TRANSPORTATION
EQUIPMENT OPERATOR
BASIC
PURPOSE:
Positions
in this job family are responsible for operating power equipment and performing
related tasks in the maintenance and repair of highways.
TYPICAL
FUNCTIONS:
The
functions within this job family will vary by level, but may include the
following:
· Operates
equipment or heavy machinery such as trucks, tractors, road graders, dozers,
front-end loaders, cranes, backhoes, paint machines, semi-trailers, snow
removal equipment and other equipment as needed.
· Performs minor
repairs and maintenance on equipment and facilities.
· Repairs
failures in the roadway shoulders or bridge decks.
· Repairs and/or
replaces signs, posts, guardrails and fences.
· Provides
traffic control assistance using a stop/slow sign or flag to direct highway
traffic.
· Applies
herbicide to highway right-of-ways to control weeds and other unwanted
vegetation.
LEVEL
DESCRIPTORS:
The
Transportation Equipment Operator job family has four levels which are
distinguished by the level of the complexity of specific job assignments, the
extent of responsibility assigned for a specific task, the level of expertise
required for completion of assigned tasks and the responsibility assigned for
supervision of others.
Level I: Code: T25A Salary
Band: E
This
is the basic level where incumbents work under close supervision operating and
maintaining power equipment and performing related unskilled and semiskilled
tasks in the construction, maintenance and repair of highways.
Knowledge,
Skills, and Abilities required at this level include
knowledge of the safe operation and maintenance of power equipment or heavy
machinery. Ability is required to
perform manual labor; to maintain and operate power equipment; and to follow
instructions.
Education
and Experience requirements
at this level are none.
This is the
career level where incumbents perform skilled work at the full performance
level in operating heavy equipment used in highway construction or repair and
also perform a variety of routine highway maintenance duties.
Knowledge, Skills, and
Abilities required at this level include
knowledge of the operation and servicing of equipment or heavy machinery used
in highway construction and maintenance; of materials used in highway
construction and maintenance; and of proper highway traffic control during
maintenance operations. Ability is
required to operate heavy equipment or machinery used in highway construction
and maintenance; to use highway construction and maintenance materials; to
follow instructions; and to communicate effectively.
Education and Experience requirements
at this level consist of one year of experience in operating heavy equipment
used in highway construction or maintenance.
Level
III: Code: T25C Salary
Band: G
This is the
specialist level where incumbents operate the heaviest and most complex power
equipment in highway maintenance and repair such as road graders, asphalt lay
down machines, cranes, striping machines, dozers, and aerial high lift trucks. Positions at this level may be responsible
for serving as a lead worker of a crew of workers operating power
equipment. They direct the work as it
is being done and provide on-the-job training as required at the Oklahoma
Transportation Authority.
Knowledge,
Skills, and Abilities required at this level include
knowledge of the operation of the most complex equipment used in highway
construction and maintenance; and of materials used in highway construction or
maintenance. Ability is required to
operate the most complex equipment used in highway construction and
maintenance; to follow instructions; to communicate effectively; and to use
highway construction and maintenance materials.
Education
and Experience requirements at this level consist of
three years of experience in operating heavy equipment used in highway
construction or maintenance.
Level IV: Code: T25D Salary
Band: H
This
is the leadership level where incumbents are assigned responsibility of a lead
worker over a maintenance crew operating power equipment and performing related
maintenance and construction tasks.
Positions assigned to this level will direct the work as it is being
done and provide on-the-job training as required, and evaluate the results of
completed work and will perform the most complex duties assigned to the
family. Positions at this level may
also be assigned responsibility for providing supervision in the absence of the
supervisor to a highway maintenance crew.
Knowledge,
Skills, and Abilities required at this level include
knowledge of the materials, equipment and techniques used in highway
construction and maintenance; of supervisory techniques; of the proper
placement of traffic control devices; of engineering plans and symbols; and of
training principles. Ability is
required to train employees in new procedures; to communicate effectively; to
operate heavy equipment used in highway construction and maintenance; and to
use highway construction and maintenance materials.
Education
and Experience requirements at this level consist of
four years of experience in operating heavy equipment used in highway
construction or maintenance.
SPECIAL
REQUIREMENTS:
Possession
of a valid Oklahoma driver’s license at time of employment.
Some
agencies may require possession of a valid Oklahoma commercial driver’s
license, class A or B with appropriate endorsements referenced in United States
Department of Transportation Title 47, Chapter 6, Section 101 et seq. at time
of appointment. Persons appointed to
positions at the Oklahoma Department of Transportation or the Oklahoma Turnpike
Authority must possess or obtain a commercial driver’s license, class A, no
later than five months from the date of appointment.
Applicants
must take and pass drug test prior to appointment. Such tests will be administered through the appointing
agency. This requirement is referenced
in 49 Code of Federal Regulation, parts 40 and 382.
Applicants
must be willing and able to perform all job-related travel normally associated
with this position; be willing to work hours other than on regular shifts
during emergency situations; and possess a telephone in residence to receive
emergency on-call duty messages.
While
performing the duties of this job, the employees are frequently required to
stand, walk and reach; and talk and hear.
Routinely, employees are required to sit; to manipulate or feel objects,
tools or controls; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
Employees
must regularly lift 80 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100
pounds. Specific vision abilities
required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision
and depth perception.