STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: PUBLIC UTILITY
APPRAISER
Class Code: 7227-28
Date Established: 02-05-92
Occupational
Code: 7-5-7
Date of Last Revision: 12-28-01
BASIC PURPOSE: To plan,
organize and administer the utility property tax and railroad tax and to
provide public utility values for the purpose of statewide property
equalization.
CHARACTERISTIC
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Plans, organizes, and
administers the appraisal and taxation of public utility property in the state.
·
Researches and
analyzes utility industry trends, data and technical reports to determine the
value of public utility companies and properties and to adjust utility property
appraisal models with current data.
·
Provides instruction
to municipal officials and assessing groups, to educate them regarding
methodology used to appraise public utility property.
·
Review and writes
administrative rules pertaining to utility appraisal and taxation.
·
Meets with utility
company officials to arrange property site inspections.
·
Represents the
department before the Board of Tax and Land Appeals, Superior Court and Supreme
Court as an expert witness and testifies before the legislature regarding
utility values.
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DISTINGUISHING
FACTORS:
Skill: Requires skill
in evaluating, planning, or integrating analysis of data to formulate current and
long-range solutions, strategies, or policies of a specialized or technical
nature.
Knowledge: Requires
logical or scientific understanding to analyze problems of a specialized or
professional nature in a particular field.
Impact: Requires
responsibility for achieving major aspects of long-range agency objectives by
planning short- and long-term organizational goals, reviewing recommendations
for procedural changes, and developing or revising program policies. Errors at this level result in incorrect
decisions at an administrative level, and are detected subsequent to
implementation in an overall evaluation process.
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 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 light work, including
continuous walking or operating simple equipment for extended periods of time
as well as occasional strenuous activities such as reaching or bending.
Communication: Requires
reviewing summaries and reports and making decisions to solve problems or to
achieve work objectives as well as articulating and expressing those solutions
and goals. This level also requires
formal presentations of solutions and goals to employees and the general public
to increase the responsiveness of the agency toward the demands of its client
system.
Complexity: Requires
formulating the combination of overall job functions in order to address highly
diverse or novel situations requiring new concepts and imaginative approaches
to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems.
Independent
Action: Requires independent judgment in
planning and evaluating work procedures and in supervising the development of
professional, technical and managerial standards under administrative direction
and according to broad departmental guidelines.
MINIMUM
QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Bachelor's
degree from a recognized college or university with a major study in
accounting, business administration, finance, economics, or engineering. Each additional year of approved formal
education may be substituted for one year of required work experience but this
provision shall not apply towards the required three years of public utility
appraisal experience.
Experience: Eight years'
experience in the appraisal of real estate, or in accounting or financial
analysis, or in structural engineering with at least three years in the
appraisal of public utility property.
Each additional year of approved work experience may be substituted for
one year of required formal education.
License/Certification: Current
driver's license and/or access to transportation for statewide travel.
RECOMMENDED
WORK TRAITS: Extensive knowledge of state laws,
regulations, principles and practices governing real and utility property
appraisal. Extensive knowledge of
the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP). Skill in using standard cost manuals
and trending indexes to estimate replacement costs, etc. Skill in the interpretation of utility
appraisal practices. Ability to
prepare reports and make recommendations as a basis for action. Ability to read and understand financial
statements. Ability to testify in
court. Ability to present ideas
clearly and concisely both orally and in writing. Ability to establish harmonious relationships while working
with officials, the general public and subordinate employees. Must be willing to travel periodically
to attend seminars on public utility appraisal and related professionals
development courses. 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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