What are the responsibilities and job description for the Hydrant Service Technician I position at Emerald Coast Utilities Authority?
Responsibilities/Pay Grade
JOB SUMMARY: H103
Reports to the Senior Utility Service Technician. This is an entry-level classification in which incumbents learn the skills required to install, repair, and maintain fire hydrants, perform valve insertions and line-stops as part of the ECUA water distribution system.
Employes in this classification participate in a formal ECUA training and career progression program, as well as receiving on-the-job training. Incumbents assist with a variety of tasks involved in the maintenance, installation, and repair of the water distribution system's fire hydrants and valves.
Level I technicians are required to complete additional career progression training classes. Required training classes are listed under the "Career Progression" section of this job description.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Reports to the Senior Utility Service Technician. This is an entry-level classification in which incumbents learn the skills required to install, repair, and maintain fire hydrants, perform valve insertions and line-stops as part of the ECUA water distribution system.
Employes in this classification participate in a formal ECUA training and career progression program, as well as receiving on-the-job training. Incumbents assist with a variety of tasks involved in the maintenance, installation, and repair of the water distribution system's fire hydrants and valves.
Level I technicians are required to complete additional career progression training classes. Required training classes are listed under the "Career Progression" section of this job description.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Installs, maintains, repairs, and conducts field testing of fire hydrants to ensure proper operations for adequate fire protection.
Inspects, identifies, and evaluates fire hydrants for repair or replacement.
Uses various power and hand tools to repair and rebuild hydrants as needed.
Raises, lowers, and relocates fire hydrants to allow clearance for other utilities or improvement.
Assists with flushing of the potable water system.
Assists with the installation, operation, and maintenance of flush and fire hydrants.
Places hydrants in service after appropriate testing and flushing.
Performs regular preventive maintenance on fire hydrants.
Tests fire hydrant performance and logs key information into a database.
Assists with flushing of the potable water system.
Assists with the installation, operation, and maintenance of flush and fire hydrants.
Places hydrants in service after appropriate testing and flushing.
Performs regular preventive maintenance on fire hydrants.
Tests fire hydrant performance and logs key information into a database.
Services and paints hydrants when major repairs are not needed.
Operates a variety of tools and equipment including backhoes, dump trucks, jack hammers, pavement saws, compressors, pneumatic tools, and hand and power tools; loads and unloads vehicles and equipment.
Assists with performance of valve insertions and line stops.
Assists with taps on water, performing valve insertions and wastewater mains.
Sets up and removes barricades and other warning devices to channel traffic around construction areas or other hazards.
Assists with flushing of the potable water system.
Reads and learns written material such as operation manuals and material safety data sheets.
Learns job-related material primarily through oral instruction and observation in an on-the-job training setting.
All other duties as assigned.
Assists with performance of valve insertions and line stops.
Assists with taps on water, performing valve insertions and wastewater mains.
Sets up and removes barricades and other warning devices to channel traffic around construction areas or other hazards.
Assists with flushing of the potable water system.
Reads and learns written material such as operation manuals and material safety data sheets.
Learns job-related material primarily through oral instruction and observation in an on-the-job training setting.
All other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
High school diploma or equivalent. (Educational documentation will be requested upon offer of employment.)
Basic computer skills required.
Testing for reading comprehension and basic workplace math calculations, will be administered prior to an interview and/or job offer. Testing scores will be a contributing factor for selection. TABE test passing scores of: Reading - 563; Mathematics - 577; and Language - 572.
Must respond to all emergency work call-outs beyond his or her assigned shift.
Licenses and Certifications:
Possession of a valid driver license.
Possession of a valid driver license.
Employment offers to all new hires are contingent upon the job candidates successfully passing background, motor vehicle and reference checks, drug screening, and post job offer physicals (that may include pulmonary testing). All applicants are subject to physical assessments as required by job.
Physical Requirements/Working Environment
The job requires sufficient physical ability and mobility to work in a field environment; to walk, stand, and sit for prolonged periods of time; to frequently stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, crawl, climb, reach, twist, grasp, and make repetitive hand movement in the performance of daily duties; to lift, carry, push, and/or pull moderate to heavy amounts of weight; to operate assigned equipment and vehicles; and to verbally communicate to exchange information.
Outdoor field environment; travel from site to site; exposure to noise, dust, grease, smoke, fumes, noxious odors, gases, mechanical and electrical hazards, and all types of weather and temperature conditions; work in or around water; exposure to hazardous traffic conditions; work and/or walk on various types of surfaces including slippery or uneven surfaces and rough terrain.
As a disaster team member, the employee is required to be available to work before, during, and after any disaster as directed.
As a disaster team member, the employee is required to be available to work before, during, and after any disaster as directed.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities/Supplemental Information
Knowledge of:
Operational characteristics of maintenance and construction equipment and tools used in work activities.
Proper procedures used in the maintenance and repair of hand and power tools.
Practices and procedures of traffic control.
Safety requirements for operation of trucks and other equipment.
Occupational hazards and standard safety procedures.
Ability to:
Perform a full range of unskilled and semi-skilled tasks involved in the maintenance, installation, and repair of fire hydrants.
Operate a variety of tools and equipment used in maintenance and construction.
Read and interpret blueprints, diagrams and sketches.
Perform heavy manual labor.
Drive and operate trucks and construction equipment.
Safely and effectively operate and use a variety of maintenance and construction equipment, tools and materials
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Understand and follow oral and written instructions.
