STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: ACCIDENT EVALUATOR
Class Code: 0005-14
Date Established: 07-01-50
Occupational Code: 1-2-6
Date of Last Revision: 12-28-01
BASIC PURPOSE: Reviews motor vehicle and police
accident reports to determine compliance with financial laws and to ensure
accurate procedures are followed for motor vehicle accidents.
CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Examine motor vehicle
accident reports for accuracy and completeness, and determines the possibility
of court judgments against uninsured operators.
·
Issues registration
and license suspension notices when necessary.
·
Evaluates returns
from insurance companies to determine if individual’s liability coverage meets
statutory requirements.
·
Reviews legal
documents such as writs of summons, bankruptcy filings and court judgments in
order to take appropriate action.
·
Confers with
insurance and legal representatives regarding departmental proceedings for or
against their insured or their clients.
·
Contacts auto repair
center and garages on property damage appraisals and estimates.
·
Prepares and
maintains updated reports and summaries relating to fatal, non-fatal and
property damage motor vehicle accidents for accident prevention programming and
statistical purposes.
·
Supervises clerical
support staff.
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DISTINGUISHING FACTORS:
Skill: Requires skill in recommending routine
changes in standardized operating procedures OR in retrieving, compiling and
reporting data according to established procedures OR in operating complex
machines.
Knowledge: Requires understanding and using
business or trades vocabulary or basic arithmetic to perform standard operating
procedures.
Impact: Requires responsibility for
contributing to immediate, ongoing agency objectives by facilitating the direct
provision of services to the public or other state agencies. Errors at this level result in
inaccurate reports or invalid test results and require significant investment
of time and resources to detect.
Supervision: Requires direct supervision of other
employees doing work which is related or similar to the supervisor, including
scheduling work, recommending leave, reviewing work for accuracy, performance
appraisal, or interviewing applicants for position vacancies.
Working Conditions: Requires performing regular job
functions under good conditions in a safe working environment.
Physical Demands: Requires sedentary work, including
continuous sitting or occasional standing and walking.
Communication: Requires summarizing data, preparing
reports and making recommendations based on findings which contribute to
solving problems and achieving work objectives. This level also requires presenting information for use by
administrative-level managers in making decisions.
Complexity: Requires a combination of job functions
to establish facts, to draw daily operational conclusions, or to solve
practical problems. This level
also requires providing a variety of alternative solutions where only limited
standardization exists.
Independent Action: Requires a range of choice in applying
a number of technical or administrative policies under general direction and in
making routine decisions or in recommending modifications in work procedures
for approval by supervisor.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Graduation from high school, G.E.D. or
its equivalent.
Experience: Two years' experience involving the
examination of motor vehicle records or automobile insurance records, or
related experience.
License/Certification: None required.
RECOMMENDED WORK TRAITS: Knowledge of New Hampshire Financial
Responsibility laws. Knowledge of
automobile and automotive repair terminology. Knowledge of operating policies and procedures of Financial
Responsibility Section. Ability to
accurately determine personal injury and property damage data from written
reports. Ability to apply
provisions of motor vehicle laws applicable to financial responsibility. Ability to supervise. Ability to prepare appropriate
reports. Ability to communicate
effectively. Ability to establish
and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, law enforcement
and insurance company personnel and the public. Must be willing to maintain appearance appropriate to
assigned duties and responsibilities as determined by the agency appointing authority.
DISCLAIMER STATEMENT: This class specification is descriptive
of general duties and is not intended to list every specific function of this
class title.
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