AC TECH M

Essential Functions

• Responds to internal and external customers in a timely, accurate, courteous and empathetic manner representing OCPS in a positive light.
• Performs skilled to advanced craft-mechanical air conditioning and HVAC trades work in various installation, repair, maintenance and service tasks for an assigned region of the school district.
• Observes and tests malfunctioning systems to determine cause and appropriate corrective action; reads blueprints, schematics, wiring diagrams, and technical manuals as applicable to new installations or assigned service/repair orders.
• Installs, maintains or services systems and components, to include setting and adjustment of pneumatic controls, replacement of defective components, and preventive maintenance and system monitoring.
• Installs, services or replaces components including, but not limited to, compressors, window units, electric motors, bearings, shafts, fans, blowers, pumps, valves, piping, screens, filters, switches, sensors, lines, pressure gauges, drain pans, and valves.
• Performs routine testing tasks in monitoring systems performance, i.e., starters and coils, relays and flow switches, voltage and amperage, pumping capacities, transformers, overloads, seals and bearings, equipment calibration.
• Troubleshoots, adjusts, calibrates, repairs, and replaces electronic, electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic control systems and devices.
• Performs preventive maintenance tasks according to established schedules, i.e., acid washing coils, replacing insulation and ductwork, replacing rusted components, checking belts for wear and lines for leaks, checking integrity of wiring.
• Maintains compliance with and adherence to applicable codes, ordinances, building, and safety standards regarding HVAC systems installation, service and repair activities.
• Fills out and maintains work orders and purchase orders for required materials, supplies and equipment; maintains daily activity logs and associated data records concerning the assigned HVAC systems.
• Performs cleaning and maintenance of equipment, tools, materials, and vehicles utilized; ensures adherence to principles and practices of safe equipment use and operation.
• Responds to emergency or critical incidents in order to confine, resolve, and/or prevent environmentally hazardous conditions.

Minimum Training And Experience

• Vocational/technical training in heating, air condition, refrigeration and ventilation;
• Supplemented by minimum (5) years progressively knowledgeable and skilled trades work in the field, the majority of which shall be for a large commercial or industrial institution, with demonstrated equipment troubleshooting and diagnostic skills, and ability to read and interpret blueprints, architectural drawings, schematics, wiring diagrams and technical specifications;
• Or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Performance Aptitudes

• Data Utilization: Requires the ability to evaluate, audit, deduce, and/or assess data and/or information using established criteria.
• Human Interaction: Requires the ability to provide guidance, assistance, and/or interpretation to others on how to apply procedures and standards to specific situations.
• Equipment, Machinery, Tools, and Materials Utilization: Requires the ability to operate, maneuver and/or control the actions of electric and gas-powered service equipment, hand-held diagnostic tools specific to the trade, and standard mechanics tools.
• Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference, descriptive, design, and advisory data and information.
• Mental Aptitude: Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication and division; calculate decimals and percentages; utilize geometric, algebraic and trigonometric principles and formulas.
• Situational Reasoning: Requires the ability to exercise the judgment, decisiveness and creativity required in situations involving evaluation of information against measurable or verifiable criteria.

Physical Ability Tasks

• Tasks involve the ability to exert very heavy physical effort in very heavy work, typically involving some combination of climbing and balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and crawling, and the lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling of heavy objects and materials (up to 100 pounds) and occasionally heavier items (100 pounds or over).
• Tasks are regularly performed with exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as wetness, humidity, machinery, vibrations, temperature and noise extremes, electrical currents, bright or dim lighting, and toxic/poisonous agents.