Jobs for People with MS: National MS Society

A Laborer performs tasks involving physical labor at building, highway, heavy construction projects, and demolition sites. May operate hand and power tools of all types: air hammers, earth tampers, small mechanical hoists, surveying and measuring equipment, and a variety of other equipment and instruments. May clean and prepare sites, dig trenches, set braces to support the sides of excavations, clean up rubble and debris and use other equipment and perform related duties as assigned. The position will be based in Northern Minnesota or candidates home but will travel throughout North Dakota and Minnesota up to 90%. Traveling is required for this position. Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Clean and prepare construction sites to eliminate possible hazards
• Signal equipment operators to facilitate alignment, movement, and adjustment of machinery, equipment, and materials
• Dig ditches or trenches, back-fill excavations, and compact and level earth to grade specifications, using picks, shovels, pneumatic tampers, and rakes
• Position, join, align, and seal structural components, such as concrete wall sections and pipes
• Measure, mark, and record openings and distances to lay out areas where construction work will be performed
• Load, unload, and identify building materials, machinery, and tools, and distribute them to the appropriate locations, according to project plans and specifications
• Erect and disassembled scaffolding, shoring, braces, traffic barricades, ramps, and other temporary structures
• Operate jackhammers and drills to break up concrete or pavement
• Attend pumps, compressors, and generators to provide power for tools, machinery, and equipment, or to heat and move materials such as asphalt

Job Qualifications:

Accountability - Ability to accept responsibility and account for his/her actions

Accurate - Ability to perform work accurately and thoroughly

Adaptability - Ability to adapt to change in the workplace

Analytical Skills - Ability to use thinking and reasoning to solve a problem

Communication, Oral - Ability to communicate effectively with others using the spoken word

Detail Oriented - Ability to pay attention to the minute details of a project or task

Goal Oriented - Ability to focus on a goal and obtain a pre-determined result

Honesty/Integrity - Ability to be truthful and be seen as credible in the workplace

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