GENERAL LABORER JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title: General Laborer
Department: Construction
Reports To: Field Supervisor
Prepared Date: 9/26/05
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SUMMARY:
Buskerud Construction Inc. is a specialty highway contractor whose primary product lines include the following: guardrail, fencing, seeding, dirt and pipe work, signing, dust control, foundation drilling and erosion control. The General Laborer would be required to perform physical activities on any of the crews within the organization. The position assists in maintaining highways, municipal and rural roads, and rights-of-way in a safe condition by performing the following duties.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
Responsibilities include the following. Other duties and responsibilities may be assigned.

• Repair, installation and/or removal of guardrails, highway markers, and fences.
• Perform seeding,erosion control and pip installation/removal duties.
• Drives truck to transport crew and equipment to work site.
• May operate single rear axle truck under 26,000 GVW.
• May oil, grease or otherwise service and make necessary adjustments to equipment as needed.
• May perform work with air tools, such as breaking old pavement, driving sign posts, and loosening or tightening bolts.
• Load and unload equipment and materials.
• May operate hand and power tools of all types. Examples include: forklifts, tractors, jack hammers, impact wrenches and pound ers.
• Perform work as directed by Supervisor. May require periodically working without a supervisor in attendance.
• Must be willing to participate in company wide safety goals.
• Check vehicles before driving them to ensure the mechanical, safety and emergency equipment is in good working order.
• Inspect truck and construction equipment and supplies such as tires, lights, brakes, fuel, oil and water.
• Employees are responsible for payment of fines and/or penalties received while driving Company vehicles and/or equipment (examples include seatbelt violations, speeding, over-weight, over-width, etc.)

QUALIFICATIONS & REQUIREMENTS:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

• Less than high school education; or up to one month related experience or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Must be 18 years old.

Language Skills

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.

Mathematical Skills

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

• Valid driver's license and good driving record required; Class A or B CD> preferred.
• Welder certification optional.
• Flagger certification (provided by the Company)
• Forklift Operator (provided by the Company)

Special Requirements

• Ability to work well with other people.
• Equipment operator experience helpful.
• Ability to follow instructions.
• Initiative.
• Willing to work overtime and weekends when required.
• Overnight travel will be required.
• Position is subject to seasonal winter layoff period.

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS
Physical Demands The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of the Job, the employee is regularly required to stand.
• The employee is frequently required to walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear.
• The employee is occasionally required to sit; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance and taste or smell.
• The employee must be able to get in and out of trucks and/or equipment multiple times during the course of the day.
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of the Job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and outside weather conditions.
• The employee is frequently exposed to high, precarious places. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; extreme cold; extreme heat; risk of electrical shock and vibration.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.