Laborer

Summary This Laborer position is within the Facilities Management Service (FMS) at the VA White River Junction Healthcare System located in White River Junction, Vermont. Responsibilities Laborers follow general instructions or simple drawings to perform tasks that require significant manual skill, prior work experience or training, and very heavy physical effort. They operate large, complex riding lawn mowers (e.g., multiple and independently-controlled cutting decks) and/or specially designed riding mowers / tractors that operate on steep slopes. Equipment characteristics include single-function performance and components that are independently controlled through various hydraulic and/or mechanical devices. Duties include but are not limited to: Performs such functions as planting, fertilizing and watering flowers; edging and weeding flower beds; installing bark mulch; and pruning shrubs. Required to break up pavement using jackhammers and repair sidewalks and curbs. Laborers will be...