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Form of workPerforms entry-level and routine maintenance work. Work involves physical labor tasks such as: plant and landscape maintenance, maintenance of comfort stations and rights-of-way, minor equipment repair, and assisting with roadway repair. Employees at this level perform assignments following specific instructions and are subject to frequent review by the immediate supervisor. Cannot exceed 20 hours per week.
Essential Duties:
- Assists in repairing and erecting signs and repairing drums and/or barricades; as required moves items related to these duties.
- Assists with repairs to potholes, roadway shoulders and edges, guardrails, signs, and other related work.
- Assists with traffic control to include placing and gathering cones, flagging traffic, and other related work.
- Operates light equipment. (Must be at least 18 years of age and have a valid driver's license.)
- Maintains picnic and rest areas, rights-of-way, maintenance yards and comfort stations.
- Move/picks up litter and roadway debris.
- Performs plant and landscape maintenance including trimming trees, brush and mowing, fertilizing and watering, as required moves items related to these duties.
- Performs some clerical duties.
- Repairs and installs posts and mailbox supports, as required moves items related to these duties.
- Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
Education: Must be a student in high school or other educational institution or accepted into a college, university, or educational institution.
Other Conditions:
Must be at least 16 years of age, a student currently enrolled in high school or any institution of higher education to include
a trade/vocational school.
Employees at least 18 years of age with valid driver's license may be assigned driving duties and may
use power tools.
Competencies
- Some skill in using computers and applicable programs, applications, and systems
- Ability to:
- Prepare correspondence/documents using correct spelling, grammar and punctuation; proofreading and reviewing documents for clarity and consistency.
- Use standard office equipment.
- Maintain a safe working relationship.
- Follow verbal and written instructions.
- Work in varying weather conditions.
- Work in cramped spaces (bend, stoop, crawl) and at varied heights.
- Move up to 50 pounds (See essential duties for examples of items to be moved.)
- Follow applicable safety standards, practices and procedures
Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:
- Subject to environmental conditions; protection from weather but not temperature changes.
- Medium work: Lift up to 50 lbs at a time and frequently lift or carry objects up to 25 lbs.
- Climbing - ascending/descending ladders, stairs, scaffoldings, ramps, etc
- Balancing - walking, standing, crouching on various surfaces without falling.
- Stooping - bending body downward and forward by bending spine and waist.
- Kneeling - bending legs and knee to cone to a rest on knee(s).
- Reaching - extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
- Standing - prolonged periods of time.
- Walking - moving on foot to accomplish tasks: long distance/from one work site to another.
- Pushing - using upper extremities to press against object with force to move in a direction.
- Pulling - using upper extremities to exert force moving objects in a sustained motion.
- Lifting - raising objects from lower to higher position/horizontally to a different position.
- Grasping - applying pressure to an object with fingers and palm.
- Talking - expressing or exchanging ideas by spoken words.
- Hearing - perceive sound at normal speaking levels; receive information by oral communication.
- Visual Acuity - operate machines, such as drill presses, power saws, and mills.
Conditions of Employment:
Please click this link to read the standard conditions of employment for all positions: Standard Conditions of Employment (TxDOT)
- This job has been identified as physically demanding and will require a pre-employment physical.
- Must pass a drug test prior to employment for safety impact positions. This is a Safety Impact position and will be subject to random drug testing.
- Please note that the Department of Transportation's Drug and Alcohol Testing Regulation - 49 CFR Part 40, at 40.151(e) - does not authorize "medical marijuana" under a state law to be a valid medical explanation for a positive drug test result for an employee in this position.
