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Treatment Plant Operator in Training (#MT1 )
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Definition

Under supervision, to perform a variety of routine duties and to learn to perform more difficult and complex tasks in the operations and maintenance of the County's wastewater and water treatment plants; and to perform other duties as required.

Typical Tasks

    Employment Standards

    EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS
    Knowledge of:
    Working knowledge of:

    • The methods, materials and tools used to operate maintain, monitor and repair water and wastewater treatment plants.
    • Safety practices required in water and wastewater treatment operations.

    Some knowledge of:

    • Regulations related to the treatment, transmission and disposal of water and wastewater.
    • The application of data processing to sanitation operations.

    Ability to:

    • Solve simple algebraic problems of one unknown.
    • Learn to operate analytical laboratory equipment.
    • Learn to use simple chemical formulae involving molarity, normality, atomic weight, and percentage.
    • Learn to diagnose malfunctions in wastewater and water treatment plants and determine appropriate corrective action.
    • Read, understand, interpret and apply regulations relating to water and wastewater treatment standards
    • Learn to operate a computer to input, access, and analyze data
    • Estimate equipment, material and labor needs
    • Maintain records and prepare reports and correspondence
    • Establish effective working relationships.
    • Lift items weighing up to 75 pounds.
    • Perform tasks requiring strength, such as lifting equipment onto trucks, climbing over rough terrain and pulling hoses up embankments
    • Drive vehicles such as pick-up trucks and utility trucks
    • Distinguish colors, such as color-coded wires or chemical tests.

    Education and Experience:
    Any combination of education and experience, which would provide the required knowledge and abilities, is qualifying, unless otherwise specified. A typical way to obtain these knowledge and abilities would be:
    One year experience comparable to Sanitation Maintenance Worker II in Santa Cruz County.

    Special Requirements, Conditions:
    License Requirement: Possession of a valid California Class C drivers license. Obtain an operator in training certificate issued by the California State Water Resources Control Board upon hire and within two years of employment, a grade I certificate.

    Special Working Conditions: Exposure to: variable temperatures and weather conditions; confined work spaces; heights, such as on ladders; high levels of noise; strong, unpleasant odors; infections which might cause chronic disease or death; electrical hazards; raw sewage; dust; and the possibility of experiencing burns, bodily injury or contact with toxic substances or chemical irritants.

    Other Special Requirements: Availability to work irregular hours, including weekends and holidays, as well as responding to twenty-four hour emergency calls.

    PREVIOUS CLASS TITLE: Sanitation Maintenance Worker II

    EST: 3/97 REV: 10/11, 6/02 Analyst: TC, GLD, LW

    Miscellaneous

    PREVIOUS CLASS TITLE: Sanitation Maintenance Worker II

    Bargaining Unit: General
    EEOC Category: 08
    Occupational Grouping: 39
    Workers Comp Code: 1160
    Revised Dates: 6/02; 10/11

    CLASS: MT1; EST: 3/1/1997; REV: 10/1/2011;