Equipment Operator
Equipment Operator
Summary:
The work of this class requires considerable skill in operating specialized light equipment with constant attention to the safety of operation to prevent accidents.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities includes the following:
Light Equipment:
- Operates a mechanical sweeper and street flusher; jet machine; bobcat; asphalt roller; and other pieces of light equipment.
- Trains in the operation of heavy equipment.
- Operates a snow plow for removing snow.
- Checks condition of equipment before and after operation.
Streets:
- Caulks joints with cement, cork-tight and rubber gaskets, etc.
- Assists in constructing concrete forms for concrete manholes and spillways, streets, and sidewalk repair.
- Tamp fills with a variety of materials.
- Breaks bituminous asphalt material to provide an even thickness.
- Tamps and finishes bituminous materials.
- Paves holes in streets with hot asphalt.
- Applies proper heat and pressure to obtain a smooth, resistant surface.
- Runs a small roller over asphalt patches.
- Spreads and tamps gravel.
- Breaks and removes concrete using a pneumatic jack hammer.
- Pours and finishes concrete repairs.
- Spreads gravel, sand, and other materials used on road tasks.
- Assists skilled workers in a variety of construction tasks.
Sewers:
- Cleans sewers, using slabs, nozzles, rotating cutters, and other devices.
- Flushes sewers with high-pressure hoses.
- Digs ditches and trenches.
- Lays pipe and new sanitary and storm sewer lines.
- Backfills holes around pipe, manholes, and inlets.
- Repairs breaks in sewer lines.
- Cleans catch basins, gutters, culverts, and other drainage structures.
Tools:
- Operates air hammers, pumps, compressors, and similar equipment.
- Operates simple pneumatic tools.
Automotive or Other Types of Equipment:
- Performs minor servicing and maintenance on assigned equipment.
- Occasionally operates light truck carrying tools and equipment and performs related work as required.
- Drives a truck engaged in hauling materials, supplies, and debris.
- Operates a dump truck, including sanding and salting streets, during winter months.
Qualifications:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education and/or Experience:
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or equivalent combination of education and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform the work.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:
- Valid Class A Commercial Driver's License with Air Brake Endorsement
General Maintenance:
- Removes snow/ice from streets and sidewalks.
- Cuts brush cleared from right-of-way.
- Builds, repairs, and maintains fences.
- Regular and predictable attendance is required.
- Other duties as assigned.
Physical Demands:
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and see, talk, and hear.
- The employee must be able to occasionally lift and work with up to ninety (90) pounds.
- The employee must be able to frequently lift and work with up to twenty (20) pounds.
- The employee must be able to continuously lift and work with up to ten (10) pounds.
- The employee must be able to work both in and out of doors, in all weather conditions, in high places, in confined spaces, in dusty environments, in high noise levels, and in heavy traffic.
Other Skills and Abilities:
- Skill in the operations of specialized light equipment under all types of weather conditions.
- Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions.
- Good knowledge of traffic and safety rules and accident prevention practices.
- Ability to make minor repairs and adjust equipment.