Valve Technician

• Duties and Responsibilities include the following.
• Other duties may be assigned.

1. Disassemble relief valves
2. Sandblast
3. Inspection
4. Machining
5. Re-Assembly
6. Testing
7. Tagging and Packaging

Requirements

Qualifications

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty
• satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or
• ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with
• disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Language Ability

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance
• instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organizations.

Math Ability

• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions,
• percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and
• geometry.

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral,
• or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in
• standardized situations.

Computer Skills

• To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Microsoft Internet
• Explorer software.

Education/Experience

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or 2-4 years related experience and/or
• training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Knowledge, Skills and Other Abilities

• *Essential Function
• ? Mechanical aptitude
• ? Self-starter

Physical Demands

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an
• employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable
• accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential
• functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use
• hands; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; and talk or
• hear. The employee is frequently required to taste or smell. The employee is occasionally
• required to sit. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 60 pounds. Specific vision
• abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth
• perception, ability to adjust focus, and ability to see color.

Work Environment

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee
• encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations
• may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to work near moving
• mechanical parts; work in high, precarious places; outdoor weather conditions; and outdoor
• weather conditions. The employee is frequently exposed to wet or humid conditions (nonweather);
• fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; and vibration. The employee is
• occasionally exposed to extreme cold (non-weather); extreme heat (non-weather); and risk of
• electrical shock.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually very loud.