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MWR Laborer

Commander, Navy Installations Command

Department of the Navy

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$19.54 - $21.18

per hour

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Job Description

Summary

This job involves performing hands-on outdoor maintenance tasks like mowing lawns, trimming plants, digging trenches, and cleaning up grounds at a Navy installation in Coronado, California.

Workers use power equipment and hand tools to keep grass areas, parking lots, and recreation spaces looking neat and safe.

It's a good fit for someone who enjoys physical outdoor work, can follow instructions, and has basic experience with landscaping tools.

Key Requirements

  • Ability to understand and follow verbal and written instructions
  • Knowledge of general groundskeeping and landscaping skills
  • Skill in operating, controlling, and maintaining heavy power equipment like mowers and chain saws
  • Proficiency with hand tools such as shovels, rakes, pruners, and picks
  • Capable of performing physical labor including digging, grading, and lifting
  • Valid driver's license for operating vehicles to transport supplies and workers
  • Willingness to perform routine maintenance on equipment and handle miscellaneous tasks like planting and watering

Full Job Description

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 holes in damaged roads.

Performs other related duties as required. Must be able to understand and carry out verbal and written instructions. Knowledge of general groundskeeping skills desired.

Skill and knowledge to operate, control and clean heavy power equipment. Capable of using hand tools such as rakes, mowers, clippers, shovels, etc.

Skill in performing routine operator maintenance and adjusting the cutting height of blades on power movers. Possess a valid driver's license. Major Duties:

Performs ground maintenance on grades or slopes, dig ditches and trenches using picks and shovels. Operates large industrial power push mower and riding type mower.

Adjust blades for cutting height, prepare fuel mixtures for powered equipment and cleans and lubricates mower. Trims, prunes, and cuts trees, bushes and plants.

Uses various hand tools, such as, shovels, hoes, rakes, hoes, and pruning shears.

Assists with the general clean-up and maintenance of grass areas, planted areas, parking lots, vacant lots and recreation areas, by removing trash, weeds, and cutting back brush.

May operate motor vehicle to get from one work area to another, transporting supplies/equipment and other workers.

Performs routine maintenance procedures for power equipment, conducts safety visual check, lubricates, cleans/replaces air filters, and adds fuel.

Performs other miscellaneous tasks as required such as hand watering, weed trimming applying seed or fertilizer to grasses and plants. May be required to lay sod, plant flowers and shrubs.

Performs other related duties as assigned

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Posted on USAJOBS: 4/2/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 4/4/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: 26-12928536