Utility Worker (Permanent - No Drivers License Required)

%3Co:p%3EIncumbents in this position perform semi-skilled labor and equipment operation in streets, grounds and facilities maintenance throughout the City of St.

Louis.Essential Functions and Responsibilities:%3Co:p%3E ●Maintains streets and alleys; removes obstructions and smooths asphalt. ●Performs leaf pickup and snow removal duties. ●Distributes asphalt and develops grades. ●Operates jackhammer to remove street obstructions, curbs, etc. ●Mows, trims, edges and fertilizes grass using mowers, line trimmers, spreaders, and other tools and equipment. ●Removes litter and debris, and maintains shrubs, flowerbeds and groundcover by weeding and applying pesticides and pruning. ●Loads, hauls and unloads bulky items, soil, rock, debris, and plant material using dump trucks, loaders, forklifts and other equipment. ●Removes trees/shrubs, and prepares plant beds for planting. ●Repairs, paints, and assembles dumpsters. ●Erects, installs, replaces and maintains street signs. ●May operate stock or trash truck, snowplow, salt spreader, leaf VAC, front loader, forklift, welding torch, shovel and other hand tools as needed. ●Performs other semi-skilled and unskilled duties such as digging holes, mixing gravel, back filling trenches, opening and closing floodgates, etc. ●Performs other duties as assigned.Preferences ●One year of experience in general manual labor, grounds-keeping or construction work; OR one season with the City of St.

Louis as a Utility Worker.Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities ●Data Utilization:

Requires the ability to compile, assemble, copy, record and/or transcribe data and information according to a prescribed scheme or plan. ●Human Interaction:

Requires the ability to follow specific instructions and respond to simple requests from supervisors. ●Equipment, Machinery, Tools and Materials Use:

Requires the ability to operate and perform complex rapid adjustment on equipment, machinery and tools such as dump trucks, mowers, trimmers, pruners, tractors, hand excavating tools, tillers, loaders, forklift, and/or related materials used in performing essential functions. ●Verbal Aptitude:

Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference and descriptive data and information such as work orders, safety regulations, material safety data sheets, diagrams, correspondence and general operating manuals. ●Mathematical Aptitude:

Requires the ability to perform addition and subtraction, may require the ability to calculate surface area and volume and perform mathematical operations involving basic geometry. ●Functional Reasoning:

Requires the ability to apply principles of rational systems.

Ability to interpret instructions furnished in written, oral, diagrammatic or schedule form.

Ability to exercise independent judgment to adopt or modify methods and standards to meet variations in assigned objective. ●Situational Reasoning:

Requires the ability to exercise the judgment, decisiveness and creativity required in situations involving the evaluation of information against measurable or verifiable criteria. ●Environmental Factors:

Tasks may risk exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as dirt, dust, pollen, wetness, humidity, rain, fumes, temperature and noise extremes, machinery, vibrations, animals/wildlife and toxic/poisonous agents. ●Physical Requirements:

Tasks involve the regular and, at times, sustained performance of moderately physically demanding work needed to perform landscaping duties involving some combination of climbing and balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, and lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling moderately heavy objects and materials up to one hundred (100) pounds.

Requires the ability to stand for long periods of time. ●Sensory Requirements:

Requires the ability to recognize and identify individual characteristics of colors, shapes, sounds, tastes, odors and textures associated with job-related objects, materials and tasks.

Incumbents recognize characteristics of colors and odors to detect dead plant materials, shapes to identify hazards and irregular plant materials and weeds, sound to detect malfunctions, and odors to distinguish chemicals/pesticides.

Requires the ability to distinguish objects clearly at close and far range. %3Co:p%3EIncumbents in this position perform semi-skilled labor and equipment operation in streets, grounds and facilities maintenance throughout the City of St.

Louis.Essential Functions and Responsibilities:%3Co:p%3E ●Maintains streets and alleys; removes obstructions and smooths asphalt. ●Performs leaf pickup and snow removal duties. ●Distributes asphalt and develops grades. ●Operates jackhammer to remove street obstructions, curbs, etc. ●Mows, trims, edges and fertilizes grass using mowers, line trimmers, spreaders, and other tools and equipment. ●Removes litter and debris, and maintains shrubs, flowerbeds and groundcover by weeding and applying pesticides and pruning. ●Loads, hauls and unloads bulky items, soil, rock, debris, and plant material using dump trucks, loaders, forklifts and other equipment. ●Removes trees/shrubs, and prepares plant beds for planting. ●Repairs, paints, and assembles dumpsters. ●Erects, installs, replaces and maintains street signs. ●May operate stock or trash truck, snowplow, salt spreader, leaf VAC, front loader, forklift, welding torch, shovel and other hand tools as needed. ●Performs other semi-skilled and unskilled duties such as digging holes, mixing gravel, back filling trenches, opening and closing floodgates, etc. ●Performs other duties as assigned.Preferences ●One year of experience in general manual labor, grounds-keeping or construction work; OR one season with the City of St.

Louis as a Utility Worker.Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities ●Data Utilization:

Requires the ability to compile, assemble, copy, record and/or transcribe data and information according to a prescribed scheme or plan. ●Human Interaction:

Requires the ability to follow specific instructions and respond to simple requests from supervisors. ●Equipment, Machinery, Tools and Materials Use:

Requires the ability to operate and perform complex rapid adjustment on equipment, machinery and tools such as dump trucks, mowers, trimmers, pruners, tractors, hand excavating tools, tillers, loaders, forklift, and/or related materials used in performing essential functions. ●Verbal Aptitude:

Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference and descriptive data and information such as work orders, safety regulations, material safety data sheets, diagrams, correspondence and general operating manuals. ●Mathematical Aptitude:

Requires the ability to perform addition and subtraction, may require the ability to calculate surface area and volume and perform mathematical operations involving basic geometry. ●Functional Reasoning:

Requires the ability to apply principles of rational systems.

Ability to interpret instructions furnished in written, oral, diagrammatic or schedule form.

Ability to exercise independent judgment to adopt or modify methods and standards to meet variations in assigned objective. ●Situational Reasoning:

Requires the ability to exercise the judgment, decisiveness and creativity required in situations involving the evaluation of information against measurable or verifiable criteria. ●Environmental Factors:

Tasks may risk exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as dirt, dust, pollen, wetness, humidity, rain, fumes, temperature and noise extremes, machinery, vibrations, animals/wildlife and toxic/poisonous agents. ●Physical Requirements:

Tasks involve the regular and, at times, sustained performance of moderately physically demanding work needed to perform landscaping duties involving some combination of climbing and balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, and lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling moderately heavy objects and materials up to one hundred (100) pounds.

Requires the ability to stand for long periods of time. ●Sensory Requirements:

Requires the ability to recognize and identify individual characteristics of colors, shapes, sounds, tastes, odors and textures associated with job-related objects, materials and tasks.

Incumbents recognize characteristics of colors and odors to detect dead plant materials, shapes to identify hazards and irregular plant materials and weeds, sound to detect malfunctions, and odors to distinguish chemicals/pesticides.

Requires the ability to distinguish objects clearly at close and far range.

Must be at least 16 years of age at the time of filing application.Scoring Components and Their WeightsExperience and Training: 100%May be Subject to:Background Investigation: Pass/Fail%3Co:p%3E%3Co:p%3E%3Co:p%3E%3Co:p%3EMust be at least 16 years of age at the time of filing application.Scoring Components and Their WeightsExperience and Training: 100%May be Subject to:Background Investigation: Pass/Fail%3Co:p%3E%3Co:p%3E%3Co:p%3E%3Co:p%3E%3Co:p%3EIncumbents in this position perform semi-skilled labor and equipment operation in streets, grounds and facilities maintenance throughout the City of St.

Louis.Essential Functions and Responsibilities:%3Co:p%3E ●Maintains streets and alleys; removes obstructions and smooths asphalt. ●Performs leaf pickup and snow removal duties. ●Distributes asphalt and develops grades. ●Operates jackhammer to remove street obstructions, curbs, etc. ●Mows, trims, edges and fertilizes grass using mowers, line trimmers, spreaders, and other tools and equipment. ●Removes litter and debris, and maintains shrubs, flowerbeds and groundcover by weeding and applying pesticides and pruning. ●Loads, hauls and unloads bulky items, soil, rock, debris, and plant material using dump trucks, loaders, forklifts and other equipment. ●Removes trees/shrubs, and prepares plant beds for planting. ●Repairs, paints, and assembles dumpsters. ●Erects, installs, replaces and maintains street signs. ●May operate stock or trash truck, snowplow, salt spreader, leaf VAC, front loader, forklift, welding torch, shovel and other hand tools as needed. ●Performs other semi-skilled and unskilled duties such as digging holes, mixing gravel, back filling trenches, opening and closing floodgates, etc. ●Performs other duties as assigned.Preferences: ●One year of experience in general manual labor, grounds-keeping or construction work; OR one season with the City of St.

Louis as a Utility Worker.Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: ●Data Utilization:

Requires the ability to compile, assemble, copy, record and/or transcribe data and information according to a prescribed scheme or plan. ●Human Interaction:

Requires the ability to follow specific instructions and respond to simple requests from supervisors. ●Equipment, Machinery, Tools and Materials Use:

Requires the ability to operate and perform complex rapid adjustment on equipment, machinery and tools such as dump trucks, mowers, trimmers, pruners, tractors, hand excavating tools, tillers, loaders, forklift, and/or related materials used in performing essential functions. ●Verbal Aptitude:

Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference and descriptive data and information such as work orders, safety regulations, material safety data sheets, diagrams, correspondence and general operating manuals. ●Mathematical Aptitude:

Requires the ability to perform addition and subtraction, may require the ability to calculate surface area and volume and perform mathematical operations involving basic geometry. ●Functional Reasoning:

Requires the ability to apply principles of rational systems.

Ability to interpret instructions furnished in written, oral, diagrammatic or schedule form.

Ability to exercise independent judgment to adopt or modify methods and standards to meet variations in assigned objective. ●Situational Reasoning:

Requires the ability to exercise the judgment, decisiveness and creativity required in situations involving the evaluation of information against measurable or verifiable criteria. ●Environmental Factors:

Tasks may risk exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as dirt, dust, pollen, wetness, humidity, rain, fumes, temperature and noise extremes, machinery, vibrations, animals/wildlife and toxic/poisonous agents. ●Physical Requirements:

Tasks involve the regular and, at times, sustained performance of moderately physically demanding work needed to perform landscaping duties involving some combination of climbing and balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, and lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling moderately heavy objects and materials up to one hundred (100) pounds.

Requires the ability to stand for long periods of time. ●Sensory Requirements:

Requires the ability to recognize and identify individual characteristics of colors, shapes, sounds, tastes, odors and textures associated with job-related objects, materials and tasks.

Incumbents recognize characteristics of colors and odors to detect dead plant materials, shapes to identify hazards and irregular plant materials and weeds, sound to detect malfunctions, and odors to distinguish chemicals/pesticides.

Requires the ability to distinguish objects clearly at close and far range. %3Co:p%3EIncumbents in this position perform semi-skilled labor and equipment operation in streets, grounds and facilities maintenance throughout the City of St.

Louis.Essential Functions and Responsibilities:%3Co:p%3E ●Maintains streets and alleys; removes obstructions and smooths asphalt. ●Performs leaf pickup and snow removal duties. ●Distributes asphalt and develops grades. ●Operates jackhammer to remove street obstructions, curbs, etc. ●Mows, trims, edges and fertilizes grass using mowers, line trimmers, spreaders, and other tools and equipment. ●Removes litter and debris, and maintains shrubs, flowerbeds and groundcover by weeding and applying pesticides and pruning. ●Loads, hauls and unloads bulky items, soil, rock, debris, and plant material using dump trucks, loaders, forklifts and other equipment. ●Removes trees/shrubs, and prepares plant beds for planting. ●Repairs, paints, and assembles dumpsters. ●Erects, installs, replaces and maintains street signs. ●May operate stock or trash truck, snowplow, salt spreader, leaf VAC, front loader, forklift, welding torch, shovel and other hand tools as needed. ●Performs other semi-skilled and unskilled duties such as digging holes, mixing gravel, back filling trenches, opening and closing floodgates, etc. ●Performs other duties as assigned.Preferences: ●One year of experience in general manual labor, grounds-keeping or construction work; OR one season with the City of St.

Louis as a Utility Worker.Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: ●Data Utilization:

Requires the ability to compile, assemble, copy, record and/or transcribe data and information according to a prescribed scheme or plan. ●Human Interaction:

Requires the ability to follow specific instructions and respond to simple requests from supervisors. ●Equipment, Machinery, Tools and Materials Use:

Requires the ability to operate and perform complex rapid adjustment on equipment, machinery and tools such as dump trucks, mowers, trimmers, pruners, tractors, hand excavating tools, tillers, loaders, forklift, and/or related materials used in performing essential functions. ●Verbal Aptitude:

Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference and descriptive data and information such as work orders, safety regulations, material safety data sheets, diagrams, correspondence and general operating manuals. ●Mathematical Aptitude:

Requires the ability to perform addition and subtraction, may require the ability to calculate surface area and volume and perform mathematical operations involving basic geometry. ●Functional Reasoning:

Requires the ability to apply principles of rational systems.

Ability to interpret instructions furnished in written, oral, diagrammatic or schedule form.

Ability to exercise independent judgment to adopt or modify methods and standards to meet variations in assigned objective. ●Situational Reasoning:

Requires the ability to exercise the judgment, decisiveness and creativity required in situations involving the evaluation of information against measurable or verifiable criteria. ●Environmental Factors:

Tasks may risk exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as dirt, dust, pollen, wetness, humidity, rain, fumes, temperature and noise extremes, machinery, vibrations, animals/wildlife and toxic/poisonous agents. ●Physical Requirements:

Tasks involve the regular and, at times, sustained performance of moderately physically demanding work needed to perform landscaping duties involving some combination of climbing and balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, and lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling moderately heavy objects and materials up to one hundred (100) pounds.

Requires the ability to stand for long periods of time. ●Sensory Requirements:

Requires the ability to recognize and identify individual characteristics of colors, shapes, sounds, tastes, odors and textures associated with job-related objects, materials and tasks.

Incumbents recognize characteristics of colors and odors to detect dead plant materials, shapes to identify hazards and irregular plant materials and weeds, sound to detect malfunctions, and odors to distinguish chemicals/pesticides.

Requires the ability to distinguish objects clearly at close and far range.

Must be at least 16 years of age at the time of filing application.Scoring Components and Their WeightsExperience and Training: 100%May be Subject to:Background Investigation: Pass/Fail%3Co:p%3E%3Co:p%3E%3Co:p%3E%3Co:p%3EMust be at least 16 years of age at the time of filing application.Scoring Components and Their WeightsExperience and Training: 100%May be Subject to:Background Investigation: Pass/Fail%3Co:p%3E%3Co:p%3E%3Co:p%3E%3Co:p%3Ewith contact information.