What are the responsibilities and job description for the LABORER position at Louisiana Department Of Transportation and Development?
Supplemental Information
Laborer
All new hires will be subject to employment eligibility verification via the federal government's E-Verify system, background investigation, and previous employment verification.
DISQUALIFICATION - Please be aware that your application may be disqualified from consideration for the following reasons:
To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.
Leslie Smith Everage
Administrative Coordinator
Building Services/Grounds Maintenance
Delgado Community College
levera@dcc.edu
Minimum Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
No Experience Or Training Is Required.
Job Concepts
Function Of Work
To provide physical effort to accomplish a variety of unskilled tasks or to inspect levees for signs of slides and washouts for proper drainage and elimination of various other causes of damage.
Level Of Work
Entry.
Supervision Received
Close from a Laborer Foreman or other employee of higher grade.
Supervision Exercised
None.
Location of Work:
May be used by all agencies.
Job Distinctions
Differs from other unskilled jobs by close supervision required in performing most assigned tasks.
Examples of Work
Cuts grass, weeds, trees, and brush; cleans culverts, drains, and ditches; moves, loads, and unloads materials, supplies, and equipment; removes obstructions from highway or premises; hauls or carries sand, lumber, asphalt, and cement; applies patching materials to highway surfaces; pours dirt, sand, and water into a mud jack and fills.
Operates a tractor to cut grass; cleans farm equipment.
Performs a wide variety of physical labor functions.
Waters livestock; washes and cleans livestock living quarters.
Directs traffic where road is under construction; washes and assists in servicing equipment.
Assists skilled workmen by carrying materials and tools or performing unskilled tasks such as mixing concrete or digging holes; moves furniture, oxygen tanks, or other heavy equipment at an institution or public building; moves ice to a storage place.
Digs post holes and ditches; does unskilled work in caring for seed beds and seedlings and in fighting wood fires with back pumps and rakes; mows lawns, trims shrubs, rakes grass, and trash; performs other simple tasks in connection with nursery, greenhouse, forest, farm, and/or ground work.
Chips, scales, cleans, and scrapes ironwork; assists in setting up or moving scaffolds.
AS A LEVEE INSPECTOR
Drives a vehicle over assigned area, inspecting levees for weak spots and other dangerous conditions; makes reports of conditions.
Polices levees to keep livestock and vehicles off the levees.
Supervises, as necessary, labor crews in emergency maintenance and repair work on levees.
Checks construction of fencing, installation of pipes, gas, and water lines for compliance with regulations of Department of Public Works and of the Levee Board.
Remains on constant duty during high water stages looking for washes, sand boils, and slides.
Directs draining and sacking to keep levees in good condition and to prevent overflows.
Laborer
All new hires will be subject to employment eligibility verification via the federal government's E-Verify system, background investigation, and previous employment verification.
DISQUALIFICATION - Please be aware that your application may be disqualified from consideration for the following reasons:
- Submission of a resume and/or paper application in lieu of the online application
- Failure to fully complete the education and work experience sections of the application
To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.
- Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.*
Leslie Smith Everage
Administrative Coordinator
Building Services/Grounds Maintenance
Delgado Community College
levera@dcc.edu
Minimum Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
No Experience Or Training Is Required.
Job Concepts
Function Of Work
To provide physical effort to accomplish a variety of unskilled tasks or to inspect levees for signs of slides and washouts for proper drainage and elimination of various other causes of damage.
Level Of Work
Entry.
Supervision Received
Close from a Laborer Foreman or other employee of higher grade.
Supervision Exercised
None.
Location of Work:
May be used by all agencies.
Job Distinctions
Differs from other unskilled jobs by close supervision required in performing most assigned tasks.
Examples of Work
Cuts grass, weeds, trees, and brush; cleans culverts, drains, and ditches; moves, loads, and unloads materials, supplies, and equipment; removes obstructions from highway or premises; hauls or carries sand, lumber, asphalt, and cement; applies patching materials to highway surfaces; pours dirt, sand, and water into a mud jack and fills.
Operates a tractor to cut grass; cleans farm equipment.
Performs a wide variety of physical labor functions.
Waters livestock; washes and cleans livestock living quarters.
Directs traffic where road is under construction; washes and assists in servicing equipment.
Assists skilled workmen by carrying materials and tools or performing unskilled tasks such as mixing concrete or digging holes; moves furniture, oxygen tanks, or other heavy equipment at an institution or public building; moves ice to a storage place.
Digs post holes and ditches; does unskilled work in caring for seed beds and seedlings and in fighting wood fires with back pumps and rakes; mows lawns, trims shrubs, rakes grass, and trash; performs other simple tasks in connection with nursery, greenhouse, forest, farm, and/or ground work.
Chips, scales, cleans, and scrapes ironwork; assists in setting up or moving scaffolds.
AS A LEVEE INSPECTOR
Drives a vehicle over assigned area, inspecting levees for weak spots and other dangerous conditions; makes reports of conditions.
Polices levees to keep livestock and vehicles off the levees.
Supervises, as necessary, labor crews in emergency maintenance and repair work on levees.
Checks construction of fencing, installation of pipes, gas, and water lines for compliance with regulations of Department of Public Works and of the Levee Board.
Remains on constant duty during high water stages looking for washes, sand boils, and slides.
Directs draining and sacking to keep levees in good condition and to prevent overflows.
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