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City of Pittsburg Streets Heavy Equipment Operator Apprentice in Pittsburg, Kansas
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Position Summary
- Works assisting the streets heavy equipment operator 1 or 2. Performs manual labor accomplishing all tasks associated with street operations including: operating various types of heavy equipment to excavate, grade or level earth for streets, alleys, sidewalks or other construction sites; fine grades, slopes, inclines, ramps, curves and unimproved streets and alleys. Performs work on all types of roadway surface from maintenance work to new construction. This includes but is not limited to asphalt, concrete and unimproved surfaces. This work involves the operation and maintenance of a wide variety of heavy equipment used in construction and maintenance work, and other duties as assigned. Learns operation of loader, road graders, skid loaders, dump truck, in digging of ditches, cutting down slopes, and loading rock/gravel/snow on trucks. Performs emergency operations for various natural disasters to include, floods and storms. This position is a probationary position to assess employees ability to receive and follow instruction. Probationary period also allows employee time to complete necessary certifications and trainings before being classified as a streets heavy equipment operator 1.
- Reports to the Streets Superintendent
- Performs daily required service checks on equipment to be used for the day including checking and filling; fluids, pressures, and grease points. Cleaning machinery as necessary. Ensures that equipment is operating correctly and reports any suspected malfunctions or safety issues.
- The primary duties of work are performed outdoors and may include working in adverse weather conditions.
- Work may involve 24-hour availability during emergency situations. This will include overtime and call back situations as required.
- Work in confined spaces and trench excavations as required.
- The job position summary, duties and responsibilities is not intended to be, nor should it be construed as, exhaustive of all responsibilities, skills or competencies with this job. Performs other duties as assigned.
Duties and Responsibilities
Equipment Operation
- Learn to Operate Backhoe for loading, excavation, hammering and other related tasks.
- Learn to Operate Skidsteer with a variety of attachments.
- Learn to Operate Dumptruck: *Including with plow and spreader attachments for snow operations. *Learn to correctly connect to asphalt paver. Hauls gravel, asphalt, sand, sweeper piles, snow, and other related materials through use of a dump truck.
- Learn to Operate Mini-Excavator with a variety of attachments.
- Learn to Operate Motor Grader.
- Learn to Operate Front End Loader.
- Learn to Operate a Crack Sealing Machine.
- Learn to Operate Asphalt Distributor Truck.
- Learn to Operate Asphalt Paving Machine.
- Learn to Operate Steel Drum Rollers.
- Learn to utilize power tools and small hand tools to perform necessary work.
- Learn to operate a forklift or other material handling equipment.
- Learn to operate Demolition Walk behind Saw.
- Learn to assist with operating asphalt plant to produce hot mix asphalt.
Asphalt Applications
- Learn proper asphalt crack treatments including; low modulus/extra low modulus, rubberized asphalt, crumb rubber, asphalt emulsion, asphalt cement, cutback asphalt.
- Learn asphalt surface treatments including, fog seal, seal coat, slurry seal, micro-surfacing, and hot mix overlay.
- Learn proper asphalt pothole patching and repair with various materials including; cold mix, spray injection, hot mix, slurry and micro-su rfacing material.
Concrete Applications
- Assists in setting grades for concrete forms, installing forms and removing forms and back filling dirt.
- Places, finishes, cures concrete, place relieve cuts as necessary.
Snow & Ice Applications
- Learns pre-treatment and treatment operations snow and ice control.
- Learns removal of snow and ice accumulations through truck mounted snow plows or other assigned heavy equipment such as loaders, backhoes, tractors, or skidsteers,
- Learns mixing/blending of salt and sand as instructed with loader prior to loading of truck mounted spreaders.
- Learns mixing of water and salt to create brine mixture for pre-pretreatment measures.
Safety Procedures
- Learns installation of temporary traffic control devices in accordance with Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
Personal Conduct
Reliability: Policy 210 & 502
Judgement: Policy 101
Cooperation / Attitude: Policy 104
Serving the Public: Policy 103