Job opening: Laborer
Salary: $20 - 23 per hour
Published at: Aug 30 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
A selectee receiving a first appointment to the Federal Government (Civil Service) is entitled only to the lowest step of the grade for which selected the display of a salary range on this vacancy shall not be construed as granting an entitlement to a higher rate of pay.
Open to the first 100 applicants or until 09/13/2024 whichever comes first. All applications submitted by 11:59 (EST) on the closing day will receive consideration.
Duties
As a Laborer, you will perform the following duties:
Operates heavy power equipment such as lawn mowers, portable snow blowers, and all types of hand tools (such as shovels, rakes, lawn edging equipment, etc.), to maintain buildings, grounds, roads, trails, etc.
Loads and unloads supplies and materials from trucks, trailers, dollies, etc.
Moves furniture, removes, and sets signs, paints picnic tables and signs, rakes and waters lawns, trims trees and shrubbery, picks up litter, and cleans fire pits.
Digs ditches and trenches with pick and shovel where soil is hard and compact and must grade or slope; occasionally breaks up pavement, soil, or concrete; mixes and pours concrete, asphalt, and hot/cold mix; fills and levels holes in damaged roads.
Moves heavily loaded wheelbarrows and hand trucks; uses heavy type power mowers including adjusting blades, cleaning, and oiling.
Cuts heavy trees with axe or chainsaw; stacks heavy logs, lumber, and sacks of cement, etc., or performs other duties requiring similar judgement and comparable physical effort.
Performs janitorial duties for buildings in the absence of janitor and as back-up support.
Qualifications
To qualify for this position, you must have sufficient knowledge and ability in the following job-related factors:
1. Ability to Do the Work Of The Position without More than Normal Supervision (SCREEN OUT)
2. Work Practices (includes keeping things neat, clean and in order)
3. Ability To Interpret Instructions, Specifications, etc. (other than blueprints)
4. Ability To Use and Maintain tools and Equipment
5. Dexterity and Safety
If your knowledge and ability in the SCREEN OUT factor above is not sufficient, you will receive no further consideration. In preparing your application, describe in detail the experience and training which you have had that specifically prepared you for this job and to perform the duties described for this job. Experience should be clearly described and documented in your resume. The qualifications reviewer will not assume performance of such duties by Job Titles alone. Address your knowledge, skills and/or abilities in the areas shown in the job-related factors.
Volunteer Experience: Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Education
There is no substitution of education for experience for Wage Grade (WG) positions.
Contacts
- Address Andersonville National Historic Site
496 Cemetery Road
Andersonville, GA 31711
US
- Name: Bridget Cheely
- Phone: (000) 000-0000
- Email: [email protected]
Map