IOWA DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES –
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION GUIDELINES
Highway Technician SERIES
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Class Code |
Class Title |
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08121 |
Highway Technician
Associate |
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08122 |
Highway Technician |
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08123 |
Highway Technician,
Senior |
Positions in this series are responsible for performing a variety of highway activities including snow and ice control and roadway repair and maintenance. The higher level technicians may rotate between highway maintenance and highway construction activities as appropriate for the season. Construction activities include such things as checking grades and elevations, sampling, testing and inspecting construction materials, lab tests and routine survey activities.
Positions that are responsible for exclusively performing engineering
support, or construction trades-related work including project inspection and
monitoring, or construction survey. Such positions are generally classified in
the Construction Technician series.
Positions that exclusively perform technical on-site field or technical laboratory work in the sampling, testing, and inspection of materials used in highway construction and maintenance projects. Such positions are generally classified in the Materials Technician series.
Highway Technician Associate
Positions in this class operate equipment to
perform maintenance of roadway, roadside, right of way, shoulder, bridge, and
highway grading and paving projects.
They perform routine bridge inspections, traffic control and may perform
crew leader duties in the absence of a leadworker or supervisor. Positions operate snow and ice removal
equipment including heavy duty trucks equipped with various types of snow
plows, and they prepare and spread abrasives and de-icing chemicals on the
roadway.
This is the first level in three-level
Highway Technician series and is distinguished from the Highway Technician in
that they do not rotate seasonally between maintenance and construction
activities, and from the Highway Technician Senior in that they are not
leadworkers as are found in that level.
Highway Technician
Positions in this class perform maintenance
of roadway, roadside, right of way, shoulder, bridge, and highway grading and
paving projects. Seasonally they perform
winter maintenance activities including snow and ice control. During construction season, they
perform routine technical duties such as checking grades and elevations, sampling, testing and inspecting construction materials;
performing routine survey activities and routine field and lab tests and
inspections. They collect, classify and
report project data and may be assigned as a crew leader and/or as specialized
equipment operator.
This is the second level in three-level Highway Technician series and is distinguished from the Highway Technician Associate level in that these positions do not exclusively perform highway maintenance activities. They differ from the Highway Technician, Senior classification in that these positions perform routine tasks associated with materials testing, highway survey and routine field inspections.
Highway
Technician Senior
Positions in this class may perform complex material testing, sampling or inspecting. They may also provide oversight to specialized highway maintenance, materials, inspection and survey services by serving as a leadworker to highway workers. During construction season, they may perform or lead a team that performs routine technical duties such as inspecting and testing construction materials; performing routine survey activities and routine field and lab tests and inspections.
This is the third level in the Highway Technician series and is distinguished from the Highway Technician Associate level in that they do not exclusively perform highway maintenance activities and from the Highway Technician level because of the assigned sampling, inspecting and/or testing of materials duties used in highway production and because of the inspection and monitoring the fabrication of highway structures.
Effective Date: 12/2007
DK