Transportation Operations Technician II - Temporary
State of Vermont · Enosburg Falls, VT · 1 mo ago
Temporary
We need to produce HTML fragment with headings for each section we include.
We need to use
for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. Must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Must preserve all substantive info, remove boilerplate (EEO, etc). Must not include sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". Must not invent or summarize away detail. We need to parse the posting. Overview: The Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) is hiring seasonal Transportation Operations Technicians to support highway maintenance and winter operations in Enosburg. This hands-on role involves a variety of tasks that keep Vermont's roads safe and reliable, including repairing guardrails, patching pavement, ditching, clearing brush, and picking up litter. Seasonal staff also play a critical role in plowing and salting during winter weather events. Overtime may be required. Who May Apply: This position, Transportation Operations Technician II - Temporary (Job Requisition #55727), is open to all State employees and external applicants. This is a temporary position. Temporary work is typically for variable hours and is not expected to be full-time. The State does not guarantee 40 hours of work per week. If you would like more information about this position, please contact jordan.quilliam@vermont.gov. Please note that multiple positions in the same work location may be filled from this job posting. Resumes will not be accepted via e-mail. You must apply online to be considered. Environmental Factors: Duties require the ability to withstand exposure to extreme outdoor weather. An incumbent must be available for considerable overtime during heavy snowfall or other emergencies. Employees may be required to report to work outside of their work schedule/ area and must be reachable by phone. An employee must be able to use tools and lift materials commonly used in maintenance work. Normal dangers associated with work on or near heavy equipment, hazardous materials, and debris from roadside litter are present. May be exposed to blood or airborne pathogens. Hazards are always present when working on roads with moving traffic. Participation in a random drug and alcohol-testing program is required. Considerable overtime work is required, particularly during the winter months, and is considered a condition of employment. Minimum Qualifications: One (1) year of work experience in construction, equipment operation, or related manual labor INCLUDING EITHER one season of operating a snowplow with wings OR six (6) months of operating medium or heavy equipment, such as graders, excavators, and backhoes. OR Upon successful completion of original probation as a Transportation Operations Technician I AND possession of a Class A Commercial Driver's License (CDL) with tanker endorsement. Special Requirements: A Class B Commercial Driver's License (CDL) is required. An incumbent must live within reasonable proximity of assigned workstation. Possession of a Class A Commercial Driver's License with Tanker Endorsement is required within the first six months of employment. An incumbent must complete all VTTC required coursework within one (1) year or be enrolled. CDL Application Requirements: In accordance with federal regulation, any person applying for employment as an operator of a commercial motor vehicle must provide detailed employment information for the past 10 years. Therefore, the Work Experience section of your online application must include: A list of the names and addresses of previous employers for which you were an operator of a commercial motor vehicleThe dates you were employed by these employersThe reason for leaving employment By submitting this online job application, you certify all information furnished is true and complete. The information you provide in accordance with this regulation may be used, and previous employers may be contacted for the purpose of investigating and verifying your work history. Equal Opportunity Employer: ... (boilerplate to remove). We need to extract sections: About the role (overview), Responsibilities (tasks), Requirements (maybe environmental factors?), Qualifications (minimum qualifications, special requirements), Skills (maybe not explicit), Benefits (none explicit), Pay (none explicit), Schedule (maybe mention variable hours, not guaranteed 40 hrs, overtime may be required, considerable overtime required). We must not create sections with filler like "not specified". So only include sections where we have real content. Let's map: - About the role: Overview paragraph describing role, location, tasks. That's substantive. - Responsibilities: The tasks list: repairing guardrails, patching pavement, ditching, clearing brush, picking up litter, plowing and salting during winter weather events. Also mention overtime may be required. Could be part of responsibilities. - Requirements: Environmental factors (ability to withstand extreme weather, availability for overtime, reachable by phone, ability to use tools/lift materials, normal dangers, exposure to blood/airborne pathogens, hazards with moving traffic, participation in random drug/alcohol testing, considerable overtime required). Also CDL application requirements (provide 10-year work history). Could be considered requirements. - Qualifications: Minimum qualifications (1 year experience in construction/equipment operation OR etc) and special requirements (Class B CDL required, live near workstation, Class A CDL with tanker endorsement within first six months, complete VTTC coursework within 1 year). Also maybe "Upon successful completion of original probation as a Transportation Operations Technician I AND possession of a Class A Commercial Driver's License (CDL) with tanker endorsement." That's part of minimum qualifications alternative. - Skills: Not explicitly listed. Could infer ability to operate snowplow, medium/heavy equipment, use tools, lift materials, etc. But we should not invent. If no explicit skills section, we should not create a Skills heading. - Benefits: Not mentioned. No mention of benefits like health insurance, retirement, etc. So we should not create Benefits section. - Pay: Not mentioned. No salary or pay rate. So we should not create Pay section. - Schedule: Mention temporary position, variable hours, not guaranteed 40 hrs per week, overtime may be required, considerable overtime required particularly during winter months. That's schedule info. So we can include Schedule section with those details. We must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID/requisition numbers as headings; we can fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. The "Who May Apply" includes contact email and note about multiple positions, resumes not accepted via email, must apply online. That's application instructions, which we must remove (per instruction: remove application instructions). So we should drop that paragraph. Also drop "If you would like more information about this position, please contact jordan.quilliam@vermont.gov." That's contact info, also application instruction. So drop. Also drop "Resumes will not be accepted via e-mail. You must apply online to be considered." That's application instruction. Also drop "Please note that multiple positions in the same work location may be filled from this job posting." That's maybe not application instruction but could be considered minor metadata; we could keep as a short p? It's not boilerplate but it's about hiring process. The instruction says: "Do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it." This line is minor metadata; we could keep as a short p maybe under About the role? But better to drop? It's not essential substantive info about the role. Might be considered minor. I'd drop it to keep concise. Also drop "Equal Opportunity Employer" boilerplate. Now we need to produce HTML fragment with headings
for each section we include.
We need to use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose.
We must preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail.
Thus we need to include all details from the sections we keep.
Let's draft sections:
About the role
The Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) is hiring seasonal Transportation Operations Technicians to support highway maintenance and winter operations in Enosburg. This hands-on role involves a variety of tasks that keep Vermont's roads safe and reliable, including repairing guardrails, patching pavement, ditching, clearing brush, and picking up litter. Seasonal staff also play a critical role in plowing and salting during winter weather events. Overtime may be required.
That's about role.
Responsibilities
We could list duties as - ... each task. Also mention overtime may be required (but we already mentioned in about role). Could include as list item.
List:
- Repairing guardrails
- Patching pavement
- Ditching
- Clearing brush
- Picking up litter
- Plowing and salting during winter weather events
- Overtime may be required (or considerable overtime required particularly during winter months)
But note overtime also appears in Environmental Factors and Schedule. We need to avoid duplication? The instruction: preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. If we list overtime in both Responsibilities and Schedule, that's duplication but still preserving. Might be okay but could be considered redundant. However we could keep overtime only in Schedule section to avoid duplication. But responsibilities should list core duties; overtime is a condition, not a duty per se. Might be better to put overtime in Schedule or Requirements. Let's see.
Environmental Factors includes: "Considerable overtime work is required, particularly during the winter months, and is considered a condition of employment." Also earlier: "Overtime may be required." So we have overtime info.
We could put overtime in Schedule section.
Thus Responsibilities list just the tasks.
Responsibilities
- Repairing guardrails
- Patching pavement
- Ditching
- Clearing brush
- Picking up litter
- Plowing and salting during winter weather events
Requirements
We need to include environmental factors and CDL application requirements (work history). Also maybe "must be able to use tools and lift materials commonly used in maintenance work." Also "must be able to withstand exposure to extreme outdoor weather." Also "must be available for considerable overtime during heavy snowfall or other emergencies." Also "Employees may be required to report to work outside of their work schedule/ area and must be reachable by phone." Also "Normal dangers associated with work on or near heavy equipment, hazardous materials, and debris from roadside litter are present." Also "May be exposed to blood or airborne pathogens." Also "Hazards are always present when working on roads with moving traffic." Also "Participation in a random drug and alcohol-testing program is required." Also "Considerable overtime work is required, particularly during the winter months, and is considered a condition of employment." Also CDL Application Requirements: need to provide 10-year work history details.
We should put these as list items maybe.
But we need to avoid duplication with Schedule (overtime). We'll keep overtime mention in Requirements? Actually Schedule section will cover variable hours, not guaranteed 40 hrs, overtime may be required, considerable overtime required particularly during winter months. So we can keep overtime mention in Schedule, not Requirements. However Requirements includes "must be available for considerable overtime during heavy snowfall or other emergencies." That's similar. Might be okay to keep in Requirements as a condition. But to avoid duplication, we could keep overtime only in Schedule and not repeat in Requirements. However the requirement about being available for considerable overtime during heavy snowfall is a requirement; but schedule also mentions overtime. It's okay to have both but we risk duplication. The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; duplication is not prohibited. It's okay to repeat. But we might want to avoid unnecessary repetition but not required.
Let's keep overtime in Requirements as it's a condition; and Schedule will mention variable hours and not guaranteed 40 hrs.
Thus Requirements list:
- Ability to withstand exposure to extreme outdoor weather
- Must be available for considerable overtime during heavy snowfall or other emergencies
- Employees may be required to report to work outside of their work schedule/area and must be reachable by phone
- Must be able to use tools and lift materials commonly used in maintenance work
- Normal dangers associated
for prose. We must preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Thus we need to include all details from the sections we keep. Let's draft sections:
About the role
The Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) is hiring seasonal Transportation Operations Technicians to support highway maintenance and winter operations in Enosburg. This hands-on role involves a variety of tasks that keep Vermont's roads safe and reliable, including repairing guardrails, patching pavement, ditching, clearing brush, and picking up litter. Seasonal staff also play a critical role in plowing and salting during winter weather events. Overtime may be required.
That's about role.Responsibilities
We could list duties as- ... each task. Also mention overtime may be required (but we already mentioned in about role). Could include as list item.
List:
- Repairing guardrails
- Patching pavement
- Ditching
- Clearing brush
- Picking up litter
- Plowing and salting during winter weather events
- Overtime may be required (or considerable overtime required particularly during winter months)
But note overtime also appears in Environmental Factors and Schedule. We need to avoid duplication? The instruction: preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. If we list overtime in both Responsibilities and Schedule, that's duplication but still preserving. Might be okay but could be considered redundant. However we could keep overtime only in Schedule section to avoid duplication. But responsibilities should list core duties; overtime is a condition, not a duty per se. Might be better to put overtime in Schedule or Requirements. Let's see.
Environmental Factors includes: "Considerable overtime work is required, particularly during the winter months, and is considered a condition of employment." Also earlier: "Overtime may be required." So we have overtime info.
We could put overtime in Schedule section.
Thus Responsibilities list just the tasks.
Responsibilities
- Repairing guardrails
- Patching pavement
- Ditching
- Clearing brush
- Picking up litter
- Plowing and salting during winter weather events
Requirements
We need to include environmental factors and CDL application requirements (work history). Also maybe "must be able to use tools and lift materials commonly used in maintenance work." Also "must be able to withstand exposure to extreme outdoor weather." Also "must be available for considerable overtime during heavy snowfall or other emergencies." Also "Employees may be required to report to work outside of their work schedule/ area and must be reachable by phone." Also "Normal dangers associated with work on or near heavy equipment, hazardous materials, and debris from roadside litter are present." Also "May be exposed to blood or airborne pathogens." Also "Hazards are always present when working on roads with moving traffic." Also "Participation in a random drug and alcohol-testing program is required." Also "Considerable overtime work is required, particularly during the winter months, and is considered a condition of employment." Also CDL Application Requirements: need to provide 10-year work history details. We should put these as list items maybe. But we need to avoid duplication with Schedule (overtime). We'll keep overtime mention in Requirements? Actually Schedule section will cover variable hours, not guaranteed 40 hrs, overtime may be required, considerable overtime required particularly during winter months. So we can keep overtime mention in Schedule, not Requirements. However Requirements includes "must be available for considerable overtime during heavy snowfall or other emergencies." That's similar. Might be okay to keep in Requirements as a condition. But to avoid duplication, we could keep overtime only in Schedule and not repeat in Requirements. However the requirement about being available for considerable overtime during heavy snowfall is a requirement; but schedule also mentions overtime. It's okay to have both but we risk duplication. The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; duplication is not prohibited. It's okay to repeat. But we might want to avoid unnecessary repetition but not required. Let's keep overtime in Requirements as it's a condition; and Schedule will mention variable hours and not guaranteed 40 hrs. Thus Requirements list: - Ability to withstand exposure to extreme outdoor weather - Must be available for considerable overtime during heavy snowfall or other emergencies - Employees may be required to report to work outside of their work schedule/area and must be reachable by phone - Must be able to use tools and lift materials commonly used in maintenance work - Normal dangers associated