Concrete Carpenter Trainee

JOB POSITION #23: Concrete Carpenter Trainee

NUMBER OF VACANCIES: 1

DEPARTMENT: Public Works-Streets

WORK LOCATION: Municipal Operations Center – Streets Division

PAY CLASS: E

HIRING RANGE: $13.4682 - $16.5250 hourly

DAYS WORKED: Monday-Friday HOURS WORKED: 8:00am-4:30pm

TYPE OF POSITION: Regular, Full-Time

APPLICATIONS WILL BE RECEIVED UNTIL: 5:00 p.m., Friday, February 13, 2015

JOB DUTIES

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
Works under the direct supervision of the Concrete Carpenter.

Using excellent customer service skills, establishes and maintains effective working relationships with other employees, officials, and all members of the general public.

Operates a motor vehicle to assist in carrying out the business of the department and the City.

Learns to perform carpentry duties.

Learns to determine the appropriate elevation, grades and radii for form placement.

Learns to perform concrete finishing duties.

Operates jack-hammers, vibrating skid plate tampers, chain saws, weed eaters, hand picks, shovels, brooms, rakes, pitch forks, pruners and other miscellaneous hand tools.

Operates a wide variety of semi-skilled street construction equipment for training purposes.

NON-ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
Under the supervision of Street Division Foreman, performs routine street maintenance construction tasks, including a wide variety of semi-skilled manual tasks and extends to the operation of light to medium sized automotive equipment.

Operates dump trucks in a wide variety of Public Works' maintenance and construction tasks.

Operates snow control equipment.

Operates steel wheel rollers, rubber tire rollers, crack sealing machine, loaders, water trucks and similar equipment.
Assists in setting up and cleaning of job sites including traffic control devices.

Cleans weeds, trash, and other debris from work site.

Performs custodial tasks.

The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or a logical assignment to the position.

QUALIFICATIONS

This position is subject to the City of Farmington's Drug and Alcohol Free Workplace Policy which includes: pre-employment testing, post-accident testing, random testing, reasonable suspicion testing, return to duty testing, and follow-up testing.

Extensive background checks required.

This position requires a baseline audiometric examination.

High school diploma or equivalent, or equivalent work experience in a closely related construction field.

Valid New Mexico Commercial Drivers License (Class A with tanker endorsement) with acceptable driving record for the past three years required or ability to obtain within 90 days after employment begins.

Ability to acquire comprehensive knowledge of concrete finishing.

Ability to acquire experience in the field of carpentry.

Ability to perform math calculations.

Experience operating jack-hammers, power saws, drills, salt and sand spreader, and other related equipment.

One year of work experience in a construction related field involving the operation of trucks or other related light automotive equipment, or equivalent vocational training courses.

Must have a telephone at residence.

Must be willing and able to be on 24 hour call.

Must be able to be at the MOC within 30 minutes after receiving call.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls and reach with hands and arms. The employee frequently is required to stand and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to walk; sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell.

The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and may occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds with assistance. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in outside weather conditions. The employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts and is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and vibration. The employee occasionally works in high, precarious places and is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and risk of electrical shock.

Works with asphalt, crack sealing material, concrete, salt, liquid calcium chloride, liquid magnesium chloride, oil, gasoline, diesel fuel, herbicides, paint, traffic control signs, trash, weeds, tree limbs, dirt rock, sand and gravel.

Frequent exposure to gasoline, diesel, paint and asphalt fumes.

Operates and works around noisy equipment, vibrating equipment.

The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER, M/F.

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