The Brock Group provides specialty craft and maintenance services to key industries across North America. We are dedicated to offering the safest and highest quality service and solutions. We view ourselves as partners with our customers, our employees and the communities in which we operate. Our performance-driven culture is led by having and developing the best people, the most efficient processes and the right tools for the job.
Qualifications and Detail about the Position
Broad Function
An Asbestos Removal Worker is removing, packing, transporting, and / or disposing of asbestos. This position works under minimal supervision.
Essential Functions
- Promote, demonstrate and instill Brock’s Bsafe and Bbest culture in all aspects of the business
- Seals off work area using plastic sheeting and duct tape.
- Positions mobile decontamination into portable showers at entrance to work area.
- Builds connecting walkway between mobile or portable showers and work area
- Removes or encapsulates asbestos containing materials.
- Sprays chemical solution over asbestos-covered surfaces to soften asbestos.
- Cuts and scrapes asbestos from surfaces, using knife and scraper.
- Shovels asbestos into plastic disposal bags and seals bags using duct tape.
- Cleans work area of loose asbestos using vacuum, broom and dustpan.
- Wears protective clothing and uses respirator to prevent exposure to airborne asbestos fibers
- Position warning signs appropriately
- Follows proper techniques for minimizing fiber release through the use proper clean- up and disposal procedures.
- Safely removes coatings or refuses that may contain hazardous compounds
Physical Requirements
- Meet Brock’s Fit For Duty Program
- Must be able to successfully pass Brock and/or Safety Council Site Specific Orientation requirements.
- Ability to pass a breathing test and full-face respirator fitment test.
- Heavy Work: Lifting up to 50 pounds of force from the floor to the waist and 35 pounds of force from the waist to above shoulder.
- Climbing: Climb and maintain balance on ladders and scaffolding at extreme heights.
- Using vertical ladders: Frequently up to 100 feet - Activity exists up to 60% of the work shift.
- Using stairs or ramps: Occasionally up to 100 feet - Activity exists up to 40% of the work shift.
- Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing, crouching, on unprotected elevated surfaces using fall protection equipment; or maintaining body equilibrium when performing scaffold construction at elevations using fall protection equipment. Frequently - Activity exists up to 60% of the work shift.
- Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending at the waist, requiring full use of the leg and back muscles on a repetitive basis. Frequently - Activity exists up to 60% of the work shift.
- Kneeling: Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees. Occasionally - Activity exists up to 40% of the work shift.
- Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending legs and waist. Frequently - Activity exists up to 60% of the work shift.
- Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in order to receive materials from ground level weighing up to 50 pounds as it is being passed and 35 pounds from overhead. Frequently - Activity exists up to 60% of the work shift.
- Gripping: Seizing, holding, grasping, turning, or otherwise working with hand or hands to receive materials weighing up to 100 pounds. Picking, pinching, or otherwise working with fingers rather than with the whole hand or arm as in handling. Frequently - Activity exists up to 60% of the work shift.
- Vision: Have 20/40 vision with or without correction in at least one eye.
- Hearing: Work in an environment in which vibrations and noise are moderate to severe and noise level may require the wearing of hearing protection devices.
- Exposure to Weather: Must be able to work for 8 hours at a time in an environment where temperatures may reach from 0 to 140 degrees, both indoors and outdoors in the sun.
- Use common tools: wrench, hammer, nail bar, torpedo level, hand saw, end nippers, measuring tape, tool belt.
- Must be able to properly don all required personal protective equipment for the requirements of the job for up to the entire work shift.
- Must be able to work in confined spaces for 4-7 hours per day; stand or walk for long periods.
Working Conditions
- Ability to meet and maintain customer requirements for site access
- Work in an indoor and outdoor environment including field, yard, shop locations, and office.
- Necessary Personal Protective Equipment is required.
- Travel as required
- Working at heights
- Must be able to work in all types of environments, extreme heat or cold
• Able to work in confined spaces • Must have required tools
- Must have transportation to and from the work location Skills & Abilities:
- Ability to communicate effectively with team and supervisor
- Abiity to understand and follow directions
- Knowledge of craft and industry
Location Information:
ExxonMobil - Baton Rouge Refinery (BRR)
Location of Job:US:LA:Baton Rouge
Shift:
Exempt: No
Work Type:Full Time
Working Conditions:
ORIENTATION - Must be able to successfully pass Brock and/or Safety Council Site Specific Orientation requirements.
HEAVY WORK - Lifting up to 50 pounds of force from the floor to the waist and 35 pounds of force from the waist to above shoulder.
CLIMBING - Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, and the like, to elevations in excess of 100 feet, to maintain three-point contact at all times.
LADDERS - Using vertical ladders Frequently up to 100 feet - Activity exists up to 60% of the work shift.
STAIRS & RAMPS - Using stairs or ramps: Occasionally up to 100 feet - Activity exists up to 40% of the work shift.
BALANCING - Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing, crouching, on unprotected elevated surfaces using fall protection equipment; or maintaining body equilibrium when performing scaffold construction at elevations using fall protection equipment. Frequently - Activity exists up to 60% of the work shift.
STOOPING - Bending body downward and forward by bending at the waist, requiring full use of the leg and back muscles on a repetitive basis. Frequently - Activity exists up to 60% of the work shift.
KNEELING - Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees. Occasionally - Activity exists up to 40% of the work shift.
CROUCHING - Bending the body downward and forward by bending legs and waist. Frequently - Activity exists up to 60% of the work shift.
REACHING - Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in order to receive materials from ground level weighing up to 50 pounds as it is being passed and 35 pounds from overhead. Frequently - Activity exists up to 60% of the work shift.
GRIPPING - Seizing, holding, grasping, turning, or otherwise working with hand or hands to receive materials weighing up to 50 pounds. Picking, pinching, or otherwise working with fingers rather than with the whole hand or arm as in handling. Frequently - Activity exists up to 60% of the work shift.
VISION - Have 20/40 vision with or without correction in at least one eye.
HEARING - Must be able to hear a forced whispered voice in one ear, the better ear, at not less than five feet with or without the use of a hearing aid.
WEATHER EXPOSURE - Exposure to outside atmospheric conditions. Conditions can range from -10 to 110 degrees Fahrenheit. Constantly - Condition exists in excess of 60% of the work shift.
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT - Must be able to properly do all required personal protective equipment for the requirements of the job for up to the entire work shift.
INSULATION TOOLS - Use Insulation tools commonly associated with type or work.
We conform to all the laws, statutes, and regulations concerning equal employment opportunities and affirmative action. We strongly encourage women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and veterans to apply to all of our job openings. We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, age, disability status, Genetic Information & Testing, Family & Medical Leave, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We prohibit Retaliation against individuals who bring forth any complaint, orally or in writing, to the employer or the government, or against any individuals who assist or participate in the investigation of any complaint or otherwise oppose discrimination.
