Plant Maintainers (Hospitals)/Tenders (NYC H+H) will be required to work various shifts including nights, Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays.

Some of the physical activities performed by Plant Maintainers (Hospitals)/Tenders (NYC H+H) and environmental conditions experienced are: Climbing stairs, ladders and over boiler room equipment; standing upright for extended periods of time; using vision to read small numbers and markings on gauges and equipment; using vision and hearing to avoid injury from overhead piping and rotating machinery; communicating orally in a noisy working environment; walking over wet and slippery concrete surfaces; working in areas containing gases from the combustion process and strong odors from grease, lubricants and solvents; working in confined areas inside boilers and under piping which may be dusty and dark; lifting metal objects weighing up to 60 pounds; and working with alkaline and acidic chemicals used in boiler water treatment.

(This is a brief description of what you might do in this position and does not include all the duties of this position.)

1. Three years of full-time satisfactory experience in the lubrication, maintenance, and repair of boilers or incinerators or air conditioning or related equipment or in the operation and maintenance of high pressure boilers; or
2. Not less than one and one-half years of experience as described in "1" above plus sufficient training of a relevant nature acquired in an approved trade school, technical school, or vocational high school, or education of a relevant nature at an accredited college or university, to make up the equivalent of the remaining required experience. Six months of acceptable experience will be credited for each year of approved trade school, technical school, vocational high school, and/or college education.

The trade school, technical school, vocational high school, or its educational equivalent must be approved by a State's Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization. The college or university must be accredited by regional, national, professional, or specialized agencies recognized as accrediting bodies by the U.S. Secretary of Education and by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).

If you were educated outside the United States, you must have your foreign education evaluated to determine its equivalence to education obtained in the United States. This is required only if you need credit for your foreign education in this examination. For more information see the Foreign Education Evaluation Guide in the Required Information section.

During the Education and Experience Exam (EEE), you will get instructions on converting part-time experience to the full-time equivalent.

You must final submit your Education and Experience Exam in OASys by midnight Eastern time on the last day of the Application Period, and once you Final Submit, no changes can be made.

Failure to click Final Submit by the deadline will result in an incomplete application, and you will not receive a score or a refund of the application fee.

In accordance with applicable Federal, state and local laws and regulations, NYC Health + Hospitals has established medical standards for this position. Accordingly, all eligibles will be required to undergo and pass a medical examination prior to the date of appointment to ensure that those medical standards have been met and that they can perform the essential functions of the position. Where appropriate, a reasonable accommodation will be provided for a person with a disability to enable them to take the medical examination, and/or to perform the essential functions of the job. Additionally, eligibles must pass a drug screening test prior to the date of appointment.

City Residency is not required for this position.

Under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, you must be able to prove your identity and your right to obtain employment in the United States prior to employment with NYC Health + Hospitals.

You will be emailed a receipt immediately after you have applied for the examination. If you do not receive this receipt, check "Junk", "Trash", or "Spam" folders for the primary email linked to your Online Application System (OASys) account. If you are unable to locate the email, you can view a summary of the notification email to you on your OASys Dashboard, then Notifications. If you are still unable to find the email, please email DCAS via the Contact feature available in OASys with a description of the issue and include the exam number and your profile number located on your Profile page. While on your Profile page, check that the email addresses you provided are correct and/or updated.

This examination is for positions with NYC Health + Hospitals only.

You may apply for a make-up test if you cannot take the test on the regular test date(s) for any of the following reasons:

1. being ordered to military duty; or
2. compulsory attendance before a court or other public body or official having the power to compel attendance; or
3. on-the-job injury or illness caused by municipal employment where you are an officer or employee of the City, or NYC Health + Hospitals; or
4. absence from the test within one week after the death of a spouse, domestic partner, parent, parent-in-law, sibling, child or child of a domestic partner where you are an officer or employee of the City, or NYC Health + Hospitals; or
5. a clear error for which the Department of Citywide Administrative Services or the examining agency is responsible; or
6. a temporary disability; or
7. pregnancy, childbirth or a related medical condition.

To request a make-up test, contact Administration, Customer, and Exam Support (ACES) by email at testingaccommodations@dcas.nyc.gov, as soon as possible, and include documentation of the special circumstances that caused you to miss your test.

The eligible list resulting from this examination will be terminated one year from the date it is established, unless extended by NYC Health + Hospitals.