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Senr Automotive Facilities Inspector

Grade 20

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Career Ladder

A listing of titles that are most commonly used as steps for upward mobility for this title series. The salary schedule for this career ladder is also available.

  1. Automotive Facilities Inspector Trainee 1

    Similar to Grade 14

  2. Automotive Facilities Inspector Trainee 2

    Similar to Grade 15

  3. Automotive Facilities Inspector

    Grade 16

  4. Senr Automotive Facilities Inspector

    Grade 20

  5. Supvg Automotive Facilities Inspector

    Grade 61

Summary of Job Description

As a Senior Automotive Facilities Inspector, under general supervision, you would be responsible for the supervision of a group of Automotive Facilities Inspectors and Body Repair Inspectors assigned to one of the field regions and for the distribution of field work assignments to ensure the assigned area is adequately covered. In assigning work, you would review any difficult assignments involving compliant investigations, inspections, motor vehicle dealers, repair shops, body repair shops, or vehicle dismantlers with the Automotive Facilities Inspectors and Body Repair Inspectors; in some cases, you may personally conduct or actively assist in completing a complex or sensitive assignment. As a Senior Automotive Facilities Inspector, you would provide direct supervision and assistance in the field; review completed assignments by staff members to ensure accuracy and uniformity; and train new inspectors in the provision of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, the Commissioner’s Regulations, other motor vehicle, motorcycle, and special applications, and inspection and investigation techniques. You would periodically observe the work of the Automotive Facilities Inspectors and Body Repair Inspectors to ensure uniform work standards and objective evaluations. Senior Automotive Facilities Inspectors may be required to address industry and consumer groups or to testify in motor vehicle hearings or in civil and criminal courts. You would be required to routinely work on laptop or desktop computers. You would also be required to work with various DMV-specific computers software programs and to analyze data from those programs. Senior Automotive Facilities Inspectors may act in the absence of the Supervising Automotive Facilities Inspector on an as needed basis.

View the classification standard for this title, on the Classification and Compensation webpage.

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Summary of Minimum Qualifications

Please note: qualifications for this position may be subject to change. If substitutions for education and/or experience are allowed, this information would be available on the announcement.

You must take and pass a Civil Service examination in order to be considered for this position.

On or before the date of the examination, the candidate must be a qualified employee of the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles and have had three months of permanent competitive or 55-b/55-c service as a:

Automotive Facilities Inspector, Automotive Facilities Inspector (Various Language Parenthetics), Automotive Facilities Inspector Trainee, Automotive Facilities Inspector Trainee (Various Language Parenthetics), Vehicle Safety Technical Analyst 1, Body Repair Inspector, Body Repair Inspector Trainee, Body Repair Inspector (Various Language Parenthetics) or Body Repair Inspector Trainee (Various Language Parenthetics).

For informational purposes only, click on the examination number(s) listed below to see the current or previous examination(s) that are used to fill this title.

37-820

How to Apply

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Career Mobility

Career mobility is not just limited to the titles in the Career Ladder, above. Additional movement may be achieved through other examinations, additional education and/or work experience or transfer opportunities. For additional information or clarification of transfer determinations, current State employees should contact the Career Mobility Office. Visit ELMS Online to view established open-competitive, promotion, and transition eligible lists. If you are not a current New York State employee, see Employment Opportunities with New York State and find out how to become a New York State employee.

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