STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: AUTOMOTIVE
SERVICE TECHNICIAN
Class Code: 0763-10
Date Established: 11-30-92
Occupational
Code: 5-2-7
Date of Last Revision: 12-28-01
BASIC PURPOSE: To perform
lubrication, minor repair and scheduled routine automotive maintenance to
assure compliance with state safety requirements.
CHARACTERISTIC
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
·
Maintains and
installs automotive equipment or parts to ensure proper maintenance.
·
Checks automotive
equipment using testing devices.
·
Compiles records and
log books for reporting completed inspections, repairs and maintenance.
·
Performs standardized
inspections on vehicles, recording necessary vehicle information as required.
·
Replaces
brake-linings, starters and exhaust systems not requiring journeymen level of
skill.
·
Goes to local
automotive parts dealers and obtains parts necessary to repair vehicles.
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DISTINGUISHING
FACTORS:
Skill: Requires skill
in applying instructions to accomplish different job functions OR in operating
machines for a variety of different purposes.
Knowledge: Requires
knowledge of business practices and procedures or technical training in a craft
or trade, including working from detailed instructions, to apply knowledge in a
variety of practical situations.
Impact: Requires
responsibility for contributing to agency objectives by ensuring the accuracy
of support activities within one or more organizational units. Errors at this level affect the work of
others or have measurable monetary consequences, and require verification and
correction in order to complete succeeding work operations.
Supervision: Requires no
supervision of employees or functions.
Working
Conditions: Requires performing regular job
functions in an environment which includes exposure to continuous physical
elements or a number of disagreeable working conditions with frequent exposure
to minor injuries or health hazards.
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
obtaining and exchanging information, referring inquiries to the appropriate
source, or responding to questions from state employees or members of the
general public.
Complexity: Requires a
combination of job functions using minimal judgment to perform a variety of job
tasks according to clearly prescribed standard practices and procedures.
Independent
Action: Requires making a limited number of
choices in selecting among alternative courses of action under supervisory
guidance and in performing job functions according to a variety of prescribed
policies or procedures.
MINIMUM
QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Graduation
from high school or G.E.D. equivalent.
Experience: One year's
experience performing automotive service functions in the automotive service
field, preferably certified as a motor vehicle inspector by the Department of
Safety. Each additional year of
approved work experience may be substituted for one year of required formal
education.
License/Certification: Must possess a
current driver's license.
RECOMMENDED
WORK TRAITS: Knowledge of standard methods, tools
and equipment of the trade and skill in their use and some knowledge of welding
and hydraulics. Ability to
understand and carry out oral instructions. Ability to perform heavy manual work. Ability to use mechanical tools with a
reasonable degree of skill.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with
fellow worker and superiors. 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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