It is hereby established the office of Truck
Driver, Heavy for the Borough of Seaside Heights.
Truck Driver, Heavy shall be appointed by the
Mayor, with the advice and consent of the Borough Council, and shall
serve the term of one year, commencing on January 1 of the year of
appointment and ending on December 31 of that year, or until a successor
or successors shall be appointed and qualified.
To be appointed to the office of Truck Driver,
Heavy, an individual must possess one year of experience in driving
a truck with tandem/dual rear axels; any gross vehicle weight rating
of at least 26,000 pounds and auxiliary equipment such as a snowplow,
salt spreader, power take-off, winch and lift body. To be appointed
to the office of Truck Driver, Heavy, an individual must also possess
a valid commercial driver's license and applicable endorsements for
the class and type of vehicle being operated.
Duties of Truck Driver, Heavy, under direction,
shall include, but not be limited to, driving of a truck with a gross
vehicle weight rating over 26,000 pounds to transport materials, equipment
or people, the collection, the loading and unloading, with and without
assistance, of various types of equipment, garbage, trash, delivery
of same by truck to specified destinations, the driving of a truck
equipped with a dump body to transport and dump materials by pulling
levers and turning crank to tilt body and dump contents and, when
not engaging in driving a truck or other equipment, to perform other
work such as road and landscape construction, building maintenance
and repair work, groundskeeping, laboring or other unskilled work.