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Laborer
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 10 days ago
On-site San Diego, CA $18.7 – $21.8/hr Apply by Jul 13, 2026 Laboring ESFPESTPISTJISTP HealthcareTrades
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The Laborer position is located in the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration at the VA San Diego Healthcare System in the Environmental Management Service (EMS). This position is located in the Grounds and Waste Management. The purpose of this position is to perform grounds maintenance to the landscaped areas and overall campus at the VA San Diego Healthcare System (VASDHS).
What You'll Do
- →Duties to include but not limited to: Digging trenches, and/or ditches; mowing lawns; picking up of litter and trash, raking, sweeping, pruning and trimming trees and scrubs, and other manual labor tasks involving grounds maintenance or clean-up operations.
- →Use of rakes, hoes, shovels, picks, brooms, and other simple tools or equipment, etc.
- →Will be required to use powered equipment such as lawnmowers, edge cutters, weed eaters, and leaf blowers, etc. in a safe manner Responsible for maintenance of wellness garden and interior plants.
- →Provide proper care, watering and fertilization, etc.
- →Performs cosmetic are of plants and containers.
- →Recognizes and controls in frequent plants and diseases.
- →Will be called upon to perform Bldg. 18 Waste Disposal responsibilities as needed.
- →Work Schedule: 7:00am-3:30am, Monday-Friday Position Description Title/PD#: Laborer/PD96021A Physical Requirements: Frequently lifts and carries objects weighing from 10 to 20 pounds.
- →Occasional lifting and carrying of objects weighing up to 50 pounds will be required of incumbent.
- →Required to endure much standing, walking, lifting, bending, pushing, pulling, and other laboring bodily movements throughout assigned grounds tasks.
- →Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met.
- →Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level.
Requirements
- ✓Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- ✓Suitable for Federal employment, determined by a background investigation All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Services Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 22583257-e91e-4c2e-b7eb-f98044122bee
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