- Salary
- $16+/hr
- Location
- 223 Putnam County Boulevard - East Palatka, FL, FL, US
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- Operations
- Source
- GovernmentJobs
Description
This is full-time, hourly position that reports to a Crew Leader, or designee. The position performs unskilled and limited semi-skilled manual work in the performance of laboring tasks and a variety of construction and maintenance work.
Essential Job Functions:
- Road repairs (asphalt, limerock, etc.). Installs road signs. Clears trees, brush, and vegetation from roadside. Removes and installs concrete.
- Loads and unloads heavy material from trucks. Moves equipment and large bulky objects. Performs custodial duties.
- Flags traffic on roads under repair.
- Maintains grounds. Rakes grass and water plants. Weeds flower beds. Shapes hedges and trims trees. Cuts grass. Plants and fertilizes flowers. May operate tractor-mower in mowing grass on right-of-way on a training basis.
- Loads trash on truck. Unloads trash and other material. Picks up boxes and other materials left by residents.
- Performs repair to equipment. Digs ditches.
- Operates gasoline or other powered machinery such as cement mixers, air hammers, compressors, pumping machinery, saws and etc.
- Performs manual laboring tasks as assigned.
- Required to assist with emergency support functions (ESF) during emergencies or other related emergency duties.
(These essential job functions are not to be construed as a complete statement of all duties performed. Employees will be required to perform other job related marginal duties as required.)
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
- Knowledge of tools used in maintenance and construction work.
- Knowledge of occupational hazards connected with laboring work.
- Ability to perform manual labor.
- Ability to learn methods of operating and maintaining equipment and tools.
- Ability to follow, read, and understand written and oral instructions.
- Skill in using hand tools.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
- Completion of the eighth (8) grade.
(A comparable amount of training, education, or experience may be substituted for the above minimum qualifications.)
LICENSES, CERTIFICATIONS, OR REGISTRATIONS
- Ability to possess and maintain a valid Florida Driver's License.
ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL SKILLS
- Sufficient physical strength, agility, and freedom from disabling defects to perform heavy manual labor.
- Heavy lifting and carrying (45 pounds and over).
- Acceptable vision (with or without correction).
- Acceptable hearing (with or without hearing aid).
- Pulling, pushing, balancing.
- Walking, standing, kneeling, bending, stooping.
- Climbing a step ladder.
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
- Works inside and outside in varying weather conditions.
- Exposure to dust and dirt.
(Reasonable accommodation will be made for otherwise qualified individuals with a disability or disabilities.)
