Responsible for performing work evaluating, servicing, maintaining, and repairing City vehicles and equipment. An employee in this class performs as an entry level technician within the City’s garage. Emphasis is placed on timely, reliable, efficient, and effective repairs while ensuring services provided meet department and industry standards. The employee conducts preventive maintenance and repairs on automotive, light and heavy equipment. Work includes the repair of gasoline and diesel engines, motors, brakes, electrical and hydraulic systems, and tires. Employees exercise judgement by diagnosing malfunctions of vehicles and equipment and determining necessary repairs. Employees are subject to hazards of automotive mechanics including working in both inside and outside environments, and exposure to various hazards such as noise, vibrations, moving mechanical parts, electrical currents, dust, mist, fumes, odors, and oil. Work is performed under the general supervision of the Fleet Shop Foreman and is evaluated on attainment of individual and department performance objectives, in compliance with safety requirements, visual inspections and positive feedback from other City staff.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
QUALIFICATIONS
FLEET TECHNICIAN I – PAY GRADE 12
Education and Experience:
High school diploma or GED equivalency; and one (1) year of experience in automotive mechanics including the repair and maintenance of trucks, cars, backhoes, ditch diggers, and heavy-duty equipment such as tractors and large gasoline and diesel trucks and fire and police apparatus; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Special Qualifications:
FLEET TECHNICIAN II – PAY GRADE 13
Education and Experience:
High school diploma or GED Equivalency; and three (3) years of experience in automotive mechanics including the repair and maintenance of trucks, cars, backhoes, ditch diggers, and heavy-duty equipment such as tractors and large gasoline and diesel trucks and fire and police apparatus; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Special Qualifications:
FLEET TECHNICIAN III – PAY GRADE 14
Education and Experience:
High school diploma or GED equivalency; and five (5) years of experience in automotive mechanics including the repair and maintenance of trucks, cars, backhoes, ditch diggers, and heavy-duty equipment such as tractors and large gasoline and diesel trucks and fire and police apparatus; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Special Qualifications:
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Work in this classification is defined as heavy work requiring the physical exertion of in excess of 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or in excess of 50 pounds frequently, and/or in excess of 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Work requires climbing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, fingering, grasping, handling and repetitive motions. Work requires dexterity in the hands for typing and operation of standard office equipment and visual acuity is necessary to read handwritten and typewritten materials and to operate a computer terminal. Vocal communication is required to express or exchange ideas. Hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels. Visual acuity is required for depth perception, preparing and analyzing written or computer data, visual inspection of products, operation of machines, determining the accuracy and thoroughness of work, and observing general surroundings and activities. Employees must also have the visual acuity to operate motor vehicles and use machines such as hoists, lifts, and perform semi-skilled tasks of a non-repetitive in support of trades’ personnel.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Work is primarily performed in both inside and outside environmental conditions including extreme heat and cold. Employees are subject to noise, which requires the worker to shout in order to be heard above the ambient noise level or other noises created in a vehicle maintenance facility. Employees are subject to vibration such as oscillating movements of the extremities or whole body and are subject to workplace hazards including mechanical equipment and atmospheric conditions due to exposure to acetylene torches, fumes, odors, dust, hot metal exhausts, and fuels, greases, and oils. Employees may work in close quarters, crawl spaces, under or on top of large vehicles, and other areas which could cause claustrophobia or dizziness from heights.
The City of Hendersonville is located in Henderson County, North Carolina. Hendersonville consisting of six square miles and multiple historic districts, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and sits between the Great Smoky and Blue Ridge Mountains, 22 miles south of Asheville, NC. With an altitude of 2200 feet above sea level, the region provides wonderful year-round recreational opportunities. The City is home to over 14,000 residents and operates under a Council- Manager form of government. A thriving Hendersonville Historic Downtown district, and member of the NC Main Street Program, Hendersonville is host to a variety of businesses, festivals and activities throughout the year. This beautiful mountain community strives to maintain its quality of life for year-round residents as well as the seasonal influx of tourists in Fall and Summer.
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