CLASS TITLE:                     MOTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATOR

CLASS DEFINITION:

GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES:

To operate, service and maintain medium and heavy trucks or other internal combustion engine equipment used in routine road maintenance or construction operations; to operate a truck, picking up and delivering materials, equipment, supplies, etc., for a state department or institution; and to do related work as required.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:

Receives specific instructions from a superior who assigns duties and indicates work methods and schedules.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED:

Usually none, but may direct the work of manual laborers or inmate help assigned to assist.

ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES OF WORK PERFORMED:

To operate, service and maintain medium and heavy trucks or other internal combustion engine equipment used in routine road maintenance or construction operations.

To operate a truck for a state department or institution, performing such tasks as transporting food, laundry, equipment, supplies, refuse, etc., and to assist in loading and unloading such a vehicle.

To operate a truck performing snow plowing and sanding duties.

To be responsible for the proper use and care of assigned motor equipment; to request necessary repairs; to keep equipment clean; to check fuel, oil, grease, water and air.

To make emergency minor running repairs to equipment.

As required: to operate catch basin cleaner equipment; or to perform manual labor.

To do related work as required.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS FOR APPOINTMENT:

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND CAPACITIES:

A thorough knowledge of the state laws pertaining to the operation of motor vehicles on the highway; skill in the operation and servicing of motor equipment other than heavy Diesel and gasoline motor equipment; the ability to make emergency minor running repairs and adjustments to equipment; the ability to understand readily and carry out simple oral and written directions; and related capacities and abilities.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

EDUCATION:

Such as may have been gained through completion of eight school grades; and 

EXPERIENCE:

Such as may have been gained through employment as an operator of trucks and other motor equipment, involving the performance of some manual labor.

OR:    any combination of education and experience that shall be substantially equivalent to the above education and experience.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENT: Possession of the proper operator's license issued in conformance to requirements of the Rhode Island Registry of Motor Vehicles to operate above-described equipment.