Office Machine Technician

Class Specifications – F.10
Office Machine Technician III – 8632
Office Machine Technician II – 8633
Office Machine Technician I – 8634

June, 1983

Series Concept

Office Machine Technicians maintain, repair, and rebuild mechanical, electrical, and electronic office equipment such as typewriters, calculators, embossers, dictation equipment, addressing and folding machines, timestampers and related equipment.

Incidental to the main functions of repair and maintenance, incumbents may also maintain parts and supplies inventories; instruct equipment users in proper operation or in such simple maintenance tasks as cleaning, oiling, and minor adjustment; take service calls and establish work priorities; keep records; estimate repair costs; and train lower-level technicians.

The Office Machine Technician series consists of three levels: subjourney, full journey and lead worker/supervisor. The levels are distinguished by the breadth of repairs performed, the closeness of technical supervision received, and by the responsibility for supervising others.

Class Concepts

Office Machine Technician III

Under general administrative supervision, incumbents perform the work of an Office Machine Technician II and supervise the work of other technicians.

Incumbents typically perform the most difficult repair and maintenance tasks; select, train and evaluate personnel, inspect and evaluate finished work, and establish work schedules and priorities.

Office Machine Technician II

Under general supervision, incumbents perform the full range of duties outlined in the Series Concept.

This is the fully-qualified technician level. Working from schematics, diagr ams, or blueprints, incumbents typically inspect, maintain, diagnose, repair, and rebuild any type of standard office machine. Incumbents may be assigned to train lower-level technicians.

Office Machine Technician I

Under supervision, incumbents typically {a) maintain .and repair a selected and limited variety of equipment; (b) perform maintenance and repair duties that are limited in difficulty; or (c) repair and service a wide variety of office machines, developing the skills needed for full operational assignment.

Assignments may be permanently limited to duties at this level, as in (a) and (b) above, or may be structured to develop the skills that would permit reassignment to full journeylevel responsibilities, as in (c) above.

Minimum Qualifications

Applicants for positions in the Office Machine Technician series are expected to possess the skills, knowledge, and abilities essential to the successful performance of the duties assigned to the positions.

Note: Specific qualification requirements are approved for positions by the Personnel Manager in accordance with the provisions of Staff Personnel Policies 210.8 and 210.9.