General Laborer

Position Title:

General Laborer

Department:
Construction

Reports To:

Chief Construction Officer

Exempt / Non-Exempt:
Non-Exempt

Full Time/Part Time:
Full-Time

Limited to current TOKA employees only:
No

Documents required to be attached with candidate’s application

1. CIB or tribal identification card.

2. Resume if applicable.

Pre-employment Screening Requirements

The Tohono O’odham Ki:

Ki Association (TOKA) conducts pre-employment screening for all positions, which may include a criminal background check, verification of credentials, licenses, certifications, and work history. In addition, a check of names and identification documents is conducted on all new employees to ensure they are legally authorized to work in the United States. All employees are required to successfully pass a drug-screening test prior to employment;

random drug screening tests may be administered post-employment.

Summary:

The Construction Laborer performs tasks involving physical labor at building, projects, and demolition sites. The Construction Laborer may operate hand and power tools of all types: air hammers, earth tampers, cement mixers, small mechanical hoists, surveying and measuring equipment, and a variety of other equipment and instruments. The Construction Laborer may clean and prepare sites, dig trenches, set braces to support the sides of excavations, erect scaffolding, clean up rubble and debris, and remove asbestos, lead, and other hazardous waste materials.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Provide assistance to craft workers, such as carpenters, electricians, plumbers, roofers and masons.
• Load materials and tools for the days work schedule
• Mop, brush, or spread paints, cleaning solutions, or other compounds over surfaces to clean them or to provide protection.
• Operate jackhammers and drills to break up concrete or pavement.
• Position, join, align, and seal structural components, such as roofs, building walls- interior and exterior.
• Shovel cement and other materials into portable cement mixers; and mix, pour, and spread concrete.
• Signal equipment operators to facilitate alignment, movement, and adjustment of machinery, equipment, and materials.
• Help smooth and finish freshly poured cement or concrete, using floats, trowels, screeds, or powered cement finishing tools.
• Spray materials such as water, sand, steam, vinyl, and paint, through hoses to clean, coat, or seal surfaces.
• Tend pumps, compressors, and generators to provide power for tools, machinery, and equipment.
• Lubricate, clean, and repair machinery, equipment, and tools.
• Apply caulking compounds by hand or using caulking guns.
• Clean and prepare construction sites to eliminate possible hazards.
• Control traffic passing near, in, and around work zones.
• Dig ditches or trenches, backfill excavations, and compact and level earth to grade specifications, using picks, shovels, pneumatic tampers, and rakes.
• Erect and disassemble scaffolding, shoring, braces, traffic barricades, ramps, and other temporary structures.
• Grind, scrape, sand surfaces such as concrete, wood or drywall, using abrasive tools or machines.
• Help install sewer, water, and storm drain pipes.
• Load, unload, and identify building materials, machinery, and tools, and distribute them to the appropriate locations, according to project plans and specifications.
• Measure, mark, and record openings and distances to lay out areas where construction work will be performed.
• Clean out vacant buildings.
• Read and interpret plans, instructions, and specifications to understand work activities.
• And other tasks assigned.

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

To perform the job successfully, an individual should…