CITY OF FLINT
Position Description
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| Class Title: | WtrPlt Operator Trainee |
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GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES:
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Under an on-the-job training program with close supervision, maintains, operates and repairs water pumping, softening, disinfecting and other treatment equipment; performs related work as required. (After six (6) months experience as a Water Plant Operator Trainee, the employee will be eligible for examination for promotion to Water Plant Maintainer).
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SUPERVISION RECEIVED:
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Works under the direct supervision of the Water Plant Maintenance Supervisor or Water Plant Operations Foreman or another employee of higher grade. The employee of higher grade assigns work, provides assistance when needed and reviews work for satisfactory completion.
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ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Inspects, cleans adjust and repairs water plant equipment such as filter beds, valves, controllers, recording gauges, coagulators, chlorinators, chemical feeders, and softening equipment.
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Also inspects, cleans, adjusts, and repairs sump and sludge pumps, compressors, pumps and motors.
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Maintains, operates, and repairs settling basins, clear wells, hydraulic valves, and pumping equipment; operates and maintains dams.
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Performs routine inspections of water treatment equipment and facilities; performs record keeping functions with regard to such inspections.
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Backwash and cleans filters, checks filter valves, records loss of head, rate of flow; installs, and repairs water lines.
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Takes water samples and makes simple chemical test such as hourly chlorine residuals of tap settled and effluent water; makes turbidity and coagulation tests.
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Assists in maintaining and repairing plant buildings and appurtenances.
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Loads and unloads material and supplies.
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MINIMUM ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS:
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Completion of 10th grade in high school.
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Working knowledge of the methods, practices, tools, and materials used in the mechanical trades
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Ability to perform mathematical calculations involving algebra and geometry.
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Ability to perform semi-skilled maintenance task as directed.
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Ability to use common hand tools with a reasonable degree of skill.
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Ability to meet the physical, mental and visual standards of the job.
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Ability and willingness to work in a manner that will not needlessly endanger the safety to one's self, other persons, or equipment.
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NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
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Possession of a valid State of Michigan Driver's License at the time of application.
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PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
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The employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, traffic, toxic or caustic chemicals, risk of electrical shock, and vibration. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; and smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Hand-eye coordination is necessary to operate computers and various pieces of office equipment.
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The job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and the employee and is subject to change by the employer as the needs of the employer and requirements of the job change.
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