Minimum Qualifications
Either: Five years of full-time paid experience diagnosing malfunctions, and repairing and maintaining gasoline, diesel, or alternatively powered vehicles such as automobiles, light, medium, and heavy duty trucks, buses, or construction equipment.
Or: Five years of full-time paid experience at the lead level, or higher, in an automotive or equipment repair shop or program, including responsibility for staff engaged in inventory/storekeeping duties such as ordering, receiving, storing, issuing, and inventorying a variety of parts, fuel, equipment, tools, supplies and services used in the repair, service, and maintenance of automotive vehicles or heavy equipment.
Note: Coursework from an accredited college, vocational training school, or military training program in Automotive Technology, Diesel Technology, Heavy Maintenance Equipment Repair, or Construction Equipment Repair, or other area or field closely related to the intent of the class may be substituted for up to two years of the required experience on the basis of 2.5 semester units (3.75 quarter units) are equal to one month of experience.
Note: If the word “experience” is referenced in the minimum qualifications, it means full-time paid experience unless the minimum qualification states that volunteer experience is acceptable. Part-time paid experience may be accumulated and pro-rated to meet the total experience requirements.
Note: If the minimum qualifications include an educational or certificate/license requirement, applicants must submit proof of requirements with the application. Failure to submit proof of requirements may result in disqualification from the examination. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable. For guidelines on submitting acceptable proof of educational requirements, please click here or speak to someone in our office before the cut-off date listed in this notice.
General Qualifications
Criminal History and Background Checks:
The County may access criminal history information on candidates who have accepted a conditional offer of appointment for this class consistent with the provisions of Board of Supervisors Resolution No. 82-602, Personnel Policies, and applicable federal and state laws. The County shall not consider for employment any candidate who has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor that relates to or impacts the candidate’s ability to perform the job duties of this class unless it is determined that mitigating circumstances exist. For purposes of accessing criminal history information, the candidate will be fingerprinted. A subsequent arrest notification may be obtained.
The County may also conduct a background check on the candidate prior to appointment to a position within this class. The background check may include personal and professional reference checks, credit history checks where authorized by Labor Code section 1024.5, Social Security Number verification, professional license/registration verification, military service information and driving history. Information obtained in the course of this background check will be considered by the appointing authority in the selection process. In obtaining such information, the County will comply with applicable consent and disclosure practices in the Fair Credit Reporting Act and the California Investigative Consumer Reporting Agencies Act.
Special Access:
Incumbents assigned to the Airport must acquire and maintain an airport security badge allowing access to secure County airport locations.
License Requirement:
A valid California Driver License, Class C or higher, shall be required at the time of appointment. Failure to obtain or maintain the appropriate California Driver License may constitute cause for personnel action in accordance with Civil Service Rules or applicable bargaining agreement. Individuals who do not meet this requirement due to disability will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
Some positions in this class may be required to obtain a Class A or B California Driver License, and/or Hazardous Materials, Tank Vehicle, and/or Passenger Endorsements issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles within six months of appointment. Failure to obtain or maintain the appropriate California Driver License or endorsement(s) may constitute cause for personnel action in accordance with Civil Service Rules or applicable bargaining agreement.
Tool Requirement:
Employees in this class are responsible for providing their own basic set of journey level repair tools.
Physical Requirements:
Positions in this class require the incumbent to be able to:
- Have sufficient sense of smell, vision, touch and hearing to observe equipment functions for normal and abnormal occurrences and the condition of shop facilities.
- Work in cramped areas and in awkward body positions. Bend, stoop, squat, kneel, crouch, and reach above the shoulder.
- Walk on uneven surfaces; walk up and down stairs.
- Climb ladders to access large pieces of equipment.
- Work while wearing approved personal protective equipment as required.
- Lift, carry and transport objects weighing up to 100 pounds with or without assistance.
- Distinguish one color from another in order to trace electrical wiring by color coding.
- Read gauges and meters.
- Grasp, manipulate or assemble objects of varying shapes and size with precision and coordination.
Individuals who do not meet these requirements due to disability will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
Working Conditions:
Positions in this class require the incumbent to:
- Work outside in all types of climatic conditions including inclement, very hot and/or cold weather.
- Be exposed to a typical automotive/heavy equipment repair environment including but not limited to automobile and diesel exhaust fumes, chemicals, hazardous waste, solvents, asbestos, acids and caustics, flammable materials and welding torches.
- Work around high noise levels.
- Work in close and/or tight spaces which may be extremely hot and/or humid.
- Work at heights six feet and more above the ground on equipment.
- Work day, swing, or graveyard shifts, weekends, holidays, overtime, standby and other non-routine hours.