Laborer, Maintenance​/Cleaning, General Labor

Overview

The Division of Administration/Louisiana Property Assistance Agency has a vacancy. This job title has an assigned pay grade of WS-203.

This vacancy may be filled by job appointment
, which is temporary in nature not to exceed 48 months. If filled as a job appointment, the position may be converted to a probational appointment provided a vacant position becomes available and funding is available.

Preference will be given to those with prior warehouse and forklift operation experience. Louisiana is a State as a Model Employer for People with Disabilities.

A criminal history check may be conducted on all new hires as well as employees changing positions including promotions, demotions, details, reassignments and transfers. Also, prospective employees may be subject to pre-employment drug testing. New hires will be subject to employment eligibility verification via the federal government's E-verify system.

No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

For further information about this posting, please contact:

Erica R. Gay
HR Specialist
Division of Administration/Office of Human Resources
email:
Erica.

Gay

No experience or training is required.

To provide physical effort to accomplish a variety of unskilled tasks or to inspect levees for signs of slides and washouts for proper drainage and elimination of various other causes of damage.

Entry.

Close from a Laborer Foreman or other employee of higher grade.

None.

May be used by all agencies.

Differs from other unskilled jobs by close supervision required in performing most assigned tasks.

• Cuts grass, weeds, trees, and brush; cleans culverts, drains, and ditches; moves, loads, and unloads materials, supplies, and equipment; removes obstructions from highway or premises; hauls or carries sand, lumber, asphalt, and cement; applies patching materials to highway surfaces; pours dirt, sand, and water into a mud jack and fills.
• Operates a tractor to cut grass; cleans farm equipment.
• Performs a wide variety of physical labor functions.
• Waters livestock; washes and cleans livestock living quarters.
• Directs traffic where road is under construction; washes and assists in servicing equipment.
• Assists skilled workmen by carrying materials and tools or performing unskilled tasks such as mixing concrete or digging holes; moves furniture, oxygen tanks, or other heavy equipment at an institution or public building; moves ice to a storage place.
• Digs post holes and ditches; does unskilled work in caring for seed beds and seedlings and in fighting wood fires with back pumps and rakes; mows lawns, trims shrubs, rakes grass, and trash; performs other simple tasks in connection with nursery, greenhouse, forest, farm, and/or ground work.
• Chips, scales, cleans, and scrapes ironwork; assists in setting up or moving scaffolds.
• As a Levee Inspector:
  Drives a vehicle over assigned area, inspecting levees for weak spots and other dangerous conditions; makes reports of conditions; polices levees to keep livestock and vehicles off the levees; supervises labor crews in emergency maintenance and repair work on levees as necessary.
• Checks construction of fencing, installation of pipes, gas, and water lines for compliance with regulations of Department of Public Works and of the Levee Board.
• Remains on constant duty during high water stages looking for washes, sand boils, and slides; directs draining and sacking to keep levees in good condition and to prevent overflows.