Job Description:

• 1) Inspects, recharges, and replaces batteries of electric industrial trucks: Disconnects electrical leads and removes battery from industrial truck, using handtools and hoist.

• 2) Checks fluid levels and specific gravity of cells and adds water and acid, using hydrometer, thermometer, and siphons, to ensure fluid concentration meets specifications.

• 3) Cleans electrical leads and battery poles to provide contact surface, using wire brush.

• 4) Attaches battery to battery charger and manipulates controls of battery charger to start flow of electricity into battery.

• 5) Installs recharged battery in industrial truck.

• 6) May remove and replace other defective electrical components, such as motor, switches, wires, and rheostats.

• 7) May lubricate truck's moving parts, using grease gun.