Review Vacancy
AgencyPeople With Developmental Disabilities, Office for
TitleTrades Specialist (Locksmith)
Occupational CategorySkilled Craft, Apprenticeship, Maintenance
Bargaining UnitOSU - Operational Services Unit (CSEA)
Salary RangeFrom $47530 to $58016 Annually
Minimum Qualifications MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Non-Competitive Qualifications
Four years of full-time experience in locksmithing under a skilled trades person which would provide training equivalent to that given in a training, apprenticeship, or equivalent program; or an equivalent combination of experience and training gained by completion of technical courses in locksmithing at a school, institute, or branch of the Armed Services.
Duties Description As a Trades Specialist (Locksmith), you would, as a member of a maintenance team, install, maintain, and repair locks and keys and other door or gate hardware, and compile and maintain related records in our state facility.
PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Utilizes hand tools to remove locking mechanisms from doors, gates, cabinets, and other hardware items.
• Repairs broken and/or defective locks.
• Eliminates debris or defective parts of locks that would prevent the lock from functioning properly.
• Creates springs, tumblers, and/or levers as necessary to fit specific locks.
• Manufactures keys when deemed appropriate to do so.
• Maintains locks by routinely disassembling and cleaning them.
• Utilizes computation for lock combinations to prevent duplicate combinations from occurring.
• Keeps spare keys in a secure area.
• Estimates the materials required for lock and key production and maintenance.
• Installs door frames and window frames as needed for locking systems.
• Record keeps the placement of locks, lock combinations, and total number of keys for each lock.
• Logs information pertaining to whom has access to all issued keys.
PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS:
• Working knowledge of the methods, materials, tools and equipment used in the trade or trades to which assigned.
• Working knowledge of safety standards and procedures.
• Ability to understand and carry out written and oral instructions.
• Will be required to train and supervise others.
• Will be required to plan and lay out work, develop time and material lists for projects assigned.
• Basic computer skills preferred
• Valid NYS driver’s License
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Additional Comments Please note:
• For CSEA positions: Local Bidding Agreements will be honored.
• Preference will be given to OPWDD employees impacted by closures. If you are being impacted by closure, please indicate this on your resume/cover letter.
• All OPWDD employees must be eligible and maintain eligibility for full and unconditional participation in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Continued employment will depend on maintaining eligibility.
• OPWDD IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER
• Employees on long term leave can bid on positions, but must be able to report to work within fourteen (14) days and be able to perform the essential functions of their position with or without reasonable accommodation (RA). If an employee believed that they need a reasonable accommodation, they should contact the Reasonable Accommodation Unit at (518) 486-7222 or email accommodationrequests@opwdd.ny.gov to obtain information and RA forms.
• OPWDD is committed to creating and sustaining a culture of inclusion. We believe that we are most effective in managing and improving our service system with a diverse team of employees. With such a large workforce, we rely on the collective individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, self-expression, ideas and talent that our employees bring to their work. This speaks to our culture, and is a key part of our successes. As we continuously recruit people for our team, we welcome the unique contributions that applicants bring in terms of their education, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, color, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.
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