Automotive Facilities Inspector - Grade 16

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Positions

This title exists in Motor Vehicles, Department of and has approximately 101 positions.


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Salary Information for Automotive Facilities Inspector Trainee 1
Title Grade Hiring Rate/yr Job Rate/yr
Automotive Facilities Inspector Trainee 1 14 $52,198 $66,634
Automotive Facilities Inspector Trainee 2 15 $55,152 $70,317
Automotive Facilities Inspector 16 $58,247 $74,135
Senr Automotive Facilities Inspector 20 $72,032 $91,381
Supvg Automotive Facilities Inspector 61 $90,931 $114,940

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Job Duties

As an Automotive Facilities Inspector, you would conduct inspections and audits of licensed/registered automotive facilities to ensure compliance with the laws, rules and regulations governing such facilities. You would investigate and evaluate consumer complaints of automotive facilities by contacting complainants, licensees, and registrants to determine the validity of the complaints. You would use appropriate automotive test equipment and may be required to disassemble portions of vehicles to determine the nature, extent, and necessity of work performed. You would determine whether the quality and type of repairs and maintenance work and the related costs are in conformance with written estimates and work orders, and act as mediator between consumers and automotive facilities. You would gather, label and prepare evidence in complaint cases and prepare reports of findings using laptop or desktop computers. You would testify at administrative hearings presenting the department’s case both through entering into the record evidence collected during an investigation, as well as witness and first hand direct testimony, you would make recommendations for actions against facilities. You may be required to testify at civil proceedings. You would ensure all types of automotive facilities meet their obligations as outlined in Articles 5, 12-A, 16, 20, 17 and 48, of the Vehicle and Traffic Law and Commissioner’s Regulation parts 78, 79, 81, 82, and 104. During investigation of consumer complaints and performing audits you would document deficiencies of all activities regulated by DMV division of Vehicle Safety and Clean Air. Based on Departmental guidelines you would make recommendations for Departmental actions to be taken. You would routinely work with DMV-specific computer software programs and may be required to analyze data from those programs as part of your investigations. You would conduct vehicle inspection certification classes for individuals seeking to become certified by the Department of Motor Vehicles.

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Summary of Minimum Qualifications

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26-166010

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