Maintenance Worker , Casual

Temporary Maintenance Worker

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Note:

Casual non-benefited employees are limited to working no more than twenty-five (25) hours per week and no more than 900 hours in a fiscal year (July 1-June 30). Seasonal non-benefited employees are limited to working no more than six (6) consecutive months and no more than 900 hours in a fiscal year (July 1-June
30).

Under supervision, performs a variety of unskilled and semi-skilled assignments in the construction, maintenance and repair of City water, sewer, storm systems and streets; and performs related work as required.

is the entry and training level of the series. Under supervision and in a training capacity, incumbents are assigned routine, unskilled maintenance tasks while learning the basic construction and maintenance trades as necessary for the specific division to which assigned. Incumbents generally work as a member of a crew, but may be given independent assignments.

(May include, but are not limited to, the following):

• Loads, unloads, and operates pick-ups and trucks to transport maintenance supplies and materials.
• Places traffic control flags, signs, and cones to direct traffic around work sites; may direct traffic.
• Uses general carpentry and mechanical hand tools such as brooms, rakes, shovels, ladders, hammers, screwdrivers, pliers, saws, drills and wrenches.
• Operates equipment such as air compressors, pneumatic hammers, power activated hammers, chain saws, concrete saws, pipe cutters, sprayers, compactors, forklifts, painting and spraying equipment and rollers.
• Performs routine maintenance and repair of hand and power tools.
• Tactfully responds to questions and comments from the public.
• Responsible for the safe operation of equipment and tools used.
• Understand and carry out oral and written directions.
• May prepare and keep written records and make material and equipment requests.
• May, under direction and on an irregular basis, operate equipment such as backhoes, front-end loaders and trucks.

In addition to the general duties listed above, the following duties are also performed in the Water Distribution Section. As a member of a crew, incumbents participate in the following crew activities, independently performing certain tasks as assigned:

• Installing, connecting, relocating, and replacing new water mains, service lines, valves, pumps, meters, meter boxes and fire hydrants; cutting and fitting pipes and making taps.
• Repairing leaks on water mains by installing new pipe and/or clamps.
• Locating and marking existing water mains, meters, valves and other facilities for City crews and independent contractors using a sonic and/or magnetic pipe locator.
• Notifying customers of water shut-downs.
• Measuring and recording the location of valves, hydrants and blow-offs.
• Exercising valves by hand or with hydraulic equipment; marking valves to indicate direction of opening and number of turns to open.
• Testing water flow of hydrants.
• Flushing water system through valves and hydrants, testing turbidity and chlorine residual of water and checking for valve leakage.
• Painting valves, pumps, piping and building interiors and exteriors.
• Removing vegetation, cleaning meters and meter vaults and replacing meters.
• Opens and closes valves into water main.
• Performs routine maintenance and repair on pump stations and generators.
• Performs routine maintenance and repair on storage tanks and sites.

In addition to the general duties listed above, the following duties are also performed in the Sewer and Storm Section. As a member of a crew, incumbents participate in the following crew activities, independently performing certain tasks as assigned:

• Perform a variety of construction, repair, cleaning, and inspection work including rodding, hydroflush cleaning, television camera inspection, locating, and new pipe underground construction.
• Operate a variety of vehicles and equipment including loaders, pumps compressors, and heavy-duty trucks with trailers; set up and operate a variety of equipment including rodding, hydrovac, locating, and CCTV.
• Repair, replace, and install structures such as manholes, cleanouts, and pressure-relief valves.
• Calibrate, test, and operate air-monitoring devices.
• Depending on assignment, work in areas with the potential to contain biohazards.
• Assist with environmental cleanup; mitigate damage related to sewer spills.
• Read and interpret maps.
• Learn a variety of semi-skilled and manual work involved in the maintenance, cleaning, and closed circuit television (CCTV) inspection of sewer lines and structures.
• Perform heavy manual labor.
• Work outdoors in a variety of weather, terrain, and undergrowth conditions, with or around environmental hazards such as poison oak, stinging insects, and blood- and water-borne pathogens.

Position requires sitting, standing, walking on level, uneven and slippery surfaces, reaching, twisting, turning, kneeling, bending, stooping, squatting, crouching, grasping and making repetitive hand movements in the performance of daily…