STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: DISTRICT
SUPERVISOR, HIGHWAY SIGNING
Class Code: 3690-15
Date Established: 07-01-50
Occupational
Code: 5-3-7
Date of Last Revision: 11-15-04
BASIC PURPOSE: To supervise
the placing and maintaining of signs for highways in an assigned district.
CHARACTERISTIC
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
·
Locates and
supervises the erection and maintenance of regulatory, directional, warning
guide and speed signs in an assigned district.
·
Inspects signs,
making major and minor adjustments when needed.
·
Supervises an
assigned crew including training them in the proper methods used in sign
erection.
·
Prepares weekly
reports on activities, time and stock, cost distribution and truck mileage.
·
Maintains a file
index system of all signs erected in a divisional area.
·
Makes recommendations
for the location of new signs and performs on-site surveys to determine need.
·
Provides sketches and
photos of fatal motor vehicle accidents within the assigned district.
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DISTINGUISHING
FACTORS:
Skill: Requires skill
in recommending routine changes in standardized operating procedures OR in
retrieving, compiling, and reporting data according to established procedures
OR in operating complex machines.
Knowledge: Requires
understanding and using business or trades vocabulary or basic arithmetic to
perform standard operating procedures.
Impact: Requires
responsibility for contributing to immediate, ongoing agency objectives by
facilitating the direct provision of services to the public or other state
agencies. Errors at this level
result in inaccurate reports or invalid test results and require a significant
investment of time and resources to detect.
Supervision: Requires
direct supervision of other employees doing related or similar work, including
scheduling work, recommending leave, reviewing work for accuracy, performance
appraisal, or interviewing applicants for position vacancies.
Working
Conditions: Requires performing regular job
functions in an adverse working environment containing a combination of
disagreeable elements which impact significantly upon the employee's capacity
for completing work assignments.
This level includes work-related accidents or assault.
Physical
Demands: Requires medium work, including
continuous strenuous activities such as frequent reaching, bending, or lifting
as well as performing work activities which require fine manual dexterity or
coordination in operating machines or equipment.
Communication: Requires
explaining facts, interpreting situations, or advising individuals of
alternative or appropriate courses of action. This level also requires interviewing or eliciting
information from state employees or members of the general public.
Complexity: Requires a
combination of job functions to establish facts, to draw daily operational
conclusions, or to solve practical problems. This level also requires providing a variety of alternative
solutions where only limited standardization exists.
Independent
Action: Requires a range of choice in applying
a number of technical or administrative policies under general direction and
making routine decisions or in recommending modifications in work procedures
for approval by supervisor.
MINIMUM
QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Completion of
high school, G.E.D. or its equivalent.
Experience: Three years'
experience in sign erection, construction or related activity.
Special
Qualifications: Must be able to work at heights of 50
feet or more above the ground.
Must be able to climb on structures at heights of 50 feet or more above
the ground. Must be able to
operate a bucket truck.
License/Certification: New Hampshire
Commercial Operators License (CDL Class B) and Air Brakes Certificate of
Training.
RECOMMENDED
WORK TRAITS: Knowledge of state laws and state and
national standards as they apply to signs, signals and road marking. Knowledge of the various types of
highway signs and their placement.
Working knowledge of the principles of highway grade and
alignments. Some knowledge of
electrical signs and traffic control devices. Ability to plan and execute an adequate and efficient work
program. Skill in basic use of
computers. Ability to read
blueprints, follow instructions and prepare reports. Must be willing to maintain appearance appropriate to
assigned duties and responsibilities as determined by the agency appointing authority.
DISCLAIMER
STATEMENT: This class specification is descriptive
of general duties and is not intended to list every specific function of this
class title.
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