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Laborer
Veterans Health Administration · Posted today
On-site Prescott, AZ $21.7 – $25.3/hr Apply by Jun 30, 2026 Laboring ESFPESTPISTJISTP HealthcareTrades
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This position is located within the Facilities Management Services Division of Northern Arizona VA Healthcare System in Prescott, AZ. The primary purpose of the position is to serve as a laborer who will be routinely performing manual labor tasks involving use of common tools and simple power equipment (e.g., power lawnmowers, both push and riding, edger's, hedge clippers, weed eaters, blowers, etc.).
What You'll Do
- →Duties to include but not limited to: Operating a Tractor with brush cutter weighting more than 3,700 pounds and a forklift weighing more than 3,000 pounds.
- →Recognizing hazardous conditions and performs necessary steps to eliminate or assist in eliminating these conditions; if not possible, works safely to avoid committing unsafe acts and be cognizant of the safety of employees for mutual protection.
- →Maintaining the grounds free of litter and trash; pruning trees and shrubs, moving grass, weed eating, removing snow/ice from parking lots, sidewalks, steps, and entrances, and applies ice melt or sand where needed.
- →Performing typical operator's maintenance on vehicles, such as maintaining proper oil, water, tire pressure, lubrication, tightening screws and bolts, and checking brakes and hoses.
- →Driving and/or operating equipment and moves cargo in extreme weather conditions such as cold, heat, rain, snow, ice, etc.
- →Work Schedule: Monday thru Friday, 08:00am - 4:30pm Position Description Title/PD#: Laborer/PD40138A Physical Requirements: Moderately heavy physical effort is required.
- →Incumbent must possess the physical strength and ability to lift heavy objects weighing over 50 pounds, push and pull heavy carts on wheels, climbing into and out of vehicles and loading and unloading cargo.
- →Incumbent must possess the strength and ability to operate and maintain vehicles, running power mowers on grades or pushing heavy wheelbarrow loads of fertilizer, etc.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job Subject to a background/suitability investigation Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 A complete application package: Resume, Transcripts, etc. is 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 identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Beginning September 27, 2025, Federal agencies will only accept resumes up to two pages in length to comply with the Merit Hiring Plan.
- ✓Resumes longer than two pages will result in ineligibility for further consideration for the position.
- ✓USAJOBS will not allow you to upload or build resumes longer than two pages, and you will need to update the resumes before applying for a job.
- ✓Resumes should include information relevant to the knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies of the position to which you are applying.
- ✓VA is unable to make assumptions about qualifications if not clearly listed.
- ✓Resumes must be legible so they can be reviewed for eligibility, minimum qualifications and other position requirements listed in the job 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 continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: performance and conduct; 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
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