7304-Apprentice Electronic Instrumentation Technician I, Water Pollution Control

Job description

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO

DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES

Title: Apprentice Electronic Instrumentation Technician I, Water Pollution Control

Job Code: 7304

DEFINITION

Under immediate supervision, assists the electronic instrumentation technician in the operation

and maintenance of a wide variety of complex machinery and equipment in a water pollution

control sewage treatment plant or pumping station; and performs related duties as required.

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES

Class 7304 Apprentice Electronic Instrumentation Technician, Water Pollution I is distinguished

from the next higher class 7312 Apprentice Electronic Instrumentation Technician, Water

Pollution Control II, in that the incumbents in the latter class perform more advanced work

processes that lead to full journey level duties under general supervision.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED

None

EXAMPLES OF IMPORTANT AND ESSENTIAL DUTIES

According to Civil Service Commission Rule 109, the duties specified below are representative of the range of

duties assigned to this job code/class and are not intended to be an inclusive list.

1. Assists with the operation of testing apparatus such as Diagnostic Test Equipment (DTE),

using established testing procedures to produce, regulate and record effects of actual or

simulated conditions; prepares reports interpreting test data to usable terms; may direct

other technical personnel assisting in test procedures.

2. Supports with diagnostic, corrective and preventive maintenance on complex electronic

systems and instruments, including analog pneumatic and digital electronic equipment;

install, test, troubleshoot and repair programmable logic controller interfaces located at a

wastewater treatment facility.

3. Aids with maintenance records of work performed; develops documentation for the

maintenance, installation, removal and modification of electronic systems and equipment.

4. Supports the installation and inspections of new equipment, evaluation of performance

under operating conditions; assists in the design, fabrication or modification of fixtures,

instruments and related apparatus; and verifies and evaluates dimensional and functional

acceptability and performance of such devices.

5. Assists with the operation of special power or hand tools and measuring equipment

including soldering equipment, oscilloscopes, multi-meters, analyzers, calibrators, hand

generators, power suppliers and other instruments used in operating, testing, calibrating or

repairing electromechanical and electrohydraulic apparatus.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

Knowledge of:

Ability or Skill to: learn the methods, tools and equipment used in the operation, maintenance

and repair of a variety of mechanical and electrical, pumping, heating, ventilating and related

plant machinery and equipment; establish effective working relationships with journey level

electronic instrument technicians and other apprentices; understand spoken instructions and

verbally communicate work-related questions and information; read, write, understand and

maintain routine records and reports and other work-related information regarding plant

activities; operate motor vehicles with both automatic and manual automobile transmissions.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

These minimum qualifications establish the education, training, experience, special skills and/or license(s) which

are required for employment in the classification. Please note, additional qualifications (i.e., special conditions)

may apply to a particular position and will be stated on the exam/job announcement.

Education:

Applicants must have either a High School Graduation Diploma, Graduation Equivalent Degree

(G.E.D.), or California High School Proficiency Certificate; AND

Successfully pass the City and County of San Francisco pre-employment drug test; AND

Experience:

License and Certification:

Possession of a current valid California Driver's License.

Substitution:

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

Applicants must be 18 years of age by the end of the filing period. Upon being hired, the

apprentice, the employer Department of Human Resources and the Joint Apprenticeship

Committee must sign an apprenticeship indenture. This is an agreement with the employer City

and the apprentice, which is filed with the State of California Department of Industrial Relations

Division of Apprenticeship Standards, that the employer City will train the apprentice in

accordance with the apprenticeship standards and the collective bargaining agreement or

MOU.

Physical Skills require considerable physical effort in the repair and upkeep of machinery and

equipment; the ability to lift heavy objects; physical stamina to stand, stoop, bend and climb

ladders and for confined space entry and tight crawl spaces.

Work environment may require: exposure to working conditions where minor abrasions, bruises

and burns may be encountered; occasional disagreeable work inside close and dirty spaces;

exposure to raw sewage.

Upon appointment to employment, and then on an annual basis, employees will be required to

pass a State-mandated Respirator Medical Examination and be clean-shaven as required for

use, and at least annually for respirator and self-contained breathing apparatus fitting.

PROMOTIVE LINES

ORIGINATION DATE: 06/11/21

AMENDED DATE:

REASON FOR AMENDMENT:

BUSINESS UNIT(S): COMMN

Standard information

Disaster service work

All City and County of San Francisco employees are designated Disaster Service Workers through state and local law (California Government Code Section 3100-3109). Employment with the City requires the affirmation of a loyalty oath to this effect. Employees are required to complete all Disaster Service Worker-related training as assigned, and to return to work as ordered in the event of an emergency.

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