utaina kua tohua. I te wa o te whakamatautau, he mea tika kia maataki mena ka tutuki nga momo tohu mahi o te whakamatao ki nga whakaritenga, penei i te pāmahana, te pehanga, te rere wai, aha atu.
3. Whakamarama
Whai muri i te whakamatautau kawenga, me tino mahi te horoi kia kore he poke me te whakaemi poke i roto i te whakamatao. Ko te mahi motuhake ko te kati i te paera whakauru wai, te whakatuwhera i te puera wairere, te whakamatao i te wai whakamatao, katahi ka whakatuwhera i te kohanga wai me te paera tatau, ka horoi ki te wai ma.
4. Patuiro
I muri i te whakaotinga o te whakamatautau uta me te horoi, ka hiahiatia he mahi patuiro matawhānui. I te wa o te mahi patuiro, me aro nui ki te raupapa whakaoho, te whakatikatika i te wera o te wai uru me te putanga o te wai, te tirotiro i te taumata o te wai, me era atu, ina koa, mo nga whakamatao hou, ka whakakapihia ranei e nga kaiwhakamahi nga waahanga nui penei i nga kaiwhaiwhai, i nga papu wai ranei, ka hiahiatia te patuiro matawhānui me te whakamatautau hei whakarite i te mahi noa.