CONSTRUCTION TECHNICIAN

1. Assists and provides guidance to semi-skilled laborers; answers questions, provides instruction, and assists with the more difficult tasks.
2. Interprets work orders, blueprints, and conceptual work projects.
3. Performs skilled hand and bench work in a carpentry/maintenance shop; operates and maintains saws planers, jointers, shapers, and other related woodworking equipment common to the trade.
4. Builds forms, walls, stairways and partitions; installs and repairs window frames, door frames, drywall, doors, screens, and other wooden fixtures.
5. Builds and/or repairs cabinets, counters, desk tops, shelves, bookcases, and other furniture.
6. Performs roofing and re-roofing using metal, laminate and cedar materials.
7. Applies floor coverings, wall coverings, and ceiling and floor tiles.
8. Mixes paints, sets up work areas, and performs skilled application of interior/exterior primers, paints, and sealants.
9. Construct forms, places, and finishes concrete and cement work.
10. Performs masonry work to include natural stone, brick, and other materials.
11. Operates motorized grading equipment including skid loaders, tractors, track excavators, backhoes, trenchers, and forklifts.
12. Cuts and threads pipe, sweat copper, set fixtures, install valves, repair sloan valves and vacuum breakers; operates trenching equipment and install buried water supply lines; trouble-shoots plumbing repairs.
13. Performs electrical diagnosis, repairs, and installations of circuitry up to and including 220 volt single phase and installs EMT and ROMEX from panel to point of use.
14. Performs welding, cutting, and steel fabrication.
15. Performs related duties as assigned.