Job Information
Louisiana Department of State Civil Service HVAC/REFRIGERATION MECHANIC in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
HVAC/REFRIGERATION MECHANIC
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HVAC/REFRIGERATION MECHANIC
Salary
$3,649.00 - $6,566.00 Monthly
Location
Baton Rouge, LA
Job Type
Classified
Job Number
R00100440
Department
LSU-Baton Rouge
Opening Date
11/05/2024
Closing Date
11/18/2024 12:01 AM Central
Description
Benefits
Supplemental Information
This is a Journeyman position in our HVAC department. This position requires basic skills in the maintenance of HVAC and refrigeration equipment including preventative maintenance duties.
Minimum Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Two years of experience in the installation and/or maintenance of heating, ventilating, or air conditioning systems.
SUBSTITUTIONS:
Training in the installation, operation or maintenance of air conditioning and refrigeration systems will substitute for the two years of required experience on a month for month basis.
NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENT:
As of November 14, 1994, employees must possess the appropriate EPA refrigerant recycling and recovery certification for technicians (as required under Section 608 of the Clean Air Act, 1990).
NOTE:
Additional information regarding technician certification requirements and programs may be obtained by calling the Stratospheric Ozone Protection Hotline at (800) 296-1996 (10am-4pm Eastern Time, Monday-Friday except federal holidays) or by visiting the EPA's Stratospheric Ozone Depletion Web Site at www.epa.gov/ozone/title6/608.
Job Concepts
Function of Work:
To provide skilled installation, maintenance, and repair on heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration units in large office buildings, hospitals, and multi-building complexes.
Level of Work:
Experienced.
Supervision Received:
General from a HVAC/Refrigeration Foreman or maintenance supervisor of higher grade.
Supervision Exercised:
None.
Location of Work:
May be used by all state agencies.
Job Distinctions:
Differs from Trades Apprentice by presence of journeyman level duties.
Differs from HVAC/Refrigeration Master Mechanic by lack of responsibility for major overhaul and modification of complex large tonnage, high horsepower centrifugal chillers, and other advanced HVAC/Refrigeration systems.
Examples of Work
Repairs and maintains heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and refrigeration equipment in buildings or complexes requiring total HVAC capacity of 20 tons or more.
Performs preventive maintenance duties on motors: adding coolant, adjusting controls, changing filters, etc.
Recharges air conditioning systems with proper amount of lubricant or refrigerant.
Overhauls and repairs pumps, motors, control systems, piping, and other equipment used in refrigerating and air conditioning systems.
Reports temperatures produced by machines and makes necessary adjustments to produce desired temperatures.
Installs, replaces, adjusts, and calibrates major components of refrigeration units: compressors, condensers, expansion valves, service valves, thermostats, coils, and drive assemblies.
Maintains records, log sheets, inventory, etc.
Services equipment with lubricants and chemicals.
Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.
As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:
Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/
Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave
More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx
Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:
New Year's Day
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
Mardi Gras,
Good Friday,
Memorial Day,
Independence Day,
Labor Day,
Veteran's Day,
Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
* Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor
State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.
Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):
Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your_Retirement_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system
Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),
Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others
Agency
State of Louisiana
Address
For agency contact information, please refer to
the supplemental information above.
Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802
Phone
(866) 783-5462
Website
http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm
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