Laborer General

Essential Functions

• Performs various standard tasks using a wide variety of manual and powered equipment
• including, but not limited to: drills, power saws, hand tools, shovels, chippers, drives light duty vehicles on a daily basis; and receives training in the operation and care of vehicles and equipment.
• Unclog toilets and urinals and fix bathroom partitions.
• Ability to hang pictures, signs, boards on walls.
• BASIC handyman skills
• Ability to paint walls
• Moves furniture, paints public facilities, and cleans facilities.
• Assists with the maintenance and inspection of property.
• Assists in the removal of trash from buildings.
• Forklift driving experience. (Will receive proper training and certified on property).
• Performs inspections of equipment, identifies work requirements, and performs preventative maintenance actions to correct deficiencies and extend the useful life of the equipment.
• Insures the proper maintenance of equipment and tools by cleaning and checking equipment and tools after use.
• Utilizes proper safety precautions related to all work performed and adheres to all departmental safety policies.

Minimum Required Qualifications

High school diploma or equivalent, with one year facility maintenance experience or related field or any equivalent combination of education and experience that provides equivalent knowledge, skills and abilities will be considered.

Physical and Work Environment

• Language Ability and Interpersonal Communication( Proficient in English )
• Ability to communicate orally and in writing.

Judgment and Situational Reasoning Ability

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written and oral instructions.
• Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Ability to utilize a variety of manual and power equipment.
• Ability to work independently and complete daily activities according to work schedules.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to use hands to finger, handle, feel or operate objects, tools or controls and reach with hands and arms.
• Ability to stand and ambulate over rugged terrain.
• Must have sufficient visual ability to operate equipment and light duty trucks during daylight hours to observe unsafe roadways, to read and write reports and correspondence.  Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
• Ability to maintain physical condition appropriate to the performance of assigned duties and responsibilities which may include climbing stairs, walking, crouching, crawling, stooping, bending, twisting, standing, or sitting for extended periods of time, operating assigned equipment and lifting heavy objects.
• Ability to recognize and identify similarities or differences between characteristics of colors, shapes, sounds, and textures associated with job-related objects, materials and tasks.