Street Construction Laborer Trainee
About the role
This is a non-career and training level class in the series. Incumbents perform the less difficult work and are considered to be in a training capacity. They receive direct supervision and are not expected to perform the full range of duties assigned to the journey level.
Responsibilities
- Learn to spread asphaltic road building material over road surface by shoveling, raking, and brushing material to correct thickness.
- Learn to crack seal, patch, oil, and seal road surfaces.
- Learn to use various hand tools such as shovel, pick, mattock, axe, and broom.
- Learn to operate a jackhammer, other pneumatic tools, and various power tools.
- Learn to repair and patch curbs, gutters, bridge decks, headwalls, sidewalks, and perform related concrete work.
- Check brakes, lights, tires, fuel, oil level, and auxiliary equipment as required, and make minor field repairs and adjustments.
- Clean, adjust, and service tools and equipment.
- Set out and pick up barricades and warning signs.
- Serve as flag person on street work projects.
- Sand bag various locations for flood protection.
- Learn to operate four to ten-yard dump trucks, water tank trucks, and a variety of street construction and maintenance equipment which may include front end loaders, spreaders, pavement rollers, tractors, and distributor trucks.
- Learn to operate acetylene torch.
Requirements
Knowledge of: Methods, materials, and tools used in the trade.
Ability To Understand and follow oral and written instructions.
Perform manual labor for extended periods of time.
Perform work under adverse working conditions such as bad weather.
Work nights, weekends, and holidays as necessary to resolve emergency problems.
Qualifications
- High school diploma or G.E.D. equivalent.
- No experience required.
- Possession of a valid California Class C Driver License at the time of appointment.
- Possession of a Class B Driver License is required by the end of the two-year training period to transition into the Street Construction Laborer classification.
Skills
Knowledge of methods, materials, and tools used in the trade.
Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions.
Perform manual labor for extended periods of time.
Perform work under adverse working conditions such as bad weather.
Work nights, weekends, and holidays as necessary to resolve emergency problems.
Benefits
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Pay
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Schedule
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