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Laborer
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 8 days ago
About the Role
The position is located at Southern Arizona VA Health Care System (SAVAHCS) within Facilities Management Service, Roads and Grounds Unit. The primary purpose of the position is to perform a variety of exterior maintenance on the grounds of the facility.
What You'll Do
- →The major duties include but are not limited to: Perform a variety of exterior maintenance on the grounds of the facility.
- →Provide occasional assistance to plumbers, carpenters, and other tradesmen in routine tasks not requiring journeyman level knowledge or skills.
- →In this regard the laborer may mix concrete or plaster.
- →Transport materials to and from the job site and perform cleanup activities both during and following work.
- →Break up pavement using jackhammers.
- →Clear sidewalks using large, industrial-type, powered blowers.
- →Perform grounds maintenance on grades or slopes.
- →Dig ditches and trenches with picks and shovels where dirt is hard and compact.
- →Operate large, industrial, walking-type power mowers (e.g., one or more cutting decks, mechanical controls, and attachable implements), aerators, detachers, and/or simple riding-type mowers for treating and trimming grass (e.g., a fixed or floating cutting deck(s) with limited adjustments).
- →Manually adjust blades for cutting height, prepare gasoline/oil mixtures for powered equipment , and clean and lubricate mowers.
- →Cut trees, using axes or chain saws.
- →Wash buildings using a high-pressure sprayer; separate, stack, carry, and load/unload materials, supplies, and packages.
- →Lift and move very heavy furniture, equipment, supplies, etc., through confined spaces.
- →Clean tools and equipment as well as work areas before, during, and after completion of alterations, repairs, and construction.
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 Selective Services Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Pre-employment physical required 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: 57990683-8d92-478d-9fa1-a448935e0b8e
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