Laborer, Trades ​/ Skilled Labor, General Labor

Laborer – Town of Vernon

Position Type:
Public Works Line Employees

Date Posted: 12/23/2025

Location:

Public Works Department

Wage &

Hours:

$25.65 - 40 hours/week

Bargaining Unit:
Local 1471

Department:
Public Works

• Swaps streets, gutters and sidewalks and picks up dead animals, limbs, and debris from the streets and roads.
• Cuts brush and trees.
• Shovels snow, gravel and dirt, spreads sand on sidewalks, and rakes leaves.
• Cuts and replaces sod, loams, and reseeds lawns, mows lawns with hand power mower.
• Cleans catch basins following storms, unblocks catch basins and frozen culverts, assists as helper on catch basin cleaning machine.
• Assists Equipment Operator or Truck Driver in use of sewer machine to remove all solid material causing sewer blockages.
• Prepares surfaces, materials and equipment for painting, applies paint or other protective coating.
• Works as service man in Town garage, assisting mechanics as assigned.
• May be assigned to refuse collection from time to time if need arises.
• Performs custodial duties when necessary. Performs related work as required. Maintains regular and punctual attendance.

• Performs a variety of other heavy manual work in connection with the maintenance, repair and construction of sidewalks and streets.
• Installs guardrails and snow fences, mixes mortar and supplies bricks to mason, patches streets and roads, constructs and installs street signs, paints pavement markings, makes, stencils and paints road barricades.
• Assists in installing and replacing culverts, repairs and maintains bridges.
• Occasionally services and performs minor repairs on vehicles.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be provided for individuals with disabilities. The employee is regularly required to reach with hands and arms, use hands to finger, handle, feel or operate objects, tools or controls, walk, talk and hear.

The employee is occasionally required to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl and stand. The employee must lift, push and/or move up to 50 pounds, 100 pounds with assistance. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

The work environment is outdoors, exposed to weather conditions, near moving mechanical parts, wet or humid conditions, vibration and loud noise levels.

• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: Some knowledge and experience of a variety of unskilled and semi-skilled manual maintenance and construction tasks. Ability to understand and follow simple oral and written instructions, willingness to perform heavy manual work for an extended period under varying climatic conditions, excellent physical condition, knowledge of occupational hazards and safety precautions, ability to get along with other workers, supervisors and the general public, thoroughness and dependability in performing assignments expected.
• Experience & Training: High school diploma or completion of high school equivalency diploma (GED). Must possess a Connecticut Motor Vehicle Operator's license; CDL preferred.

Entry level

Full-time

Other

Construction