*Please note that this is a Civil Service position. This position is not currently open, should there become an opening we will hire off of the list of applicants starting with the oldest application date.*
APPLICATION FOR CITY OF SPRINGFIELD LABOR SERVICE
Applicants must be at least 16 years of age at the time of filing application. Incomplete applications will not be processed. The name of an applicant will remain on the Labor Service register for the job title which he or she is registered for a period of not more than 5 years from the date of registration, subject to a renewal of registration as provided in Section 28, Chapter 31 of the General Laws, and subject to compliance with other applicable provisions of the Civil Service law and rules.
Responsible for manual labor work including a variety of trade or craft duties at less than the journeyman level and considered to be of a "handyman" nature in the upkeep, construction, repair and maintenance of facilities and other projects of municipal public works. Maintenance work is involved which calls for a limited knowledge of skills associated with a variety of trades or crafts, but excludes positions or work requiring a predominant knowledge of any one trade or craft. Work involves the performance and assignment to any job of relatively unskilled and routine manual laboring tasks ordinarily requiring the exercise of considerable physical strength and endurance. Supervision received may vary from close to moderately close depending upon the experience of the incumbent and the degree of variance from routine. No supervision is exercised over other employees.
Three years of experience in semi-skilled work required to assist skilled tradesmen and workers in masonry, painting, cementing or other types of work involving municipal public works projects.
