Heavy Equipment Operator - Coastal Parks - J01470 - 01800

Recruitment Information

Recruitment Number 209019 - Oahu Community Correctional Center - Kalihi, Oahu Employment Only - $3,080 per month effective March 1, 2009

Perform routine manual and semi-skilled tasks and assist a building maintenance worker or a skilled building tradesperson in building maintenance and repair work relevant to the carpentry, plumbing, painting, and electrical trades; and perform other related duties as assigned.

Applicants must meet all the requirements for the position they are seeking as of the date of the application, unless otherwise specified. Please note that unless specifically indicated, the required education and experience may not be gained concurrently. Your possession of the required amount of experience will not in itself be accepted as proof of qualification for the position. Overall paid or unpaid experience must be of such scope and responsibility as to conclusively demonstrate that you have the ability to perform the duties of the position.

Note:

Your calculation of experience must be based on full-time, 40-hour work weeks. Part-time experience must be pro-rated. Example:
Twelve months of experience at 20 hours/week is equivalent to six months of experience, not one year. Also, hours worked in excess of 40 hours/week will not be credited. Example:
Twelve months of experience at 60 hours/week is equivalent to one year of experience, not one and a half years.

Two years of work experience in performing a variety of building maintenance repair work or its equivalent combination of experience and training.

Applicants must be physically able to perform, efficiently and effectively, the essential duties of this position. Typical physical tasks include: reading blueprints and specifications; reading measurements on tape ruler; visually inspecting exteriors of buildings for deficiencies; matching color‑coded electrical wires; mixing to match touch‑up paint; listening to detect problems in electric motors or equipment; making electrical connections; repairing or replacing leaky faucets;

soldering copper pipes; hammering nails; sanding and painting walls and ceilings; repairing pipes under house; digging holes and mixing cement; climbing up ladders with gear; lifting lumber and heavy timber; lifting bags of cement; cracking concrete using a sledge hammer; loosening pipe fittings; crawling through ceiling to do repairs; standing on planks to paint buildings; performing repairs and inspections of buildings;

digging trenches to repair and repalce water lines; and building tile walls.

Applicants must possess a valid driver’s license.

The examination for this recruitment will be conducted on an unassembled basis where the examination score is based on an evaluation and rating of your education and experience. It is therefore important that your employment application provide a clear and detailed description of the duties and responsibilities of each position you held.

The State of Hawaii offers its employees who are members of the civil service a range of benefits. Some benefits are offered as a result of collective bargaining agreements and changes may occur.

A summary of these benefits, which is based on full-time employment, is listed below.

Note: Benefits for NON-CIVIL SERVICE appointments will be provided by the hiring department at the time of interview.

With Civil Service modernization, effective July 1, 2002, employees appointed to temporary positions may also gain membership in the civil service upon satisfactory completion of an initial probation period of at least six months. As a temporary member of the civil service, you will be eligible to apply for promotion and transfer opportunities to permanent as well as other temporary positions.

You may also enjoy other rights and benefits afforded to members of the civil service, with the exception of return rights and placement rights associated with a reduction‑in‑force of a permanent member of the civil…