Laborer ; NBOE

Laborer 1

Office of Facilities Management Project Control

Location:

765 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102

Pending availability of funds and Board of Education approval.

The Superintendent invites qualified and interested persons to apply for the position of Laborer
1. This title is governed by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission, meaning that a candidate will be placed as a provisional employee. Upon hire, the employee will be required to complete a 90‑Day working test period during which performance will be evaluated. Successful completion of the probation period is required to remain in the position as a permanent employee.

Under direction of a supervisory official, performs varied types of manual and unskilled laboring work and may drive a truck in connection with laboring work on occasion; does other related duties as required.

The examples of work for this title are for illustrative purposes only. A particular position using this title may not perform all duties listed in this specification, and conversely, all duties performed on the job may not be listed.

• Graduation from high school, vocational school, or possession of an approved high school equivalent certificate.
• Appointees must possess a valid New Jersey driver’s license if operating a vehicle is necessary to perform essential duties.
• Appointees may be required to possess a valid Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) and applicable endorsements for the class and type of vehicle being operated.

The responsibility for ensuring that employees possess the required motor vehicle license rests with the appointing authority.

• Loads, lifts, and moves supplies, furniture, and equipment.
• Digs trenches and performs manual grading.
• Cleans incinerators.
• Collects rubbish and other refuse.
• Cuts grass.
• Trims hedges.
• Water lawns, flowers, and vegetable beds.
• Loads and unloads trucks.
• Shovels snow.
• Whitewashes walls.
• Shovels gravel and sand.
• Mixes cement and mortar.
• Places forms used in concrete work.
• Performs cold patching.
• Clears underbrush, foliage, vines, and weeds.
• Cuts down trees.
• Digs out tree stumps and removes poisonous vines, weeds, and undergrowth.
• Learns to operate construction and/or maintenance equipment.
• May learn to operate a pneumatic drill.
• May learn to operate and make minor repairs to street, road, and related public works equipment.
• May rake asphalt mixtures used in paving to proper thickness and grade.
• May distribute asphalt mixtures to eliminate hollows and high spots in the surface under construction or repair.
• May patch joints and edges of pavement with asphalt cement.
• May tamp and smooth asphalt pavement.
• May operate and maintain an asphalt heating kettle.
• May assist in the repair and maintenance of zoo displays and structures.
• May perform the routine work involved in painting of interior and exterior zoo displays.
• May handle animals as required in performing routine maintenance and repair of zoo displays and structures.
• Cleans sludge beds.
• Sweeps streets.
• Cleans sewers.
• Pries and hammers apart sections of wall and roof.
• Loads debris into truck for removal.
• Sorts, piles, and cleans salvageable brick, stone, lumber, and metal work.
• Under direction, may learn to make routine repairs to valves, fittings, pipe sections or other equipment used in the area of assignment.
• Occasionally drives trucks.
• Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.

• Knowledge of the methods, materials, and supplies used for varied manual and unskilled tasks.
• Ability to perform manual tasks alone or as part of a group.
• Ability to perform heavy manual labor for prolonged periods under varying temperatures and climatic conditions.
• Ability to follow prescribed instructions.
• Ability to learn to use tools and equipment needed to perform routine, unskilled labor tasks.
• Ability to follow safety precautions when operating assigned tools and equipment.
• Ability to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems.
• Ability to read, write, understand, and…