Assists higher level Equipment Technicians in the performance of journey-level inspection, diagnoses, making major and minor mechanical repairs, and preventative maintenance, on all types of equipment used in highway maintenance or heavy and/or industrial/commercial equipment, motorized farm equipment and/or perform installation, maintenance, and repairs on food service vending equipment. Unusual problems that may occur are brought to a higher-level supervisor with probable outcomes and solutions.

Automobiles and other vehicles under 15,000 GVW may be serviced and repaired a minority of the time. Lighter vehicle repairs are defined in the automotive mechanic class series.

Assists higher level shop mechanics in the repair and service of agency vehicles;

Welds broken parts that do not require close tolerance, such as broken braces on sign holders, broken tailgates on trucks and hard surface welds on buckets of scoops and tractors;

Lubrication and servicing of equipment involving crankcase, transmission, gear boxes, etc.;

Inspecting vehicles and reporting deficiencies to mechanics;

Does spot and other minor body and fender work;

Assists in the set up and operations of engine lathes, milling machines and drill presses;

Steam cleans equipment before servicing;

Responsible for vending machine equipment repair/servicing, maintenance, and replenishment of products.

There may be instances where individual positions must have additional licenses or certification.  It is the employer’s responsibility to ensure the appropriate licenses/certifications are obtained for each position.

New class, consolidated 5375 Vending Machine Mechanic, 71570 Equipment Shop Assistant.; adopted January 1, 2006.
Revise class. General revision, deletes class concept; adopted May 10, 2007, effective July 1, 2007
Revise defintion, add distinguishing characteristics; adopted May 10, 2012, effective :May 11, 2012.
Base range salary adjustment adopted 6/13/2019, effective 7/1/2019.