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City of Clarksville · 2 months ago

Traffic Control Technician

Clarksville, TN

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

0+ years exp

City of Clarksville is seeking a Traffic Control Technician to design and fabricate street signs. The role involves maintaining tools and equipment, managing inventory, and ensuring the cleanliness of the sign shop while performing various sign maintenance duties.

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Responsibilities

Performs a variety of sign maintenance duties, which may include installing signs, replacing worn signs, recycling old signs, and/or performing related duties

Designs a variety of signage and fabricates signs to requested specifications

Issues construction signs to work crews for their use

Prepares a variety of operational records and reports including work orders, time records, service requests, and daily reports

Maintains a database of municipal traffic signs

Keeps sign shop clean and organized; and orders materials, blades and supplies to maintain necessary inventory levels

Performs other duties of a similar nature or level

Performs other related work as required

Qualification

IMSA CertificationStreet sign constructionHandPower toolsBasic mathematicsRecordkeeping principlesComputer applicationsCommunication skillsInterpersonal skills

Required

High school diploma or GED equivalent

International Municipal Signal Association (IMSA) Certification (to be obtained within one year of employment with on-the-job training provided)

Basic street sign construction and maintenance practices

Variety of hand and power tools

Basic mathematics used for measuring quantities and distances

City geography

Recordkeeping principles

Computers and related software applications

Performing manual labor

Understanding and carrying out written and oral instructions

Operating small hand and power tools and other related equipment

Applying basic mathematical skills

Using and caring for applicable tools and equipment

Reading and comprehending maps

Preparing operational records

Using a computer and related software applications

Communication, interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisor, the public, etc. sufficient to exchange or convey information and to receive work direction

The work is heavy work which requires exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects

Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling while walking, standing, or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces

Climbing: Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles, and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms

Crawling: Moving about on hands, knees, hands, and feet

Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine

Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature, or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips

Fingering: Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling

Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm

Handling: Picking, holding, or otherwise working, primarily with the whole hand

Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction

Kneeling: Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees

Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position

Mental Acuity: Making rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes

Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force to draw, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion

Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something steady to thrust forward, downward, or outward

Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction

Repetitive Motion: Substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers

Speaking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including the ability to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately and concisely

Standing: Particularly for sustained periods of time

Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist

Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly

Visual ability sufficient to perform an activity like preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; and/or extensive reading