Laborer
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Laborer - Regional Grounds
Commander, Navy Installations Command
Department of the Navy
Location
Honolulu, Hawaii
Salary
$23.43 - $27.34
per hour
Type
Full-Time
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Job Description
Summary
This job involves hands-on outdoor and indoor maintenance work, such as mowing lawns, cutting trees, digging trenches, and repairing surfaces like concrete and asphalt, to keep the grounds at a Navy base in Honolulu looking good and safe.
It's a physical role that requires working independently after initial instructions and handling heavy equipment in various weather conditions.
A good fit would be someone with prior manual labor experience who is reliable, safety-conscious, and comfortable with strenuous tasks.
Key Requirements
- Ability to operate, control, and maintain heavy power equipment like mowers, chain saws, and jackhammers safely
- Experience providing continual care to tasks to prevent accidents and ensure quality work
- Capacity to follow and remember directions for multi-step assignments with minimal supervision
- Physical ability to lift and move objects over 50 lbs., including pushing heavy loads and performing strenuous efforts
- Willingness to work indoors on concrete floors and outdoors in all weather, wearing protective gear
- Prior job experience or on-the-job training in grounds maintenance or similar labor roles
Full Job Description
This position is assigned to the Non-Appropriated Fund (NAF) Sports & Fitness (N921) Branch; Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR) Recreational Fleet and Family Readiness Support Services (N94); Commander, Navy Region Hawaii, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam (JBPHH), Honolulu, HI.
The purpose of this position is to provide labor assistance to the Regional Grounds.
Resumes must include information which demonstrates experience and knowledge, skills, and ability (KSAs) as they relate to this position.
Applicants are encouraged to be clear and specific when describing their experience level and KSAs.
A qualified candidate must possess: Skills and Knowledge: Ability to operate, control, and clean heavy power equipment and to work safely with heavy tools.
Ability to provide continual care and attention both to avoid accidents and to finish the work properly. Prior job experience or on-the-job training is normally required to gain this ability.
Ability to complete assignments involving several tasks or processes which require remembering directions, sequences, etc.
Responsibility: For most assignments, the supervisor does not give detailed instructions or provide continual supervision.
The incumbent is responsible for completing work after getting initial oral or written instructions.
Physical Effort: Exerts very heavy physical effort in doing such tasks as frequently lifting and moving objects weighing over 50 lbs., running power mowers on grades or pushing heavy wheelbarrow loads of cement, etc.
Working Conditions: Work indoors may expose the worker to drafts, noise, dust and dirt and require standing on concrete floors for long periods. Special care is required to avoid serious injuries.
Outdoor work is performed in all kinds of weather. Must wear issued protective gear. Major Duties:
Summary of Duties: Performs one or more of the following duties: Uses heavy power mowers, adjusts blades, and cleans and oils mowers; cuts trees, using ax or chain saw.
Digs ditches and trenches with pick and shovel where dirt is hard and compact and does grading and sloping.
Occasionally and for short periods of time, breaks up pavement with jackhammer, mixes and pours concrete, asphalt, and hot mix, fills and levels boles in damaged roads.
Performs other related duties as required.
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