This is skilled work at the full performance level in the inspection, maintenance and repair of elevators and related equipment. Work is performed under the general supervision of a maintenance supervisor, and involves conditions which can only be partially controlled and light physical effort.

• Inspects and repairs manual and semiautomatic elevators; refers, when required, to blueprints and architectural drawings showing layout of elevator and related plant equipment; prepares and submits for approval requisitions for elevator parts and tools.
• Checks by observation contract work performed on automatically-controlled elevator equipment to insure work meets specifications; maintains logs of repairs made and materials used; coordinates with contractor's mechanics the removal of elevators from service in order to maintain optimum operating services.
• Directs work of skilled and unskilled workers temporarily assigned to move heavier pieces of elevator equipment; regulates elevator speed and braking mechanisms; renews broken controls, lighting cables, and sheaves; installs hoist, governor and compensating cables.
• Repairs manual and semiautomatic elevators by adjusting contactors on elevator cage doors; repairs defective electrical locks by disassembling and inspecting them; replaces work or broken parts; reassembles and installs repaired units.
• Tests elevator relays by observing readings on recording and indicating devices; adjusts relays by tightening nuts, tension springs and other parts until readings indicate proper functioning; disassembles relays to replace work or defective parts; cleans moving parts of relay.
• Performs preventive maintenance of elevator equipment by periodically lubricating such equipment as rails, governors and motors.
• Conducts regularly scheduled safety inspections on elevators; follows safety regulations in transferring passengers out of malfunctioning elevators; maintains keys to start and stop elevator operation; stops elevator services when inspection reveals malfunctioning of parts or safety controls; places safety barriers where needed when repair work is in progress; accompanies state officials inspecting elevator equipment.
• Makes repairs and maintains automatically-controlled elevator equipment if required.
• Performs related work as required.

KNOWLEDGE OF:

• the occupational hazards and safety precautions involved in the repair and maintenance of elevators and related equipment.
• the construction, maintenance and operation of manual, semiautomatic and automatically-controlled electrically powered elevators.
• the operation of relay control systems, contactors and similar devices commonly found in automatically-controlled elevator equipment.
• the standard methods, practices, tools and materials of the elevator repairman's trade.
• the laws, ordinances, and generally accepted safety standards relating to the safe operation of all types of elevator equipment.
• basic electrical principles as applied to elevator installation and repair.

ABILITY TO:

• recognize and locate causes of malfunctioning of automatically-controlled elevator equipment, and to recognize possible hazards in elevator equipment operation.
• maintain and repair manual, semiautomatic and automatically-controlled elevator equipment, including relay systems, contactors and similar control devices.
• requisition and specify parts, materials, and tools essential to elevator maintenance.
• read and interpret technical diagrams and blueprints.
• make routine tests on elevators and equipment.
• maintain records and submit oral and written reports pertaining to the work.

• Education equivalent to completion of the twelfth school grade.

• Three years of experience in the maintenance and repair of elevators and related equipment, two years of which shall have involved maintaining and repairing automatically-controlled elevator systems.

Or any equivalent combination of training and experience determined to be acceptable by the Personnel Department.

PHYSICAL AND MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS

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

PAY RANGE: 17
Class Established: 8/1957
Latest Spec. Revision: 9/1984

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