Maintenance Worker
Date Adopted by City Manager
11/28/06
Comp. Code
9420
SEIU - TC
Classified
Job Title:
Maintenance Worker
Definition
Under general supervision, to perform a variety of public works and parks maintenance tasks; to operate Type B and C power-driven equipment; to perform related work as required.
Distinguishing Characteristics
This is a journey level in the field maintenance series of classifications. Employees appointed to this class usually have some general construction and maintenance experience and perform a variety of semi-skilled municipal maintenance tasks. Maintenance Workers may be required to provide guidance to less experienced employees as assigned.
Typical Duties
Perform heavy routine manual labor in the construction, maintenance and repair of streets, sewers, buildings, parks, recreation areas and other municipal facilities; load and unload material; excavate and backfill trenches with appropriate hand tools; clean gutters, drains and culverts; rake leaves, clean grounds and assist in spraying; cut weeds, clear brush and trim trees; operate, clean and maintain basic tools and equipment used on the job; may drive dump truck and other similar Type C power driven equipment; perform related duties as assigned.
Tools and Equipment Used
Type B & C Equipment. Type B includes all other power driven equipment not designated as Type A or Type C, including mower, roller, 2-ton dump truck, patch truck, 2-ton chip truck with chipper, packer truck, flusher truck(with or without trailer), small farm-type tractors with front-end buckets, mower attachments, flail mower or broom, fork lift, paint truck and trailer, and the Case 580 series or John Deer tractors using the front end bucket or flail mower. Type A equipment includes motor grader, wheel loader, street sweeper, boom slope mower, TV sewer van, back-hoe and accessories to the back-hoe attachment, aerial trucks, Jet Rodder, Champion Sewer Rodder, paint stripping machine, and the compost Turner.
Physical Demands
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to walk; sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell.
The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment
While performing the duties of the job, the employee regularly works in outside weather conditions. The employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts and is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and vibration. The employee occasionally works in high, precarious places and is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and risk of electrical shock.
The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
Desired Qualifications
Knowledge of
Accepted general construction and maintenance practices; use, maintenance and application of basic tools and equipment; safe work practices.
Ability to
Perform heavy manual labor in varied assignments; understand and carry out oral and written instructions; establish and maintain cooperative relationships with those contacted in the course of work; read and write at the level necessary to perform the above.
Experience/Education
Any combination of experience and education that could likely provide the required knowledge and abilities and example of which would be two years experience in similar maintenance duties.
Additional Requirements
The ability to obtain possession of a valid California Class B Driver License within six months of employment.