Laborer - Jim Creek
Commander, Navy Installations Command
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Laborer - Jim Creek
Commander, Navy Installations Command
Department of the Navy
Location
Arlington, Washington
Salary
$22.76 - $26.55
per hour
Type
Full-Time
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Job Description
Summary
This job is for a laborer at a Navy recreation area in Washington, where you'll handle physical tasks like moving heavy items, digging ditches, mowing lawns, clearing brush, and maintaining the grounds.
It's ideal for someone who is strong, reliable, and comfortable with hands-on outdoor work that involves following simple instructions.
No advanced education is needed, just basic skills and a willingness to put in moderate physical effort.
Key Requirements
- Ability to perform moderately heavy physical labor, including lifting and moving heavy boxes or materials
- Knowledge and skill to operate tools like lawnmowers, hatchets, saws, shovels, rakes, and hand tampers
- Ability to read signs and follow simple oral and written instructions
- Safe handling of light to heavy objects, such as loading/unloading trucks or using dollies
- Experience with grounds maintenance tasks like digging, filling holes, clearing brush, and mowing
- Willingness to perform varied duties including snow shoveling, garbage collection, and vehicle washing
Full Job Description
This position is located in the Fleet and Family Readiness Division at Navy Region Northwest, Naval Station Everett, Jim Creek Recreation Area.
The purpose of this position is to perform a variety of tasks requiring moderately heavy physical effort.
Knowledge and skill sufficient to run lawnmowers and use hand buffers, hatchets, saws, hand and other tools requiring the same level of knowledge and skill.
Knowledge and skill sufficient to read signs, follow simple oral and written instructions. Ability to work safely while moving light to heavy weight objects. Major Duties:
Loads and unloads heavy boxes, bulky supplies, and materials to and from trucks, dollies, etc. Moves heavy boxes or cartons by hand, hand-truck, or dolly.
Opens crates and boxes using crowbars and cuts bands using shears. Stacks boxes and cartons where directed. Using a shovel, digs ditches where grading and sloping is not required.
Fills holes with dirt and levels bumps and low places using shovel, hand tamper, and rake. Runs hand and powered lawnmowers which do not require very heavy physical effort.
Clears small trees and bushes using hatchet, handsaw, or clipper. Moves and arranges furniture and equipment as directed. May shovel snow, sand or dirt from sidewalks.
Collects and empties garbage cans, burns garbage and trash. Washes and waxes cars and trucks by hand. Performs other related duties as required.
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