Apprentice Gas Serviceman

Closes: May 9, 2022
Salary: $35.60

Job Description

The Avista Utilities Candidate Pool for Apprentice Gas Serviceman in Oregon is being opened to identify qualified employees interested in the apprenticeship. This position could require apprentices to relocate for training as part of their job.

Gas Serviceman Apprentice's job duties include:

Providing an extraordinary commitment to customer satisfaction. Delivering on our commitments. Making decisions that demonstrate honesty, integrity, and accountability, and that promote the success of Avista. Being an active and supportive participant within your team. Inspecting and servicing all types of domestic, commercial and industrial gas equipment and install meters and regulators. Investigating reported gas leaks and to take necessary measures to insure public safety and the restoration of service. This position is the highest of a multi-step progression from Apprentice Serviceman to Serviceman Gas and is expected to know all aspects of Serviceman Gas duties for the Company as well as perform shared tasks with Journeyman Gas. Lower steps in this classification are expected to progress into all aspects of these duties.

Requirements

• Successful completion of:

• Basic Electricity Vol. 1
• Fundamentals of Natural Gas
• Successful applicant will have six (6) months to complete and pass the knowledge test for Basic Electricity Vol. 1 and Fundamentals of Natural Gas.

• High school graduate or completed GED.
• Provide proof of valid driver’s license and satisfactory driving record.
• Meet work performance requirements as shown by satisfactory performance reports suitable for apprentice classification.

Apprentice Gas Serviceman must live within 15 miles of the city limits of their established Company Construction headquarters.

Pre-employment screening requirements
Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a drug test, background check and motor vehicle records review.

This position is considered safety-sensitive under the Department of Transportation regulations 49 CFR Part 40 and may be subject to pre-employment drug and/or alcohol testing as well as other testing and training requirements as mandated by federal law.

Avista’s Commitment to Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action
Avista is committed to the goal of Equal Opportunity Employment and Affirmative Action. All qualified applicants will be considered regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, age, sensory, mental or physical disability (unless based upon a bona fide occupational qualification), Veteran status or any other classification protected by nondiscrimination law.

Please view Equal Employment Opportunity Posters provided by OFCCP here. Avista will make reasonable accommodation to assist a qualified person with a disability in the job application, interview process, and to perform the essential functions of the job whenever possible, where undue hardship would not be created for Avista. Please let us know if you would like assistance.

Licenses & Certifications

• CDL Class B
• Depart of Transportation

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)