Equipment Operator I / Fairview Cemetery

To operate a variety of machinery and equipment in the performance of a variety of semi-skilled and skilled tasks in the construction, maintenance and repair of cemetery streets.  This is the entry-level class in the Equipment Operator series.  This class is distinguished from the Equipment Operator II by the performance of the more routine tasks and duties assigned to positions within this series under close supervision.  This class is typically used as a training class; employees will need some related work experience.  After gaining knowledge and experience of operations, position can be moved to a higher job classification when an opening becomes available.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES

Duties and responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, the following:

Essential Duties:

• Operate, maintain and perform minor repairs on a variety of machinery and equipment in the performance of duties including hand and power tools, street roller, welder, backhoe, front-end loader, jackhammer, dump truck, chainsaw, brushhog and tractors.
• Participate in cemetery street repairs; prepare holes in street surfaces for repair; apply patching material to fill hole.
• Participate in mixing, pouring and finishing concrete.
• Clean and maintain order of work areas.
• Maintain service and repair records on division machinery and equipment.
• Set up and remove carpets, chairs, tent, pulpit and lowering device for the burial service; reset fallen headstones.
• Place plywood upon cemetery driveways for burial ceremony during rainy weather.
• Use monument clamps and lifting devices to move, level and set monuments.
• Transport machinery and equipment to and from the job site.
• Repair water lines and faucets within the cemetery and chapel area.
• Remove refuse from containers within the cemetery.
• Pallbearer during graveside services.
• Participate in landscaping cemetery areas; maintain grounds; move and trim lawns; trim vegetation; apply herbicides and pesticides.
• Participate in chipping wood; collect fallen limbs in cemetery areas.

Additional Duties:

QUALIFICATIONS

Knowledge of:

• Operation and maintenance requirements of a variety of machinery and equipment utilized in the performance of job assignments.
• Practices and techniques for repairing and maintaining equipment.
• Standard practices and procedures for assigned division.
• Hazards associated with the work and proper safety precautions.
• Location of various City streets and addresses.
• Procedures for patching and repairing street surfaces.
• Procedures for installing poles, pipes and traffic signs.
• Modern construction methods and practices.
• Techniques for mixing, pouring and finishing concrete.

Ability to:

• Learn to pour and finish concrete.
• Understand and follow oral and written instructions.
• Learn the location of various City streets and addresses.
• Learn the techniques for mixing and pouring concrete.
• Operate, maintain and perform minor repairs on a variety of tools, machinery and equipment relevant to work assignments.
• Perform the physical requirements of the job.
• Perform work in undesirable or hazardous equipment including inclement weather, confined spaces and improper illumination.
• Perform a variety of semi-skilled and skilled construction and maintenance tasks.
• Establish and maintain cooperative-working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
• Lay hot mix asphalt.

Experience and Training Guidelines:

Any combination of experience and training that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying.  A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:

Experience:

Two years construction related work.

Education/Training:

Formal or informal education that ensures the ability to read and write at a level necessary for job performance.

License(s)/Certification(s):

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Regularly required to reach with hands and arms and talk or hear.
• Frequently required to stand; sit; and use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls.
• Occasionally required to walk; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Regularly required to lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. 

• Regularly works near moving mechanical parts and in outside weather conditions.
• Regularly exposed to vibration.
• Occasionally works in high, precarious places.
• Occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles and risk of electrical shock.
• Noise level is usually very loud.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.

This job description is not an employment agreement, contact agreement, or contract.  Management has exclusive right to alter this job description at any time without notice.