Cable Locator

JOB DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES ESSENTIAL DUTIES Operate cable location equipment to locate specific underground facilities accurately and completely in accordance with the Uniform Color Code as developed by the American Public Works Association. Document all locates performed and maintain accurate records thereof. Correct maps when they are found to be in error.

Receive requests for locates, schedule locates, and document all locates requested. Maintain vehicle to ensure it is always serviceable and clean. Ensure tools and equipment are properly used and kept in good working order and condition, continuously observe Cooperative safety rules and practices, check condition of safety equipment, become familiar with safety manuals, rules and regulations prescribed by the Cooperative.

NON-ESSENTIAL DUTIES Perform after-hours responsibilities directly and indirectly related to power restoration efforts as required. Other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION

High school diploma or equivalent required. EXPERIENCE Prior cable locating experience preferred. Progressive experience required for advanced classifications. LICENSES AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS Staking University Locator Certification preferred Valid Louisiana Driver’s License CPR, AED, and Basic First Aid Certification KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES KNOWLEDGE Apparatus Testing: Knowledge of the necessary electrical tests to be performed on electrical apparatus due to failure or routine maintenance and using those results to determine future action.

Line Operations: Knowledge of linework process and procedures, line equipment and the electric system including line trucks, line materials, safety equipment, and service territory. Spreadsheets: Knowledge of spreadsheets and how to use them to calculate, manipulate, and present data and format them for formal presentations.

SKILLS Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

Adaptability: Changing course of action or approach in order to suit a new situation or expectation or work through challenging issues. Computer Skills (MS Office): Proficient in the use of common types of software in the MS Office Suite, such as Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Computer Skills (Specific to DEMCO): Please list other computer applications specific to DEMCO that are required as a minimum: DEMCO’s Enterprise Software Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.

Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. Inspection: Determining and performing the proper inspections required for various equipment and using results to plan future actions. Interpersonal: Qualities and behaviors used to communicate, collaborate, and build relationships successfully with others.

Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. Operation and Control: Controlling operations of equipment or systems. Operation Monitoring: Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.

Service Orientation: Actively looking for ways to help people. Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively. Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others. Troubleshooting: Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.

ABILITIES Arm-Hand Steadiness: The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. Category Flexibility: The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. Composure: The ability to handle difficult and stressful situations with professional composure.

Control Precision: The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. Depth Perception: The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object.

Extent Flexibility: The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs. Far Vision: The ability to see details at a distance. Gross Body Equilibrium: The ability to keep or regain your body balance or stay upright when in an unstable position. Hearing Sensitivity: The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness.

Information Ordering: The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). Managing Priorities & Deadlines: Taking control of multiple tasks, managing time to meet approaching project due dates, handling unexpected or difficult situations, and dealing with pressure and stress.

Manual Dexterity: The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. Memorization: The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures. Multilimbed Coordination: The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down.

It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. Near Vision: The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). Oral Comprehension: The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. Oral Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.

Problem Sensitivity: The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. Rate Control: The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene.

Reaction Time: The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears. Selective Attention: The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. Speech Clarity: The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. Speech Recognition: The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.

Speed of Closure: The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns. Static Strength: The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. Team Oriented – The ability to work collaboratively and build strategic relations with colleagues, coworkers, constituents and volunteers.

Trunk Strength: The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing. Visual Color Discrimination: The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. Visualization: The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.

Written Comprehension: The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. Written Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling and walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces.

This factor is important if the amount of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium. Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires full motion of the lower extremities and back muscles.

Kneeling: Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees. Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine. Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction. Standing: Particularly for sustained periods of time. Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.

Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward. Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion. Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm. Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word.

Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly. Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound.

Repetitive motion: Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers. PHYSICAL DEMANDS Medium work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 30 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. VISUAL ACUITY The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication parts at distances close to the eyes.

The worker is required to have visual acuity to perform an activity such as: operates machines, such as lathes, drill presses, power saws, and mills where the seeing job is at or within arm's reach; performs mechanical or skilled trades tasks of a non-repetitive nature, such as carpenter, technicians, service people, plumbers, painters, mechanics, etc.

The worker is required to have visual acuity to operate motor vehicles and/or heavy equipment. The worker is required to have visual acuity to determine the accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness of the work assigned (i.e., custodial, food services, general laborer, etc.) or to make general observations of facilities or structures (i.

e., security guard, inspection, etc.) WORK ENVIRONMENT The worker is subject to both environmental conditions. Activities occur inside and outside. The worker is subject to hazards. Includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, moving vehicles, electrical current, working on scaffolding and high places, exposure to high heat or exposure to chemicals.

RELATIONSHIPS REPORTS TO Director, Operations