Overview:
Perform tasks involving physical labor at construction sites. May operate hand and power tools of all types: air hammers, earth tampers, cement mixers, small mechanical hoists, measuring equipment, and a variety of other equipment and instruments. May clean and prepare sites, dig trenches, set braces to support the sides of excavations, erect scaffolding, perform demolition activities, and clean up rubble, debris and other waste materials. May assist other craft workers.
Responsibilities:
Knowledge and Critical Skills/Expertise:
while the whole body is in motion.
materials.
Qualifications:
Physical Demands:
materials.
Environmental Conditions:
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General Laborer
Perform tasks involving physical labor at construction sites. May operate hand and power tools of all types: air hammers, earth tampers, cement mixers, small mechanical hoists, measuring equipment, and a variety of other equipment and instruments. May clean and prepare sites, dig trenches, set braces to support the sides of excavations, erect scaffolding, perform demolition activities, and clean up rubble, debris and other waste materials. May assist other craft workers.
Essential Functions:
- Clean or prepare construction sites to eliminate possible hazards.
- Erect or dismantle scaffolding, shoring, braces, traffic barricades, ramps, or other temporary
- Load, unload, or identify building materials, machinery, or tools, distributing them to the
- Measure, mark, or record openings or distances to layout areas where construction work will be
- Tend pumps, compressors, or generators to provide power for tools, machinery, or equipment
- Mix, pour, or spread concrete, using portable cement mixers.
- Control traffic passing near, in, or around work zones.
- •Dig ditches or trenches, backfill excavations, or compact and level earth to grade specifications,
Knowledge and Critical Skills/Expertise:
- Proficient with all hand and power small tools
- Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses,
- Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
- Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
- The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to
- The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and
while the whole body is in motion.
- Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving
materials.
- Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems
- Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or
- Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes
- Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures for effectively completing project.
Required Experience:
- 1 year of general labor experience.
Physical Demands:
- Lift/push/pull 50lbs to 100lbs on an occasional basis.
- Lift/push/pull up to 20lbs on a frequent basis.
- Will be required to have the ability to bend, squat, crouch, crawl, and kneel.
- Will have the ability to climb in a safe manner (climbing includes stairs, scaffolding, ladders, and
- Perform prolonged standing (2-3 hour intervals).
- Able to work at a variety of levels (ex. waist, eye, above head).
- Must have good balance while working on uneven surfaces and maneuvering obstacles.
- Possess sufficient handgrip and coordination to carry and operate tools and equipment.
- Ability to utilize personal protective equipment (hard hat, safety glasses, steel-toes shoes,
- Able to respond to verbal and audible sounds/commands.
- Able to utilize adequate visual skills.
- Ability to work at heights above 12’ while working from ladders, scaffolding and/or man lifts.
- Ability to fully extend the arm while reaching overhead, reaching out, reaching to the side and
- Ability to perceive attributes of an object/material such as size, shape, temperature and texture
- Ability to turn head from side to side and about the vertical axis.
- Ability to turn body at the waist from side to side and about the vertical axis.
- Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving
materials.
- Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, moving materials, and manipulating
Environmental Conditions:
- Ability to withstand extreme temperatures (cold and hot).
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to wet and/or humid
- The employee is frequently exposed to high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; and
- The noise level in the work environment is usually very loud.
- The wearing of appropriate personal protective equipment mitigates risks associated with these
- Work environment is that of a construction site.
- May be working in close proximity to moving equipment.
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