Area Maintenance Technician

1. At regional direction, moves and sets up offices in new or remodeled postal quarters; assembles, installs screen-lines,
workroom, lobby, and operating equipment. Supervises carpenters and/or helpers as projects may require. Classifies or
assists postmasters in classification of postal equipment for disposal or refurbishing. Under postmaster's authority,
purchases materials and employs helpers as warranted.
2. Makes major and minor repairs to postal operating equipment in offices without maintenance capabilities; conducts
maintenance inspections and provides operating, minor repair, and maintenance instruction to postal employees in the
offices served. Whenever possible, conducts maintenance inspection and the instruction of postal employees in conjunction
with emergency service trips to installations.
3. Troubleshoots, repairs, overhauls, and installs postal operating equipment such as, but not limited to, stamp vending
machines, cancelling machines, scales, print punch money order machines, tying machines, conveyors, safe and vault locks
and other components, protective systems and devices, timeclocks, and money changers. Keeps abreast of current
maintenance criteria and effects service accordingly.
4. Maintains inventory of all postal operating equipment in the offices served by the area maintenance office. Makes
recommendations to supervisors and/or obtains stock of operating equipment repair parts, maintaining inventories at levels
prescribed by the region or the Department. Maintains record of parts in stock; ships parts to territory offices as required to
meet respective office needs. Keeps records of parts used, frequency of replacements, and submits reports to the regional
office at prescribed intervals.
5. Installs and maintains protective systems and devices on safes and vaults in post offices. Opens safes and vaults,
changes and repairs combinations, and disarms systems and devices.
6. Provides emergency service and makes minor repairs to air conditioning systems at government owned buildings not
under service contracts. Prepares report of needs for the postmaster if the lessor has maintenance responsibility or the
manufacturer if the system is under warranty.
7. Initiates reports to the regional office on major work assignments, shortages of equipment, and completed screenline
installations. Makes reports of unsatisfactory conditions relating to equipment damage, classification, and defieiencies.
Makes written recommendations for equipment improvements, operations, and fabrication changes.
8. Drives motor vehicle to respective offices to effect on-the-scene repairs and screenline installation or modification.
Communicates with postmasters by phone, correspondence, and personal visits to investigate reports of malfunctions,
disorders, or other needs within the area maintenance office territory.
9. Performs other maintenance duties as instructed by the postmaster at the area maintenance office when not engaged in
area maintenance duties.
10. Uses various hand and power tools and testing devices incident to the mechanical, electrical and electronic, and
carpentry trades.
11. Observes established safety practices and procedures and instructs helpers accordingly.