Trainee Skilled Construction Laborer

About the role

Skilled Highway Construction Laborer position under the direct supervision of the Laborer Foreman. Develop all skills required to perform as a member of the labor crew.

Responsibilities

• Work with labor crew and Laborer Foreman in the reading of roadway plans and drawings
• Use and care of hand and power tools
• Tasks and installation of Erosion and Sediment Control measures
• Tasks involving the Maintenance and Protection of Traffic
• Tasks in the receiving and unloading of concrete pipe
• Tasks necessary for asphalt patching and compacting
• Labor tasks for road grading
• Perform other related duties as directed by the Foreman

Skills to be learned

• Receive instruction on plan reading and standard drawings
• Receive instruction, observe and assist the foreman and labor crew as outlined in job description
• Review general understanding and use of all hand and power tools to be used on this project
• Review procedures for the maintenance and protection of traffic
• Receive instruction, demonstration, and care of all equipment
• Review methods of erosion and sediment control measures
• Review material delivery procedures
• Review asphalt patching and compacting procedures
• Review labor tasks for road grading
• Receive additional instruction from foreman

Requirements

• Minimum of 18 years of age
• Demonstrate evidence of a reasonable amount of intelligence to handle the technical elements of the job
• Show evidence of a reasonable amount of aptitude and interest in the craft
• Have a valid license (equipment operator, truck driver or highway)
• No applicant shall be accepted as a trainee in any classification in which they have successfully completed a training program leading toward journeyperson status, or in which such person has been gainfully employed as a journeyman by virtue of informal on-the-job training
• If an individual or apprentice was enrolled as a 'trainee' and has quit three (3) times, they will no longer be eligible to participate in the program (this determination can be addressed on a case-by-case basis)

Physical requirements

• Must be in good health or be able to pass a pre-job physical, should one be required

Additional information

As part of the project equal employment opportunity affirmative action program, provide on-the-job training aimed at developing candidates toward full journeymen in the type of trade or job classification. Training and upgrading of minorities and women toward journeyman status is a primary objective of this special provision. Documentation of ethnic claim may be necessary to ensure eligibility for PENNDOT OJT Program.