LABORER I

Essential Duties, Functions And Responsibilities

• Serves as a groundskeeper for Tséhootsooí Medical Center, Wellness Center and Nahatadziil Health Center.
• Duties include the ability to trim weeds, using push type or riding lawnmower, pick up and properly dispose of trash and debris.
• Occasionally handles hazardous areas, cuts down or trims trees, bushes and shrubbery using axes, power chain saw or other cutting devices.
• Tasks require using appropriate personal protection equipment (PPE).
• Maintains all field equipment (i.e., tractors, power tools, vehicles, etc.) by routine inspection and maintenance checks.
• All equipment must be in working condition at all times.
• All equipment will be cleaned and properly serviced (filled gas tank, checked oil, etc.) prior to turn-in at the end of shift.
• Performs preventive maintenance checks on all grounds keeping equipment at TMC/NDZ, identifies problems and brings to the supervisor’s attention for corrective action to be taken.
• Helps the maintenance crew when they are performing plumbing, carpentry, pipefitting, electrical or other trades and crafts type work when needed.
• Loads and unloads heavy boxes, bulky supplies and materials to and from trucks, by hand, hand-truck or dolly; opens crates or boxes using crowbars and cuts band using shears; stacks supplies and materials as directed; moves furniture when needed.
• Digs ditches and trenches with picks and shovels where dirt is hard and compact, does grading and sloping. Fills holes with dirt and levels bumps and low places using a shovel, hand tamper and rake, may occasionally, for a short periods of time, break up pavement or other hard surfaces with the use of a jackhammer.
• Removes snow/ice from walkways around the Tséhootsooí Medical Center, Wellness center and Nahatadziil Health Center during winter season.
• Removes weeds from sidewalks and patios, removes and cleans main entrances of the buildings, makes sure sidewalks are clear from debris.
• Applies chemicals, including fertilizers or pesticides.
• Performs other duties assigned.

Experience MANDATORY MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Two (2) years direct work experience as a laborer, equipment operator, landscaper, or similar work of a groundskeeper such as maintenance of vegetation, landscaping duties, and pesticide applications.
• High School Diploma or Equivalency (HSE).