This is supervisory level technical electronic and instrumentation maintenance and repair work. Employees in this class plan, direct and review the work of technicians and helpers who troubleshoot, modify, test, calibrate, adjust, repair, and install a wide variety of complex digital and analog equipment and instrumentation. Significant to the work is the planning and implementation of a preventative maintenance program. The employee is supervised by a technical superior.

ALLOCATING FACTORS: (The following conditions must be met for a position to be approved for this class.)

• Employees must supervise full-performance level Electronic Technicians.
• Employees must plan, direct and review the work of technicians engaged in the repair and maintenance of digital, analog, audio, video, radio, frequency, plant processing, aviation, microwave, and computer, and related electronic equipment.

• Plans, assigns and reviews the work of lower-level technicians engaged in the repair and maintenance of digital, analog, audio, video, radio frequency, plant processing, aviation, microwave, computer and other related electronic equipment, including recording, regulating and controlling instrumentation; inspects the work of subordinates in progress and upon completion for conformance to work instructions and technical specifications; assists subordinates in the installation and repair of more complex electronic equipment and in the repair of a wide variety of meters, gauges and recording, regulating and controlling instruments; oversees the performance of mathematical functions used in processes; prepares preventative maintenance schedules to be followed by subordinate technicians.
• Participates in the more difficult installation, repair, and maintenance work; reads and interprets schematic diagrams, logic charts, drawings and sketches, and manufacturers' manuals; confers with manufacturers for additional technical clarification and elaboration; uses computer diagnostics and other test equipment to locate malfunctioning or defective parts; replaces or repairs defective parts.
• Trains subordinate technicians in the modification, testing, adjusting, troubleshooting, repair and installation of a variety of digital, analog, audio, video, microwave, plant processing, aviation and radio frequency equipment.
• Attends manufacturers' seminars; learns characteristics, functions and repair techniques for new electronic devices; confers with sales personnel and technicians in the electronics field; reads pertinent technical magazines, journals and texts to update technical information; makes recommendations for the purchase of new electronic equipment.
• Prepares and submits requests for materials, tools, and equipment; prepares and maintains records and reports of operation in accordance with Federal Communication Commission requirements, where applicable.
• Oversees and participates in the evaluation of the environment in which equipment is to be installed and its effect on electronic equipment; directs and participates in the modification of electronic equipment to accept digital signals and the modification of shunts on power control boards to accept various types of signals; oversees maintenance and repair to such equipment as closed circuit TV, laserfax machines, computerized scoreboards, electronic security systems, solid state traffic control equipment, computers, microprocessor-based equipment, modems, multiplexers, level and flow electronic equipment, metal- and gas-detecting devices, video phones and related or similar electronic equipment.
• Supervises and participates in the inspecting, calibrating, testing, adjusting, flushing, cleaning, lubricating and repairing of digital and analog electronically, hydraulically, electrically, and pneumatically activated meters, gauges and instruments used to indicate, record and control operating conditions such as pressure, temperature, flow, volume and level on a preventive and predictive maintenance schedule; evaluates and develops procedures for maintaining instrumentation; diagnoses and repairs mal- or non- functions in systems; uses CRT terminals to isolate system malfunctions; uses a portable keyboard to program logical controllers and diagnose problems within a process loop.
• Inventories stock to assure proper material and supply levels; may drive to worksites; may operate small aerial lift bucket trucks.
• Performs related work as required.

KNOWLEDGE OF:

• the principles and theories of electronics.
• the repair and operation of digital electronic equipment.
• computer-interface and diagnostics as they pertain to digital electronic equipment.
• microprocessors, multiplexers, modems, and microwave telemetry.
• computer hardware configuration and software function and configuration as they are related to digital electronic and instrumentation equipment functions.
• methods used in troubleshooting, repairing, calibrating and maintaining digital and analog electronic equipment and process loops.
• Federal Communications Commission's rules and regulations governing the operation and maintenance of electronic equipment.
• analog electronic instrumentation and its functions within a process loop.
• electricity, electronics, pneumatics, and hydraulics, as applied to the calibration, installation, maintenance, repair and inspection of recording, regulating, and controlling instruments.
• methods, materials, tools and equipment used in the maintenance and repair of electronic equipment.
• mathematics, particularly algebra, and electricity as they pertain to the functions and operations of electronic equipment.

SKILL IN:

• coordinating the repair and maintenance of electronic equipment.
• the use of tools, instruments and testing devices used in the calibration, maintenance, repair and inspection of recording, regulating, and controlling instruments.
• reading and interpreting diagrams, schematics, logic charts and manufacturers' manuals and journals.
• troubleshooting complex electronic equipment.
• performing computer and other diagnostic tests to locate malfunctions in complex electronic equipment.

ABILITY TO:

• assign, direct, and review the work of lower-level technicians and helpers.
• train others to perform complex installations and repairs to electronic equipment.
• use basic computer language in diagnosing and programming microprocessors and programmable logic controllers.
• interpret diagrams, logic diagrams, and schematics.
• maintain and review records on repairs and maintenance performed on electronic equipment.
• establish and maintain effective working relationships with superiors, subordinates, contractors, and other maintenance staff.
• prepare written reports of activities.

EDUCATION:

• Equivalent to completion of the twelfth school grade.

• Successful completion of an electronics repair or instrumentation service and repair training course of at least one year's duration at a state-licensed trade school.

• Two years of experience repairing and maintaining a variety of instrumentation or digital and analog electronic equipment.

• Two years of the above experience at the full-performance level.

PHYSICAL AND MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Ability to physically perform the duties and to work in the environmental conditions required of a position in this class.

LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS, AND/OR CERTIFICATES

• Possession of a valid general radio telephone operator's license issued by the Federal Communications Commission or a radio technician certificate issued by Association of Police Communication Officers or the National Association of Business, Education and Radio during tenure of employment as an Electronic Technician Group Leader, if required by work assignment.
• Possession of a valid proper class motor vehicle operator's license issued by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania prior to and during tenure of employment, if required by work assignment.

PAY RANGE: 21
Class Established: 10/1978
Spec. Revision: 5/96

Latest Spec. Revision:
  CSC - 7/1997 ; Ad Board - 9/1997

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