Job Ref: |
Electric Department
| Organization: |
City of Fallon
| Job Category: |
Other
| Job Type: |
Full Time
| Country: |
USA
| State/Province: |
Nevada (NV)
| City: |
Fallon
| Post Code: |
89406
| Salary and Benefits: |
$38.88-$39.87/hour
| Post Date: | 05/05/2017 |
Job Title: Journey Lineman
Supervisor:
Responsibility and Accountability
Functional responsibilities
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Method of accountability
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- Primary Power
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Number of outages
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- Secondary Power
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Number of outages
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Most important frequently occurring tasks
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Percentage of total time consumed by this task
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Purpose and desired outcome of the task
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How often is this task performed (Daily, Weekly, Monthly)
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- Installation, of new underground and overhead secondary electrical power, this includes heavy equipment operations
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33%
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Hook up new customers to power and maintain existing service
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Daily
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- Installation and repair of primary underground and overhead, this includes heavy equipment operations
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20%
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Maintenance of the City’s power distribution grid
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Daily
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- Street lighting including traffic signals, neighborhood lighting, airport strip lighting beacon
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16%
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Traffic flow, intersection safety, public safety through street lighting
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Daily
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- Trims vegetation that may come in contact with power lines using power and hand tools; operates chipper; maintains the chipper and cutting tools
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2%
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Clear lines from tree obstruction to prevent power outages
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Daily for ¼ of the year
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- Determined the causes of failures of the electric motors and control systems at water and sewage treatment plants; installs and maintains telemetry systems for the water and sewer utility systems
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7%
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Daily
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- Maintain City electric substations
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5%
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- Respond to customer complaints for high bills, fluctuating power, no power
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5%
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Satisfy the customer and get their needs met
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Daily
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- Install residential and commercial meters
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5%
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Proper billing of city power usage
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Weekly
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- Design underground and overhead primary and secondary electrical power
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2%
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Provide and maintain electrical power service
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Weekly
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- Troubleshoot outages
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5%
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Restore electrical power
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Total
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100.00%
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Public Safety
Tasks that impact public safety and health
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Please explain the purpose and desired outcome of the task
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Frequency of the task (Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Annually)
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- Set cones and traffic flagging around work sites
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Proper traffic management around work sites
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Daily
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- Repair of street and traffic lights
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Keep areas lit and intersection traffic controlled
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Daily
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- Underground line location
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Prevents damage to system and person doing the digging
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Daily
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Customer Service
Direct customer contact (face to face)
Tasks
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Purpose and desired outcome of the task
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Frequency of the task (Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Annually)
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- Respond to customer complaints for high bills, fluctuating power, no power, trees in power lines
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Resolve complaint to customer satisfaction
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Daily
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- Power outage in area
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Communicate to customer what is going on and when power is expected to be back up
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Monthly
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- Disconnects
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Explain what is happening with the bill and disconnection
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Monthly
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- Communicate with customer during design of delivery of secondary
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Tell the customer where to dig their trench and the best way to getting the power into their home
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Weekly
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Indirect customer contact (over the phone or by mail)
Tasks
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Purpose and desired outcome of the task
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Frequency of the task (Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Annually)
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- Customer may call directly with problems, questions, etc.
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Identify problem that needs to be corrected and correct problem
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Monthly
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Knowledge, Experience, Education and Certification
Knowledge: Primary and secondary electrical power distribution systems
Experience: Six years of primary and secondary electrical distribution field experience plus able to pass a lineman’s test
Education: Four-year apprenticeship/journeyist plus pass a lineman’s test (Note: This job requires the experience or the education not both)
Certification: CDL
Recertification: Physical exam and subject to random drug testing
or
any equivalent combination of education and experience
Leadership (management and supervision)
Supervisor (name)
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Title
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Employees reporting to this supervisor
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- None
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Employee (name)
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Title
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- None
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Lead worker to:
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Title
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- None
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Performing Different Jobs
Tasks performed outside of normal job
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Purpose and desired outcome of the task
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Percentage of total time consumed by this task
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How often is this task performed (Daily, Weekly, Monthly)
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- Meter reading when the read is gone
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Correct billing of water and power usage
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5%
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Monthly
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- Inspection of underground trenching and conduit placement
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Compliance to code and safety compliance to the City of Fallon trenching and conduit standards with safety inspection of grounding in panels
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8%
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Daily
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- Install, maintain and remove the City Christmas tree, decorations and ornaments
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Maintain tradition and public relations
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8%
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Annually
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- Operate additional heavy equipment, backhoe, dump truck, 6-wheel dump, front-end loader, water truck
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3%
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Monthly
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- Disconnection and new connections
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Control access to city power
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5%
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Monthly
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- Assist other City Departments when needed
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1%
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Weekly
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- Any other tasks assigned
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10%
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Daily
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Job Hazards
Tasks
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Purpose and desired outcome of the task
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Frequency of the task (Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Annually)
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- Handling primary power
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Burning, and electrocution, possible death
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Daily
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- Handling secondary power
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Electrocution, possible death
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Daily
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- Operation of heavy equipment
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Tips, fire, injury to others
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Daily
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- Climbing pole
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Falls, splinters
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Daily
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- Operation and maintenance of chain saw and chipper
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Cuts, eye damage
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Monthly
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Problem Solving Complexity
Problems you have experienced
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Solutions you came up with
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How you arrived at the solutions
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Who approved the solution
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- Trouble shooting underground and overhead cable failure
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Safety then timeliness, fixing and splicing underground and overhead cable
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Interaction with other lineman develop solution
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Group approval
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- Trouble shooting signal light failure
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Repair of street signal lights, contactor board and circuit board
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Individual experience or group discussion
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Individual
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Physical demands: On feet most of the time involving bending, stooping, squatting, twisting, reaching, working on irregular surfaces, frequent light lifting of objects with occasional lifting of heavy objects. Occasional climbing of high places and balancing while working on power poles. Constant reaching with arms extended above shoulders.
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