Fire Alarm Technician

Primary Purpose

Responsible for the maintenance, repair, preventative maintenance, and record-keeping of fire alarm systems. Responsible for maintenance, installation, and repair of electrical systems.

Qualifications

• Certification/Education: High School Diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Must have a valid Texas Driver's License and meet and maintain the insurance requirements of PISD.
• Must pass an initial drug test and be part of a random drug testing program.
• Must pass a criminal history check.

Skills

• Special Knowledge/ Skills/Experience:
  • Familiarity with a basic fire alarm system: installation, operation, and maintenance.
  • Ability to read blueprints and schematics, interpret instructions, and prepare simple specifications.
  • Willingness to acquire a Texas Class A commercial driver's license.
  • Hold a State of Texas Fire Alarm License.
  • PREFERRED: Journeyman Electrical License.

Major Responsibilities And Duties

• Inspect, coordinate, and oversee fire alarm additions and new installations, including sprinkler systems, and maintain fire alarm and sprinkler systems.
• Trains personnel on fire alarm use.
• Keeps accurate records of all activity about fire alarm systems in buildings.
• Collaborates with others to conduct inspections for hood systems and fire extinguishers.
• Plans, lays out, installs, and repairs fuse boxes, switch panels, electric controls, electrical wiring, and electrical fixtures as needed.
• Troubleshoots and repairs the electrical system of fire alarm systems, HVAC equipment, refrigeration, intercom systems, and building electrical systems.
• Performs removal and replacement or repair of electrical equipment such as light switches, receptacles, defective wiring, light fixtures, generators, motors, and motor starters as needed.
• Measures, cuts, bends, threads, assembles, and installs electrical conduit using such tools as hack saws, pipe threaders, and conduit benders.
• Completes preventive maintenance inspections of equipment as assigned.
• Determines general scope of repairs needed: orders and installs materials and parts; tests continuity of circuits to ensure electrical compatibility and safety of components, using standard instruments.
• Participates in the installation of new or modified fire alarms and electrical work as directed.
• Completes work order assignments related or unrelated to electrical work as directed.
• Maintains shop, equipment, and vehicle in order.
• Affords assistance to other crafts as needed.
• Must be willing to respond to occasional after-hour emergencies.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Working Conditions

• Mental Demands: Ability to communicate effectively (verbal); maintain emotional control under stress; interpret policy, procedures, and data; coordinate district functions.
• Physical Demands/Environment Factors: Strenuous walking, standing, climbing, and heavy lifting; must have use of all faculties; works from ladders and elevated platforms; works outside; exposure to hot and cold temperatures; exposure to dust, toxic chemicals, and materials; may work on slippery and uneven surfaces.