MAINTENANCE WORKER I - G114 - STREET DIVISION

This position performs street maintenance and repair duties.

• Constructs or repairs driveways, speed bumps, spill ways, cuts, overlays, edge ruts, and potholes.
• Sets up work related signs and traffic cones; directs traffic at work sites.
• Spreads, smoothes, and shapes asphalt.
• Operates wheelbarrow to transport asphalt; applies asphalt as appropriate.
• Loads and unloads truck with proper materials.
• Applies tar.
• Operates roller and dump truck.
• Cleans truck and other equipment.
• Grades ground for concrete work; sets up concrete forms.
• Assists in the cleaning and maintenance of the fleet yard.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.
• Knowledge of the principles, practices, and techniques utilized in the performance of street maintenance activities.
• Knowledge of the tools and equipment used in the performance of street maintenance activities.
• Knowledge of the safe operation of assigned equipment.
• Skill in problem solving and decision making.
• Skill in the operation of hand tools and other assigned equipment.
• Skill in oral and written communication.
• Ability to read, write, and perform basic mathematical calculations.

Knowledge and level of competency commonly associated with the completion of specialized training in the occupational field, in addition to basic skills typically associated with a high school education.

Sufficient experience, which provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

Possession of or ability to readily obtain a valid driver's license issued by the State of Georgia for the type of vehicle or equipment operated.

The work is typically performed while intermittently sitting, standing, stooping, walking, bending, or crouching. The employee occasionally lifts light and heavy objects, uses tools or equipment requiring a high degree of dexterity, and must be able to distinguish between shades of color.

• Balancing - maintain equilibrium to prevent falling while walking, standing, or crouching.
• Crouching - bending body forward by bending leg, spine.
• Feeling - perceiving attributes of objects by touch with skin, fingertips.
• Grasping - applying pressure to object with fingers, palm.
• Handling - picking, holding, or working with whole hand.
• Hearing 1 - perceiving sounds at normal speaking levels, receive information.
• Hearing 2 - receive detailed information, make discrimination in sound.
• Kneeling - bending legs at knee to come to rest at knees.
• Lifting - raising objects from lower to higher position, moving objects side to side, using upper extremities, back.
• Manual Dexterity - picking, pinching, typing, working with fingers rather than hand.
• Mental Acuity - ability to make rational decisions through sound logic, deductive reasoning.
• Pulling - use upper extremities to exert force, haul or tug.
• Pushing - use upper extremities to press against objects with force, or thrust forward, downward, outward.
• Reaching - extending hands or arms in any direction.
• Repetitive Motion - substantial movements of wrists, hands, fingers.
• Speaking - expressing ideas with spoken word, convey detailed, important instructions accurately, concisely.
• Standing - for sustained periods of time.
• Stooping - bending body downward, forward at waist, with full motion of lower extremities and back.

The work is typically performed outdoors, occasionally in cold or inclement weather. The employee may be exposed to noise, dust, dirt, grease, and machinery with moving parts.

The work requires the use of protective devices such as masks, goggles, or gloves.