Title:  PC Technician     

 

Reports to:  Assistant Director of Technology  

 

Qualifications:

• Must have or be able to obtain a valid Kansas driver’s 
• Must have knowledge of a variety of computer hardware and technology related equipment.
• Ability to work and interact with peers, district staff and the general public in a positive and constructive manner.
• Must be able to do detail work and record keeping.
• Must have demonstrated a good school or previous employment attendance record.
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as may be appropriate and acceptable.

 

Purpose and Objectives of the Position:

To install and maintain technology systems, in such a way to promote the effectiveness of the school system as a learning organization maximizing the educational opportunities and benefits to each individual student, staff, and school community member. 

 

Special Skills, Knowledge, Abilities:

•  Ability to read, analyzes, and interprets general computer technology periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. 
• Ability to write reports and technology correspondence. 
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from teachers, parents, students and administration.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discount interest proportions percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
•  Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.  Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of his job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk and hear.  The employee is occasionally required to sit and taste or smell.  The employee must frequently lift and /or move up to 50 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to risk of electrical shock.  The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; high precarious places; outside weather conditions; and extreme heat.  The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

 

Performance responsibilities general administration:

•  Maintains, analyzes, troubleshoots, and repairs technology equipment and initiatives.
• Maintains, troubleshoots, set up, and repairs audio/video equipment.
• Installs new software releases, system upgrades, evaluates and installs patches and resolves software related problems.
• Maintains, updates, repairs and deploys workstation imaging.
• Maintains data files and monitors system configuration to ensure data integrity.
• Set up Networked workstations and print stations.
• Troubleshoots and repairs network printing problems.
• Aides in installation of network cabling.
• Aides in workstation design and configuration
• Installs and configures network adapters.
• Maintain accurate records of technology inventory at the building level.
• Respond to technology information requests in a timely and professional manner. 
• Other duties as assigned.

 

Physical Requirements/Environmental Conditions:

• Requires physical exertion to manually move, lift, carry, pull, or push heavy objects or materials.
• Ability to manually lift a maximum of 60 pounds.
• Requires stooping, kneeling, crawling, bending, turning, climbing, balancing, and reaching.
• Must work indoors and outdoors year-round.
• Must occasionally work in noisy and crowded environment, with numerous interruptions.
• Must work in and around dust, fumes, and odors.

 

General Responsibilities:

• Install, configure and support operating systems and productivity packages,
• Install, configure and support window applications word processors, spreadsheets, databases, publishing programs and Internet browsers and software.
• Install, configure and support various third party applications.
•  Troubleshoot, repair, upgrade and maintain academic support systems to include:  desktop and laptop computers, scanners, printers, floppy/fixed disk drives, Bios configuration, memory installation, CD/DVD Rom installation.
• Troubleshoot, repair, and maintain Laser Jet, Inkjet printers to include paper jams, ribbon, ink, toner replacement, maintenance kit installation, memory upgrades, driver installation, cleaning.
• Inventory technology items.
• Other duties as assigned.

Pre-Employment/Yearly Requirements: Employee shall meet all the pre-employment and yearly requirements as specified in the Policies of the Board of Education.

 

Term of Employment:    At will.

 

Salary: $15.25/hr, based on the USD #453 Salary Schedule

 

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt; Hourly

 

Evaluation: Performance effectiveness will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of Board of Education Policy.