STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: COMMUNICATIONS TECHNICIAN II
Class Code: 2100-23
Date Established: 02-02-2007
Occupational Code: 9-5-4
Date of Last Revision:
BASIC PURPOSE: To install, test and repair microwave
telecommunications equipment, including site design requirements, installation,
path alignment, and implementation of remote network facilities utilizing voice
radio, telephone, data communications, facsimile and related equipment and
apparatus.
CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Installs, aligns and
tests microwave and associated multiplexing equipment, and maintains equipment
control log, failure reports, and date systems.
·
Exercises supervision
over outside contractors during system or subsystem electronic equipment
installations.
·
Performs system level
troubleshooting to determine point of failure of microwave circuits, including
telephone company and agency.
·
Implements corrective
procedures and redesigns or modifies new and existing equipment.
·
Repairs component
level, analog and digital microwave assemblies, subassemblies or cards.
·
Analyzes and corrects
antenna and other system problems and makes necessary adjustments.
·
Reviews equipment
repair logs and maintenance records and provides written documentation of
equipment status to superiors.
·
Drives OHRV or four
wheel drive vehicle or travels on foot to remote mountain top sites to install
equipment or make repairs.
·
Climbs communications
tower structures to install, repair, and maintain antenna and warning light
systems.
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DISTINGUISHING FACTORS:
Skill: Requires skill in analyzing and interpreting
data, policy, and procedures OR in using equipment in order to arrive at
logical conclusions or recommendations.
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 achieving
direct service objectives by assessing agency service needs and making
preliminary recommendations for the development of alternative short-term
program policies or procedures.
Errors at this level result in incomplete assessments or misleading
recommendations causing a disruption of agency programs or policies.
Supervision: Requires partial supervision of other
employees doing work which is related or similar to the supervisor, including
assigning job duties, providing training, giving instructions and checking
work.
Working Conditions: Requires performing regular job
assignments in an adverse working environment involving a variety of
unpredictable elements or hazards, including exposure to injuries or hazardous
materials which result in partial disability.
Physical Demands: Requires heavy work, including
continuous physical exertion in a taxing work position such as lifting and
dragging heavy objects or digging.
Communication: Requires summarizing data, preparing
reports, and making recommendations based on findings which contribute to
solving problems and achieving work objectives. This level also requires presenting information for use by
administrative-level managers in making decisions.
Complexity: Requires coordinating a combination of
diverse job functions in order to integrate professional and technical agency
goals. This level also requires
considerable judgment to implement a sequence of operations or actions.
Independent Action: Requires objective assessment in
analyzing and developing new work methods and procedures subject to periodic
review and in making decisions according to established technical, professional
or administrative standards.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Associate’s degree from a recognized
college or university with a major study in electrical engineering,
electronics, electronic service technology or a related field. Each additional year of approved formal
education may be substituted for one year of required work experience.
Experience: Five (5) years experience in microwave
communications systems with the military or other large commercial user. Each additional year of approved work
experience may be substituted for one year of required formal education.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: Must be
willing to respond to emergency call-out if available, 24 hours a day, seven
days a week. Must maintain current
climbing safety certifications and be deemed physically fit to climb and
perform installation, repairs and maintenance of the antenna and warning light
systems that exist on communications structures ranging in height up to 500
feet. Must be willing to provide a
certificate of good health, acceptable to Director of State Police, from a NH
licensed medical physician upon request.
Failure to maintain the necessary climbing safety certificates, failure
to be in good health as documented by a licensed physician, failure to perform
a minimum number of hours of actual tower work over a given time period, as set
forth and agreed upon by the Director of the State Police, or refusing to work
assignments of this kind may result in the employee being reclassified as a
Communications Technician I until such time as noted deficiencies have been
resolved.
License/Certification: Possession of a valid driver’s license
is required. Possession of a FCC
general class license and membership in organizations such as the Association
of Public Safety Communications Officials, INTL (APCO) are desirable.
RECOMMENDED WORK TRAITS: Knowledge of microwave system
theoretical design goals generally accepted in the industry. Knowledge in concepts, characteristics,
capabilities and theoretical design of microwave radio equipment as well as
sophisticated electronic test equipment.
Knowledge of Federal Communications Commission rules and regulations
pertaining to microwave radio transmissions. Knowledge of two-way voice radio, telephone and data
communications. Must be able to
skillfully replace and build equipment racks, antenna mounts and cabling
devices. Ability to analyze and
interpret schematic diagrams, electronic specifications and equipment manuals. Ability to communicate effectively and
concisely. Ability to establish
and maintain effective working relationships with associates, other state
employees, contractors, suppliers, and the public. Must be willing to maintain personal 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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