The HVAC technician inspects, repairs, installs and maintains HVAC equipment at Johnston Community College.

Knowledge & Responsibilities:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:

• Provides routine maintenance, repairs, and installs heating, ventilation, and cooling units.
• Changes filters, belts, and greases bearings.
• Diagnoses and repairs electronic, mechanical, and electrical components of these systems.
• Be available to respond to night and weekend emergency needs.
• Maintains proper stock, parts, tools, and safety equipment.
• Works on Building HVAC controls systems.
• Uses a computer to monitor Building HVAC controls system.
• Schedules HVAC equipment run times on the computer.
• Responds to hot and cold calls.
• Diagnoses diverse service issues, obtains any replacement parts and calibrates system to manufacturer's recommendations.
• Participates in company provided training opportunities.
• Maintains Service Records on all equipment.
• Be able to read and interpret blueprints, plans, and manuals.
• Purchases and picks up parts.
• Performs other building maintenance.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities  

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Additional Information:

Language Skills                                                

• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. 
• Ability to write simple correspondence. 
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.

Mathematical Skills                                                     

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. 

 
Reasoning Ability                                             

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. 
• Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

 
Physical Demands The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
 
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands and fingers, reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 100 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
 
Work Environment The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
 
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment can be very loud.