Helper

Print (https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/louisiana/jobs/newprint/4498732)

Apply



Helper

Salary

$2,272.00 - $4,089.00 Monthly

Location

Anacoco, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

194520

Department

Sabine River Authority

Opening Date

05/08/2024

Closing Date

6/8/2024 11:59 PM Central

• Description

• Benefits

Supplemental Information

No Civil Service test score or assessment is required to be considered for this vacancy.

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. *

For further information about this vacancy contact:

Susie Wright

Sabine River Authority

Susie.wright@la.gov

318-256-4112

Minimum Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

No experience or training is required.

Job Concepts

Function of Work:

To perform a wide variety of physical tasks in the maintenance and repair of state facilities and intermittent leaderman functions.

Level of Work:

Entry.

Supervision Received:

Close from a skilled employee when assisting that employee (performing skilled trades functions). General supervision is received from foreman when performing repetitive low skilled tasks.

Supervision Exercised:

Periodic leaderman supervision may be exercised over laborers performing simple tasks (grass cutting, loading, and unloading, etc.)

Location of Work:

All agencies, statewide.

Job Distinctions:

Differs from that of Laborer in that it performs some semi-skilled repetitive tasks under general supervision and may work as a helper to a skilled trade job under close supervision and limited potential for a leaderman role over laborers.

Differs from Roads and Grounds Keeper as the latter job performs duties related more to roads, highways and heavy (levee, road shoulder, gravel road, etc.) grounds maintenance.

Differs from Apprentice as that job is designed primarily to provide an understudy function for a skilled trade job.

Examples of Work

Services, washes, oils, and greases light mechanical equipment including cars, trucks, mowers, and tractors.

Assists skilled trades jobs by performing heavy manual operations.

Performs only rough carpentry work in building scaffolds, concrete forms, wooden fences, and shipping crates.

May act as leaderman setting the pace for a group of laborers.

Loads and unloads materials; makes minor repairs to tools; mixes and pours concrete.

Fires and operates an asphalt kettle; occasionally operates a light truck to pick up and deliver spare parts, materials, and equipment.

Operates gasoline pumps and may keep simple records.

May occasionally operate light equipment under close supervision.

Assists in the spraying and eradication of unwanted vegetation.

Fills and sews sacks of commodities, stencils proper markings on bags, and checks weights.

Operates conveyor belts used on loading and unloading barges and ships.

May perform rough sign and other brush and spray painting work.

Repairs and erects metal and wood signs.

Serves as axe man or chairman in a survey team, if necessary.

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

• New Year's Day

• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,

• Mardi Gras,

• Good Friday,

• Memorial Day,

• Independence Day,

• Labor Day,

• Veteran's Day,

• Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

* Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

• Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your_Retirement_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system

• Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),

• Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

Agency

State of Louisiana

Address

For agency contact information, please refer to

the supplemental information above.

Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802

Phone

(866) 783-5462

Website

http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm

Apply

Please verify your email addressVerify Email