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JOB DESCRIPTION
Job Title: Bus Mechanic
Responsible to: Transportation Director, Assistant Superintendent for Business
Qualifications:
- High school graduate or GED equivalent preferred
- Two years experience in related field
- Ability to repair a variety of automotive components
- Ability to maintain a preventive maintenance program on all vhehicles
- Willingness to work independently
- Knowledge of both diesel and gasoline vehicles
- Possess and maintain current commercial drivers’ license and Missouri school bus permit, if requested
- Possess and maintain certified driver trainer status, if requested
- Possess and maintain inspector mechanic permit from the Missouri State Highway Patrol
General Responsibilities:
Repairs and overhauls buses and maintenance vehicles.
Specific Duties:
- Examines vehicle and determines nature and extent of damage or malfunction.
- Plans work procedure, using charts, technical manuals, and experience.
- Raises vehicle, using hydraulic jack or hoist, to gain access to mechanical units bolted to underside of vehicle.
- Removes unit, such as engine, transmission, or differential, using wrenches and hoist.
- Disassembles unit and inspects parts for wear, using micrometers, calipers, and thickness gauges.
- Repairs or replaces parts, such as pistons, rods, gears, valves, and bearings, using mechanics’ hand tools.
- Overhauls or replaces carburetors, blowers, generators, distributors, starters, and pumps.
- Rebuilds parts, such as crankshafts and cylinder blocks, using lathes, shapers, drill presses, and welding equipment.
- Rewires ignition system, lights, and instrument panel.
- Relines and adjusts brakes, aligns front end, repairs or replaces shock absorbers, and solders leaks in radiator.
- Mends damaged body and fenders by hammering out or filling in dents and welding broken parts.
- Replaces and adjusts headlights, and installs and repairs accessories, such as radios, heaters, mirrors, and windshield wipers.
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