SUMMARY The Maintenance Trades Helper assists one or more workers in the skilled maintenance trades by performing specific or general duties of lesser skill:
Keeping a worker supplied with materials and tools
Cleaning working area, machine, and equipment
Assisting journeyman by holding materials or tools
Mow and trim lawns and shrubbery, using mowers and hand and power trimmers, and clear debris from grounds.
Performing other unskilled tasks as directed by journeyman.
The kind of work the helper is permitted to perform varies from trade to trade. In some trades the helper is confined to supplying, lifting, and holding materials and tools, and cleaning working areas and in others, the worker is permitted to perform specialized machine operations, or parts of a trade that are also performed by workers on a full-time basis.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
High school diploma or equivalent
PHYSICAL WORK REQUIREMENTS/CONDITIONS
Stand and walk for prolonged periods.
Regularly lift, move and/or carry up to 10 pounds.
Frequently lift, move and/or carry up to 25 pounds; occasionally lift, move and/or carry up to 50 pounds.
Perform overhead work often while balanced standing on a ladder.
Bend, kneel, twist and reach to get to areas difficult to access and/or confined areas like closets, crawl spaces, attics, etc.
Flexibility — The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.
Manual Dexterity — The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.