Laborer

Commander, Navy Installations Command•Pacific Beach, WA

13d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is located in the Fleet and Family Readiness Division at Navy Region Northwest, Naval Station Everett, Pacific Beach Resort, in Pacific Beach, Washington. The Laborer performs a variety of tasks requiring moderately heavy physical effort, including handling materials, grounds work, moving equipment and furniture, and cleaning and maintaining vehicles and facilities. The role requires safe operation of a variety of hand and powered equipment and may involve work indoors and outdoors in varied conditions. The position requires meeting federal employment suitability requirements and successfully completing a background investigation. The employee must possess or be able to obtain a forklift driver's license, first aid and CPR certifications within the first 60 days of employment, and a Safe Inflatable Operators Training Organization (SIOTO) certification. A valid driver's license must be possessed and maintained. There is no education requirement.

Requirements

Meet federal employment suitability requirements and successfully complete a background investigation.
Possess or be able to obtain a forklift driver's license, first aid certification, and CPR certification within the first 60 days of employment.
Obtain a Safe Inflatable Operators Training Organization (SIOTO) certification.
Possess and maintain a valid driver's license.
Have the skill and knowledge to operate and control riding mowers on slopes, maintaining attention to the working space and environment.
Safely operate equipment around buildings, walls, trees, fence lines, banks, hillsides, trenches, curbs, rocks, and other visible obstacles.
Operate equipment controls and levers to maneuver equipment and lift, lower, adjust, engage, and disengage components or attached devices.
Know safe and efficient operating techniques for large equipment and power tools.
Have knowledge and skill using hand tools and equipment such as shovels, rakes, hammers, bars, saws, axes, loppers, wrenches, brushes, brooms, ladders, banding equipment, and pallet jacks.
There is no education requirement.

Responsibilities

Load and unload heavy boxes, bulky supplies, and materials to and from trucks, dollies, and other locations.
Move heavy boxes or cartons by hand, hand truck, or dolly; open crates and boxes with crowbars and cut bands with shears.
Stack boxes and cartons as directed.
Dig ditches with a shovel where grading and sloping are not required; fill holes and level bumps and low places using a shovel, hand tamper, and rake.
Operate hand and powered lawnmowers that do not require very heavy physical effort.
Clear small trees and bushes using a hatchet, handsaw, or clipper.
Move and arrange furniture and equipment as directed.
Shovel snow, sand, or dirt from sidewalks as needed.
Collect and empty garbage cans and burn garbage and trash.
Wash and wax cars and trucks by hand or with a powered buffer.
Operate riding mowers on slopes and other power equipment, including posthole diggers, blowers, weed eaters, power washers, mowers, and box trucks with lift gates.
Perform other related duties as required.