Laborer

Under supervision, performs varied types of manual and unskilled laboring work, and may drive a truck in connection with laboring work on occasion; does other related duties as required.

• Loads, lifts, and moves supplies, furniture, and equipment.
• Cleans incinerators.
• Collects rubbish and other refuse.
• Cuts grass & trees; trims hedges; waters lawns, flowers, and vegetable beds.
• Loads and unloads trucks.
• Shovels snow and gravel & sand.
• Whitewashes walls.
• Mixes cement and mortar.
• Places forms used in concrete work.
• Performs cold patching.
• Cleans up underbrush, foliage, vines, and weeds.
• Digs out stumps of trees, and digs out and destroys poisonous vines, weeds and undergrowth.
• Learns to operate construction and/or maintenance equipment.
• May learn to operate a pneumatic drill.
• May learn to operate and make minor repairs to street, road, and related public works equipment.
• May rake asphalt mixtures used in paving to proper thickness and grade.
• May distribute asphalt mixtures to eliminate hollows and high spots in the surface under the construction or repair.
• May patch joints and edges of pavement with asphalt cement.
• May tamp and smooth asphalt pavement.
• May operate and maintain asphalt heating kettle.
• May assist in the repair and maintenance of zoo displays and structures.
• May perform the routine work involved in painting of interior and exterior zoo displays.
• May handle, when required, animals as necessary in performing routine maintenance and repair of zoo displays and structures.
• Sorts, piles, and cleans salvageable brick, stone, lumber, and metal work.

LICENSE: Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform essential duties of the position. Appointees may be required to possess a valid Commercial Driver's License (CDL) and applicable endorsements for the class and type of vehicle being operated. LICENSE: Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey