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HomeMy WebLinkAbout8.305 WELDER 20220208PART I DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES COUNTY OF KAUAI 8.305 Class Specifications for the Class: WELDER BC-10, BU-01 Duties Summary: Performs heating, welding, cutting, and brazing with oxyacetylene or electric welding equipment necessary to repair County equipment; and performs other related duties as required. Distinguishing Characteristics: This class represents journey level welding work in performing skilled work with oxyacetylene or electric welding equipment on a full-time basis. Examples of Duties: (The following are examples of duties and are not necessarily descriptive of any one position in this class. The omission of specific duties statements does not preclude management from assigning such duties if such duties are a logical assignment for the position). • Plans, organizes, lays out and inspects welding jobs from blueprints, plans, drawings, and sketches; • Welds and brazes all heavy equipment, truck and auto bodies, water pipes, pipefittings, valves, meter boxes, drain catch basins, lawn mowers, clipper parts and carburetors; • Repairs radiators, brake lining and clutch lining; welds steel in the construction of bridges; • Forms and fixes metal parts and sub-assemblies; • Hard faces special parts such as shovel bucket teeth, grader blades and other parts requiring a high degree of hardness; • Assembles metals preparatory to welding; • Sets up and regulates oxyacetylene and electric welding and cutting equipment; • Estimates time and material needs; PART I WELDER 2 8.305 • May supervise the work of others; • May perform work in other trades when not utilized as a welder; and • Performs other related duties are required. Knowledge of: Practices, tools, equipment, and materials used in oxyacetylene and electric welding and brazing; properties of ferrous and nonferrous metals in relation to welding and brazing; operating details of oxyacetylene and electric welding equipment. Ability to: Estimate time and material requirements; read blueprints and working drawings; tell temperature by the color of heated metal; understand and follow oral and written instructions. This is an amendment to the specification for the class WELDER, which was approved on September 20, 1957, amended on October 26, 1973, and on February 22, 2019, and is to be substituted for that specification. Approved: February 7, 2022 (date) ANNETTE L. ANDERSON Director of Human Resources PART II DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES COUNTY OF KAUAI 8.305 Minimum Qualification Specifications for the Class: WELDER BC-10, BU-01 Training and Experience: A combination of education and experience substantially equivalent to graduation from high school; and • three and one half (3 ½) years of welding experience as an apprentice or helper under a journey level welder. Substitutions Allowed: The following may be substituted for education: A. Four (4) years of full-time general work experience may be substituted for a high school diploma. B. Successful completion of semester credits leading towards a degree or diploma from an accredited community college, college or university, trades school, etc., may be substituted up to four (4) years of the education requirement (15 semester credits = 6 months). C. An Associate’s, Bachelor’s, Master’s or PhD degree from an accredited community college, college or university, trades school, etc., may be substituted for the education requirement. The following may be substituted for experience: A. Successful completion of semester credits leading towards a degree or diploma in welding, fabrication or a related field from an accredited community college, trades school, may be substituted up to two (2) years of the work experience requirement (15 semester credits = 6 months). B. An Associate’s degree in welding, fabrication or related field from an accredited community college, business, or technical school, may be substituted for two (2) years of the work experience requirement. C. A Bachelor’s degree in welding, fabrication or a related field from an accredited college or university may be substituted for up four (4) years of the work experience requirement. PART II WELDER 2 8.305 If a degree is used to substitute for the education requirement, it may not be used again towards the experience requirement. If work experience is used to substitute for education, it may not be used again to meet the experience requirement. If the applicant holds more than one degree, transcripts must be provided, and a thorough review will be conducted by the DHR staff in order for more than one degree to be credited towards the minimum qualification requirements. Additional degrees can be considered if obtained independently through mutually exclusive classes from another degree being considered. Substitutions will be used to the advantage of the applicant. Quality of Experience: Possession of the required number of years of experience will not in itself be accepted as proof of qualification for a position. The applicant's overall experience must have been of such scope and level of responsibility as to conclusively demonstrate that he/she has the ability to perform the duties of the position for which he/she is being considered. License Requirement: Possession of the appropriate licenses or certificates as required of the position. Selective Certification: Specialized knowledge, skills and abilities may be required to perform the duties of some positions. For such positions, Selective Certification Requirements may be established, and certification may be restricted to eligibles who possess the pertinent experience and/or training required to perform the duties of the position. Agencies requesting Selective Certification must show the connection between the kind of training and/or experience on which they wish to base selective certification and the duties of the position to be filled. Tests: Applicants may be required to qualify on an appropriate examination. 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 to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodations. Physical Effort Grouping: Heavy PART II WELDER 3 8.305 This is an amendment to the specification for the class WELDER, which was approved on September 20, 1957, amended on October 26, 1973, and on February 22, 2019, and is to be substituted for that specification. Approved: February 7, 2022 (date) ANNETTE L. ANDERSON Director of Human Resources