HomeMy WebLinkAbout8.584 FIRE EQUIPMENT MECHANIC 20130225DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL SERVICES
COUNTY OF KAUA'I
FIRE EQUIPMENT MECHANIC 8.584
Duties Summary:
Repairs, modifies, tests and maintains fire fighting apparatus and automotive
equipment; and performs other related duties as required.
Distin uishing Characteristics:
This class is distinguished by its primary responsibility for repairing, modifying and
maintaining fire fighting apparatus and automotive equipment.
Example of Duties:
• Diagnoses motor knocks, noises or mechanical failures in firefighting and ocean
safety equipment and apparatus, rescue boats, ATVs, jet skis and trailers;
• Inspects, adjusts and replaces defective mechanical units in automotive.and diesel
equipment; times cam shafts and ignition; repairs and overhauls gasoline or diesel
engines, brake systems, transmissions, differentials and front and rear axles;
overhauls steering mechanisms and drive shafts; grinds valves;
• Determines needed repair parts; wires and rewires electrical systems such as
starters, distributors, generators, alternators, magnetos; road tests equipment after
being repaired;
• Repairs and maintains high pressure rotary and centrifugal pumps, air compressors,
lawn mowers; repairs portable and stationary battery chargers, portable and
stationary power plants;
• Removes, replaces, fabricates and remodels fenders, hoods, panels, radiators for
both automotive and other types of fire fighting and ocean safety equipment; mixes
and matches paints and applies primer and finish coats using spray guns and
brushes; fabricates various unobtainable parts by operating lathes and grinders;
welds body frames, cracked manifolds, oil pans; repairs fire hoses and nozzles;
• Instructs Fire Equipment Operators and Ocean Safety personnel in the use of new
equipment; maintains maintenance records and reports and operational status of
Fire Department equipment;
May respond to fire and ocean safety calls to see that equipment is operating
properly.
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Minimum Oualification Requirements for the Class:
Training and Experience: Experience and /or training of sufficient scope and quality
to competently perform the journeyworker skills and duties of this position.
License Requirement: Possession of the appropriate Commercial Driver's License
and applicable endorsements; current State of Hawaii Department of Transportation
Medical Examination Certificate.
Knowled e of: theory and principles of the internal combustion engine; the principles
of electricity as applied to the electrical systems of automotive equipment; theory and
principles of high pressure positive displacement and centrifugal pumps; the use of
hydraulic oil presses, lathes, gauges, gear or bearing pullers, sanding machines, spray guns,
testing equipment and other mechanical implements used in the trade; the occupational
hazards and precautionary measures applicable to the trade.
Ability to: plan, organize, maintain maintenance records and reports, and lay out and
set up work; locate and adjust mechanical defects in gasoline and diesel driven automotive
equipment; maintain and repair non - automotive equipment such as high pressure rotary
and centrifugal pumps, air compressors, and lawn mowers; make repairs using modern
tools, equipment and procedures; do welding and simple body and fender repairs; interpret
and work from rough sketches or blueprints as well as from oral and written instructions;
work with dexterity and safety; handle weights and loads; work with and interpret a
computer analyzer for diesel and gas engines.
Health and Physical Condition Requirements:
Persons seeking appointment to positions in this class must meet the health and
physical condition standards deemed necessary and proper for performance of the duties.
Physical Effort Grouping: Heavy
This is a recoding and amendment to the specification for the class, FIRE
EQUIPMENT MECHANIC, which was approved on September 28, 1976, which was
amended on November 15, 1991 and February 13, 1996, and is to be substituted
for that specification.
APPROVED:
Date THOMAS T. TAKATSUKI
Human Resources Manager 11