- Identify and enforce a variety of codes, ordinances, and standards violations for conformance with plans and specifications.
- Inspect workmanship and materials in building construction projects for conformance with plans and specifications, and inspect potentially substandard or dangerous buildings.
- Work with diagrams, specifications, plans, and similar documents.
- Read and interpret building construction and engineering plan specifications and codes.
- Prepare and maintain reports.
- Confer with, and assist architects, engineers, contractors, builders, homeowners, tenants and the general public in the field and office; explain and interpret requirements and restrictions, keep records and prepare reports as necessary.
- Enter information into the Automated Permit System and the computer for word processing, calendaring, and electronic mail.
- Perform basic plan review, routing and project management activities, issue permits, and fee calculations.
- Identify illegal construction activity and issues violation notices.
- May perform case or project management activities.
- Other duties may be performed, not all duties may be performed by each individual holding this classification.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
Any combination equivalent to experience and education that could likely provide the required knowledge and abilities would be qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:

EDUCATION:
Equivalent to the completion of the 12th grade.

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EXPERIENCE:
One year of experience performing building inspection work within one or more inspection disciplines for a municipal or county government agency, or three years of journey level experience in the building construction field as a plumber, electrician, carpenter, roofer, or closely related field, within the discipline(s) applied.

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EDUCATION:
Completion of 21 units of college level courses in building inspection, construction, or other related areas and possession of a certification issued by the I.C.C. or other approved certifying organization in the building construction or plans examiner fields

-AND-

EXPERIENCE:
One year of experience performing a variety of paraprofessional/technical work related to plan checking and inspections.