Streets Apprentice

Overview

An employee in this class sets, forms, pours, and finishes concrete to repair curbs, gutters, driveways, and sidewalks; performs street repairs and patching; lays asphalt; clears roadside and other City properties by cutting brush, raking and hoeing; sets up traffic safety devices and barricades as necessary. Work involves assisting in the repair of storm drains, catch basins, and storm drainpipes. The employee removes, replaces, and repairs street signs, performs minor traffic striping on streets, crosswalks, and curbs.

Additionally, the employee pours and finishes concrete for monuments and plaques, and safely operates vehicles of various sizes and weights in the loading, hauling and unloading of various equipment. Work is performed in accordance with departmental rules and policies. Work subjects the employee to inside and outside environmental conditions, extreme temperatures, and normal hazards associated with operation of equipment, and working with sewer.

Work is performed under the supervision of the Street Supervisor and is evaluated through daily observation and visual inspection of the work completed. This classification is considered non-exempt in compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

• Assists and performs a variety of routine inspections and maintenance and construction activities to include asphalt and concrete maintenance, street signage, street sweeping, street striping, trails and drainage ditch maintenance.
• Sets, forms, pours, and finishes concrete to repair curbs, gutters, driveways, and sidewalks; performs street repairs and patching; lays asphalt; clears roadside and other City properties by cutting brush, raking and hoeing; sets up traffic safety devices and barricades as necessary.
• Cleans and removes debris from streets, gutters, storm drains, catch basins, drainage ditches, sidewalks, and street construction sites by shoveling, raking, sweeping, and picking up debris; removes ice and snow from the streets.
• Assists in the repair of storm drains, catch basins, and storm drainpipes.
• Operates pickup and other maintenance equipment and performs routine maintenance on equipment; operates power street sweeper per rotating assignment; maintains and replaces sweeper brooms and liquids.
• Performs general street maintenance such as spraying and cleaning storm drains.
• Repairs water leaks; makes water and sewer taps; repairs water meters.
• Performs related duties as required.

• General knowledge of principles, practices, and aspects of street maintenance, storm drainage, water and sewer line maintenance installation.
• General knowledge of methods used in maintenance of public streets and related facilities.
• General knowledge of landscaping, grass mowing, tree trimming and applicable equipment.
• Ability to use hand tools and heavy equipment such as backhoe, dump truck, snow plow, loader, excavator, and grander.
• Ability to learn proper operation and care of equipment.
• Ability to work with others as part of a team.
• Ability to understand written and oral instructions.
• Ability to keep accurate records.
• Knowledge and application of appropriate OSHA standards.
• Ability to deal tactfully and courteously with the public.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other employees and the general public.

Work in this class is described as moderately strenuous using a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects and may occasionally require some physical exertion to complete tasks. An employee must be able to physically perform the basic life operational functions of climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, reaching, walking, standing, pushing, pulling, fingering, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, and repetitive motions.

An employee must possess the visual acuity to be the operator of trucks, forklifts, cranes and other equipment. The employee is subject to both environmental conditions inside and outside. The employee is subject to hazards, occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and in high, precarious places, and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, risks of electrical shock, oils and vibration.

Graduation from high school or GED equivalent, and less than one year of work experience with grounds, street and/or building maintenance, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.