Traffic Control Worker II

Tulare County, CA; Visalia (CA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Tulare County's Resource Management Agency in Visalia is hiring for a role that designs and fabricates traffic signs using printers and plotters. You will stripe roadways, apply markings, and install solar-powered safety devices, while logging time, maintenance, and sign inventories.

Qualifications include a high school diploma, math basics, and the ability to read gauges; a Class B license with tanker endorsement is required before the probationary period expires, with additional driving and

Qualifications

• Equivalent to completion of the twelfth grade.
• Basic math to make and install signs to specifications.
• Read gauges such as foot-o-meters and may read plans/blueprints.
• Operate tools and equipment safely; follow verbal and written instructions.
• Drive a GVWR over 26,000 pounds and hold appropriate driver's licenses.

Responsibilities

• Use computer software, digital printers and plotters to design and fabricate traffic signs.
• Use hand and power tools, and airless spray equipment.
• Stripe roadways and apply pavement markings in paint and thermoplastic.
• Assemble and install solar-powered traffic safety devices.
• Observe and report signs in need of repair or hazards to sign view.

Skills

Communication with diverse groups

Safe work practices

Reading gauges and measurements

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Hammer and power tools

Airless spray equipment

Digital printers and plotters

Two-way radio

Hand tools: drills, augers, post hole-diggers

Job description

This recruitment will establish an employment list to fill current and any future vacancies within the Resource Management Agency. The anticipated life of the employment list is six months. If interested in employment for this position for current or future vacancies, please submit an online application for consideration.

Current vacancy is with the Resource Management Agency located in Visalia. The anticipated life of the list is six months.

• Use computer software, digital printers and plotters to design and fabricate traffic signs.
• Use hand and power tools, and airless spray equipment.
• Stripe roadways and apply pavement markings in paint and thermoplastic.
• Assemble and install solar-powered traffic safety devices.
• Observe and report signs in need of repair, obstructions to sign view and other potential safety hazards.

For a full list of duties for this position, please click here.

Minimum qualifications are used as a guide for establishing the education, training, experience, special skills and/or license which are required and equivalent to the following.

Education:

• Equivalent to completion of the twelfth(12th) grade.

Knowledge of:

• Basic math sufficient to make and install signs to specifications.

Skill/Ability to:

• Work and communicate effectively with people of various education and socioeconomic backgrounds by respecting beliefs, interpersonal styles and behaviors of both clients and co-workers
• Operate contemporary office equipment inclusive of computer, keyboard, printers, scanners, and all applicable electronic equipment.
• Read gauges such as foot-o-meters.
• Drive a single vehicle with a GVWR of more than 26,000 pounds.
• Use a variety of hand and power tools such as hammers, drills, chainsaws, augers, presses, shovels, and post hole-diggers.
• Safe work practices.
• Follow daily work layout instructions.
• Keep a daily diary.
• Understand and follow verbal and written instructions such as work assignments, maps, and shop manuals.
• Maintain sign inventory and equipment service records.
• May read plans and blueprints.
• Use a two-way radio.
• May prepare and maintain a variety of work records.

License or Certificate:

• Have or attain a "Class B" driver’s license and a tanker endorsement two (2) weeks prior to the expiration of the one‑year probationary period. Attainment of the Class B license is a condition of employment.
• Possession of a valid Class C California driver’s license at time of appointment.

DESIRABLE EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS

Knowledge of:

• California Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (CAMUTCD) standards pertaining to proper positioning and mounting of traffic signs.
• Sign construction materials and methods.
• County road systems.
• Road marking application methods.

Skill/Ability to:

• Read maps and blueprints.
• Modern sign manufacturing techniques
• Operate a hydraulic auger.
• Drive a single vehicle with a GVWR of more than 26,000 pounds.
• Perform minor repairs on vehicles.
• Basic computer use for record keeping.

Conditions of Employment

Candidates selected may be required to pass a pre‑employment drug and alcohol screening. Additionally, a background investigation may also be conducted, which may include a re‑investigation every 10 years for some positions. An Employment Eligibility Verification using E‑Verify may be required on the first day of employment for some positions. Some job classes may also require a physical exam.

College Cost Reduction Access Act

This may be a qualifying position for student loan forgiveness through the College Cost Reduction and Access Act (CCRAA). Only student loan payments made after October 1, 2007 and in a qualified repayment plan are eligible. For more information you are encouraged to speak with your student loan servicer or visit: https://studentaid.gov/manage-loans/forgiveness-cancellation/public-service

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