Laborer, Trades ​/ Skilled Labor, General Labor

Job Posting Title

Laborer I Agency 650 – Department of Veterans Affairs (Lawton/Ft. Sill Veterans Home)

Position:
Part‑time, Temporary
Compensation: USD $15/hr, 29 hours per week (999 hours per year)

Positions in this job family are assigned responsibilities for performing or supervising a variety of unskilled to semi‑skilled manual labor and general repair duties or assisting craft personnel in mechanics, grounds maintenance or building trades.

Primary duties include routine tasks such as mowing lawns, trimming trees and shrubs, planting flowers, picking up trash, and assisting in building maintenance or repair.

• Cuts grass, weeds, trees and brush; cleans culverts, drains and ditches; moves, loads and unloads materials, supplies and equipment; hauls or carries sand, lumber, asphalt and cement or other materials; occasionally operates forklift or tractor.
• Assists skilled craft workers, including machinists, carpenters, plumbers, masons, electricians or welders, by carrying materials and tools, picking up materials from suppliers, or performing unskilled tasks such as mixing concrete or mortar, digging holes and tearing out walls; moves furniture, oxygen tanks and other heavy equipment at an institution, building or site.
• Digs post holes and ditches; mows lawns, trims shrubs, rakes grass and trash, sweeps walks and cleans rest rooms; chips, scales, cleans and scrapes ironwork; assists in setting up or moving scaffolds; sweeps, mops and buffers floors; picks up trash and performs general clean‑up and custodial duties.

This is the career level of this job family where employees are assigned responsibilities at the full performance level for performing a variety of routine tasks involving unskilled to semi‑skilled manual labor or general repair and maintenance duties, or assisting in the completion of various skilled tasks by performing basic tasks such as moving materials and equipment, mixing concrete, digging holes, tearing out walls, and similar duties.

None required.

Knowledge of the tools, equipment, methods and practices of the general building and mechanical trades is required. Ability to follow simple oral instructions and physically perform heavy manual labor is required. Skill in using hand tools and high‑speed power tools and performing the less skilled aspects of the mechanical and building trades.

Some positions may require possession of a valid Oklahoma driver’s license at the time of appointment.

Some agencies may have determined positions in this job family to be safety sensitive as defined by 63 O.S. § 427.8.

The State of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of genetic information, race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, or disability.