Traffic Signal Technician Assistant

Performs progressively responsible work in the installation, maintenance, and repair of traffic signal control devices while acquiring the knowledge and experience required for appointment to the beginning of the training period. As training progresses and knowledge of the trade and skills are developed, signal technician assistants are assigned tasks that are more difficult and are required to exercise more judgment and greater independence in the performance of their work. Instructions are received both orally and in writing and close supervision is received from journey level Traffic Signal Technicians, Signal Technician Seniors, and other designated personnel.

• Assists other Traffic Signal Technicians in troubleshooting in the field and restoring operations to traffic control devices that have underground electrical, electronic equipment or electrical wire/cable failure due to vehicular accidents, vandalism, adverse weather, or construction activities.
• Tests traffic signal equipment and related devices under immediate supervision to learn to identify defects in electric and electronic equipment.
• Performs routine maintenance on traffic signal equipment and intelligent transportation system components on an ongoing basis.

Education:     High School diploma or GED

Experience:   One (1) year experience in basic electrical wiring, use and care of the tools, equipment and materials employed in basic residential or commercial wiring or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience, which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this job.

 

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Ability to learn job-related material primarily through oral instruction and observation, which takes place mainly in an on-the-job setting.
• Ability to make skillful, controlled manipulations of small objects, such as wiring in control cabinets.
• Ability to work at heights of 30 feet, such as in standing in a raised bucket, to repair, remove, or replace a signal head or other signal devices.
• Ability to work outdoors in a variety of adverse conditions, such as heavy traffic and inclement weather with exposure to natural elements.
• Good communication skills, both oral and written.
• Ability to work cooperatively with others.
• Ability to program various types of computerized traffic control devices and hanging traffic signal heads during daily work schedule and during on-call rotation.
• Ability to interpret work using electronic schematics, wiring diagrams, and street intersection prints.
• Ability to understand occupational hazards and safety precautions of the electrical and electronic trade.
• Demonstrates continuous efforts to improve operations, decrease turnaround times, streamline work processes, and work cooperatively to provide quality seamless customer service.
• Ability to understand the use and care of standard tools, materials, methods, and practices of electrical and electronic repair.

Licensing:  Must have a valid state operator/driver’s license with good driving history. 

This position requires staff call up in an emergency situation and travel from office to other locations more than 50% of the time. 

PERFORMANCE APTITUDES:

• Physical Abilities: Tasks require the regular and, at times, sustained performance of moderately physically demanding work, typically involving some combination of climbing and balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and crawling, and that may involve the lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling of moderately heavy objects and materials (20-50 pounds).
• Sensory Requirements: Some tasks require the ability to perceive and discriminate colors or shades of colors, sounds, and visual cues or signals. Some tasks require the ability to communicate orally.
• Environmental Factors: Performance of essential functions may require exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as dirt, dust, pollen, wetness, humidity, rain, fumes, unsafe structures, heights, confined spaces, machinery, vibrations, electric currents, traffic hazards, animal/wildlife attacks, or animal/human bites.

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The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to this job.

Salary : $40,162