MOBILE EQUIPMENT DRIVER EXAMINER

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THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.

This National Guard position is for a MOBILE EQUIPMENT DRIVER EXAMINER, Position Description Number D2433000 and is part of the ID 124 Logistics Readiness Squadron, National Guard.

THIS POSITION IS PERMANENT. Military Grades: E-5 TO E-6 THE FOLLOWING QUALIFICATIONS MUST BE REPRESENTED BY THE CONTENTS OF YOUR RESUME.

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GENERAL EXPERIENCE: Work involves the operation and operational maintenance of one or more motor vehicles to transport personnel, supplies, materials or equipment.

Experience or training which demonstrates the ability to follow instructions and safely operate the type of equipment required to accomplish the duties of the position.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Experience or training which demonstrates the ability to operate and perform operator maintenance on straight-in-line trucks which typically have an approximate gross vehicle weight of more than 32,000 pounds.

Experience demonstrating ability to operate truck tractors with semi-trailers or full trailers and motor coaches.

Experience operating vehicles over a variety of roads including interstate highways, narrow country roads, and on steep winding grades.

Experience driving vehicles without mishap in complicated traffic situations. Major Duties:

1.

Serves as the chief test control and examining officer for the Wing by individual testing or directing instructor personnel to provide tests to applicants for operating a variety of fixed and mobile equipment such as automotive, heavy mobile, tractor, material handling, and special or general purpose equipment such as cars, trucks, truck tractor and trailer, farm tractors, bulldozers, graders, cranes, front end loaders, road and warehouse sweepers, generators, compressors, elevators, fork lifts, general purpose and power tools, and various special purpose equipment.

Typically performs the following: a.

Conducts a variety of written and psychophysical tests, examinations, and occasionally special schools, to determine qualifications of applicants for operator, driver status.

Uses a large volume of regulations, manuals, guides and special test equipment to determine applicant ability in emergency and visual judgment, eye-hand coordination, depth perception, hearing, field of perception, hearing, field of vision, reaction time.

Etc.

conducts a variety of special or one-time tests in accordance with new or modified requirements, which involve special training, interpretation of new or modified instructions, and decisions, which affect driver/operator or equipment safety and operation.

Uses discretion and judgment in giving personnel instructions prior to and during examination, familiarizes participants with procedures, starts tests and records results.

Refers to higher medical authority applicants who are borderline or who have failed tests such as hearing, reaction, perception, vision, etc. b.

Sets up and maintains files, records, test equipment, test forms end general area in accordance with current regulations, procedures, and techniques.

Assists higher authority in planning or establishing new procedures and techniques for effective examining and/or testing.

Schedules tests or examinations in accordance with priority requests, number and type of applicants, or other reasons and posts results to applicable records and/or forms.

Issues and maintains licenses by current status. c.

Conducts practical road and/or performance tests of personnel taking initial examinations or reexaminations for such equipment as light and heavy automotive vehicles, heavy tractors, buses, tank retrievers, materials handling equipment such as fork lift truck both gas and electric, warehouse cranes.

Special purpose vehicles. These tests are applied to all status of employees located within the Wing.d.

Selects and prepares the appropriate type equipment required or arranges for the type equipment not assigned to the examination office by obtaining from using activities the proper type necessary for this examination or by going to the site of the equipment operation.e.

Advises the operator of the route to be taken and/or the various driving problems of the standard examination area.

Gives vehicle driver problems and checks operator faults when starting, pulling out, driving in traffic, making left and right turns, using controls, slowing and stopping, overtaking and passing, backing and parking.

Checks driver/operator faults on such problems as simulated driving over ramps and in and out of railroad cars and warehouses, picking up and placing loads, backing and turning equipment.

Completes road and/or performance test papers by indicating driver's faults and scoring for grade.

Informs disqualified operators of driving faults and instructs in the course of corrective action, requirement to correct deficiencies.

Advises new examiners of procedures applicable in completing trip tickets and accident report forms. 2.

Performs operational maintenance and repair on heavy duty mobile equipment and vehicles such as road graders, bulldozers, power shovels, heavy duty compressors, large generators, tractors, large trucks, and cranes, and a variety of combustion powered automotive vehicles and material handling equipment (MHE) such as passenger cars and trucks, forklift trucks and warehouse tractors, special purpose vehicles etc.

Inspects and troubleshoots equipment; services and makes general repairs, creates work orders for those vehicles which need to be repaired by the Vehicle Maintenance flight.

Performs operational inspection and ensures vehicles and equipment are properly serviced e.g., brake adjustments, replacing hydraulic fluids, greasing, cleaning, etc.

Performs other preventive maintenance operations as required. Performs other duties as assigned.