Career Opportunity

General Laborer- SF Rec & Parks (7514) (Provisional)

Recruitment: RTF0134170-01047808

Published: May 06, 2023

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About:

Application Opening: 04/24/2023
Application Deadline: 05/08/2023
Compensation: $33.2875-$40.4625/hour; $5,770.00 - $7,014/month; $69.238.00 - $84,162.00/year
Appointment Type: Temporary Provisional (TPV). This is not a permanent appointment. A provisional appointee must participate and be successful in a Civil Service examination for this classification and be selected through an open competitive process in order to be considered for permanent appointment. Provisional appointments may not exceed three (3) years. 
Contact: For questions about this position or how to apply, please contact Ian Talley at ian.talley@sfgov.org

Company Description

San Francisco is a vibrant and dynamic city on the forefront of economic growth and innovation, urban development, arts and entertainment, as well as social issues and change. This rich tapestry of culture and ideas is sustained by our City’s commitment to heighten the quality of life for San Franciscans and residents of the greater Bay Area. Our employees play an important role not only in making our City what it is today, but also in shaping the future of San Francisco. The City and County of San Francisco employs more than 28,000 individuals in various professional jobs in a diverse array of services such as maintaining City streets & parks, driving buses and cable cars, providing public health services, keeping the streets safe, and firefighting.

Urban Forestry Section
The Urban Forestry Unit is responsible for maintaining, repairing, and planting trees to ensure the health and vitality of those trees and communities that enjoy them. It consists primarily of Arborist Technician, Gardeners and General Laborers. This unit is responsible for maintaining over 131,000 trees on 4,196 acres of public parkland in City parks, identified Natural Areas and public golf courses. Major sites include Golden Gate Park and Stern Grove. 

Race and Social Equity Statement
We believe that parks and open space in San Francisco provides the opportunity to model equitable access for all.  With this belief, San Francisco became the first city in the United States for which 100% of its residents live within a ten-minute walk of a park. The Recreation and Park Department’s goal is to close the gaps and improve equity and access to quality parks and open space, and recreation activities for historically marginalized communities.  

We envision a department that proactively infuses racial and social equity in its internal operations.  With a multi-disciplinary team of talented individuals - gardeners, recreation leaders, park rangers, custodians, craft shop personnel, park and recreation managers and more, the department is committed to doing its part to provide equitable access to parks and programs for all the communities we serve to enjoy, as well as foster a work environment where our differences are celebrated, and everyone has what they need to thrive regardless of their race, age, ability, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, or country of origin.

Role description

Nature of the Work

General Laborer work requires the ability to lift objects weighing up to 90 pounds, carry them 50 feet and to balance 10-foot pieces of lumber; requires sustained physical effort, frequently under adverse weather conditions and/or disagreeable working conditions, such as working in streets or roads in traffic or in cold or rain or being exposed to feces and urine, raw sewage, used syringes, toxic and hazardous materials, poison oak, poisonous snakes, and insects; and confined space entry.

This position may also be required to work weekend shifts and emergency overtime. General Laborers at Rec and Park may also be asked to travel to Camp Mather (High Sierra near Yosemite Valley) for emergency work or work crew assignments for periods of 2-4 weeks in the spring and/or in the fall. Food and lodging is provided to staff at Camp Mather.

Essential Functions

• Excavates trenches (using various pneumatic and hand tools, including 90-pound jackhammers) for water and sewer lines, underground utility repair, or electrical conduits; backfills and compacts excavations; and potholes transmission mains and service piping.
• Clears culverts, stakes fabric to prevent erosion of work sites, and cements and rip-raps upstream and downstream of culverts.
• Stabilizes embankments by building wet walls and drywalls alongside roadways and waterways.
• Clears obstacles prior to machine mowing.
• Serves as flag operator and sets up traffic barricades and lights or other barriers around work sites (on streets or in other locations).
• Clears and chips vegetation, brush, limbs; clears firebreaks, watershed roadways, v-ditches, jogging and foot paths, pipeline rights-of-way, around structures, buildings, risers, vaults, and valve lots; cuts access routes to watershed domestic utility lines and springs; removes small trees and grinds stumps.
• Installs and maintains chain link, barbed wire and hog wire fencing; cements watershed gate posts and chain link fence posts.
• Loads and unloads materials, supplies, furniture, and/or equipment by hand or with booms, power tailgate, forklift, and other moving equipment for moving to and from worksites (examples: jackhammers, sandbags, cement bags, debris bags, railroad ties, whackers, vibratory plates).
• Removes and cleans up debris resulting from construction, maintenance, wrecking, or repair work around grounds and building areas using hands, broom, shovel, wheel barrow, etc.
• Works in confined spaces to assist in cleaning and flushing catch basins, septic tanks, or sewage treatment plants with shovels, hoses, and pumps to ensure proper drainage of the sewer system.
• Operates and maintains pneumatic, electrical, mechanical, and hand tools including air compressors, jack hammers, tie tampers, sand blasters, steam cleaners, hoists, drills, chain saws, cement mixers, chipping guns, weed whackers, spaders, stump grinders, fence stretchers, aerial lift buckets, and other hand tools to assist craft workers in getting their jobs done.
• Mixes and prepares concrete.
• Assists in the application of concrete and asphalt to repair roads and sidewalks.
• Sweeps streets and sidewalks.
• Applies disinfectants, de-greasers, and herbicides to streets and sidewalks.
• Scrubs streets, sidewalks, and plazas with a broom or high-pressure water hose.
• Picks up litter and puts debris into bags.
• Cleans up illegal dumping sites and encampments, spills on city streets, and sites of accidents. 19. Removes litter and signs from poles and benches.
• Uses radio communication system or other communication devices.
• Manages a tool room, distributing tools and tracking inventory.
• Completes forms such as work orders, daily work or field reports, and/or accident report forms.
• Drives a truck and/or car to work sites and follows route or other maps.
• Prepare surfaces for painting; remove graffiti from public/private property using a computerized color matching program, soda blaster, and/or steam cleaner.

How to qualify

Experience
Three (3) years (6000 hours) of journey-level experience as a general laborer in the construction field.

License and Certification
Possession of a valid Class C California driver license (must be maintained during employment).

Substitution
Completion of a California Division of Apprenticeship Standards (DAS) or United States Department of Labor (DOL) approved apprentice construction laborer program may be substituted for the required experience.

Verification
Applicants may be required to submit verification qualifying education and experience at any point during the recruitment and selection process. Verification of work experience typically must be on the employer’s letterhead, and must include the applicant’s name, job title, description of job duties, dates of service, and signature of the employer.

Failure to provide the required verification when requested may result in rejection of application and/or appointment in this class. Refer to the following links for information on acceptable forms of verification:

Verification Guidelines: Information About the Hiring Process | Department of Human Resources (sfdhr.org)
Education Guidelines: https://sfdhr.org/how-verify-education-requirements

Note: Falsifying one’s education, training, or work experience or attempted deception on the application may result in disqualification from this and future job opportunities with City and County of San Francisco.

What else should I know?

How to Apply
Applications for City and County of San Francisco jobs are only accepted through an online process. Visit https://careers.sf.gov/ and begin the application process.

• Select the “I’m Interested” button and follow the instructions on the screen.

Applicants may be contacted by email about this announcement and, therefore, it is their responsibility to ensure that their registered email address is accurate and kept up-to-date. Also, applicants should set up their email from CCSF is not blocked on their computer by a spam filter. To prevent blocking, applicants should set up their email to accept CCSF mail from the following addresses (@sfgov.org, @sfdpw.org, @sfport.org, @flysfo, sfwater.org, @sfdph.org, @asianart.org, @sfmta.com, @sfpl.org, @dcyf.org, @first5sf.org, @famsf.org, @ccsf.edu).

Applicants will receive a confirmation email that their online application has been received in response to every announcement for which they file. Applicants should retain this confirmation email for their records.  Failure to receive this email means that the online application was not submitted or received.

Applications completed improperly may be cause for ineligibility or disqualification.

If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process, please contact the analyst, Ian Talley, at ian.talley@sfgov.org

Drug Testing Requirement

Applicants for positions in this classification, who are not currently employed by the City and County of San Francisco in a safety-sensitive position represented by Laborers International Union Local 261, are required to pass pre-employment drug and alcohol testing. All employees in this classification may also be subject to drug and alcohol testing upon reasonable suspicion or after a work-related accident.

Public Resources Code 5164
Candidates for positions with the Recreation & Parks Department may be disqualified from consideration should their conviction history not meet the standards established under California Public Resources Code 5164.

Additional Information Regarding Employment with the City and County of San Francisco

• Conviction History
• Employee Benefits Overview  
• Equal Employment Opportunity 
• Disaster Service Worker
• ADA Accommodation
• Veterans Preference
• Right to Work
• Copies of Application Documents
• Diversity Statement

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. 

CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT:  All City and County of San Francisco employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Someone is fully vaccinated when 14 days have passed since they received the final dose of a two-shot vaccine or a dose of a one-shot vaccine. Any new hire must present proof of full vaccination status to be appointed. Any new hire who will be routinely assigned or occasionally enter High-Risk Settings, must provide proof of having received a COVID-19 booster vaccine by March 1, 2022, or once eligible.

The City and County of San Francisco encourages women, minorities and persons with disabilities to apply. Applicants will be considered regardless of their sex, race, age, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition (associated with cancer, a history of cancer, or genetic characteristics), HIV/AIDS status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, military and veteran status, or other protected category under the law.