A Waste or Recycling Worker collects, recycles, processes or treats waste in a city or community. Works in a recycling plant, wastewater treatment facility, or landfill. Collects refuse from commercial and/or residential locations. Does not drive the vehicle used to collect/transport refuse.
Forestry - St. Louis, MO The hiring list for this position will be used for filling seasonal Forestry maintenance vacancies. Positions are limited-term (approximately six months from April to October), are not covered by the Employee Benefits Program, and do not require City residency. At the end of the season, the department can offer the opportunity to return to work the next season and career seasonal status. Incumbents in this position perform semi-skilled labor and equipment operation for the Forestry Division. This position assists the Nature Steward program coordination by supporting efforts to maintain native habitat such as prairies, savannahs, wetlands, bio swales, and woodlands in City parks and vacant land projects.
Examples of duties include:
native plant identification, invasive species identification and control, seed collection, brush removal, mulching, mowing, over seeding, tree trimming, and chemical application.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
Identifies native and invasive plant species. Performs invasive species removal via mechanical or chemical methods. Prepares sites for new plantings via chemical application. Installs tree, shrub, and perennial plantings. Mows, trims, and edges using mowers, line trimmers, and other tools and equipment. Removes litter and debris. Maintains shrubs, flowerbeds, and groundcover by mulching, weeding, watering, applying herbicides, and pruning. Loads, hauls, and unloads bulky items, soil, rock, debris, and plant material using pickup trucks. Works with volunteer groups on occasion. Performs native seed collection and distribution. May operate a tractor, zero-turn mower, push mower, ATV, UTV, Brush cutters, chainsaws, and other tools and equipment as needed. Performs other semi-skilled and unskilled duties.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Data Utilization:
Requires the ability to compile, assemble, copy, record and/or transcribe data and information according to a prescribed scheme or plan.
Human Interaction:
Requires the ability to follow specific instructions and respond to simple requests from supervisors.
Equipment, Machinery, Tools and Materials Use:
Requires the ability to operate and perform complex rapid adjustment on equipment, machinery and tools such as dump trucks, mowers, trimmers, pruners, tractors, hand excavating tools, tillers, loaders, forklift, and/or related materials used in performing essential functions.
Verbal Aptitude:
Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference and descriptive data and information such as work orders, safety regulations, material safety data sheets, diagrams, correspondence and general operating manuals.
Mathematical Aptitude:
Requires the ability to perform addition and subtraction, may require the ability to calculate surface area and volume and perform mathematical operations involving basic geometry.
Functional Reasoning:
Requires the ability to apply principles of rational systems. Ability to interpret instructions furnished in written, oral, diagrammatic or schedule form. Ability to exercise independent judgment to adopt or modify methods and standards to meet variations in assigned objectives.
Situational Reasoning:
Requires the ability to exercise the judgment, decisiveness and creativity required in situations involving the evaluation of information against measurable or verifiable criteria.
Environmental Factors:
Tasks may risk exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as dirt, dust, pollen, wetness, humidity, rain, fumes, temperature and noise extremes, machinery, vibrations, animals/wildlife and toxic/poisonous agents.
Physical Requirements:
Tasks involve the regular and, at times, sustained performance of moderately physically demanding work needed to perform landscaping duties involving some combination of climbing and balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, and lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling moderately heavy objects and materials up to one hundred (100) pounds. Requires the ability to stand for long periods of time.
Sensory Requirements:
Requires the ability to recognize and identify individual characteristics of colors, shapes, sounds, tastes, odors and textures associated with job-related objects, materials and tasks. Incumbents recognize characteristics of colors and odors to detect dead plant materials, shapes to identify hazards and irregular plant materials and weeds, sound to detect malfunctions, and odors to distinguish chemicals/pesticides. Requires the ability to distinguish objects clearly at close and far range. Qualifications Must be at least 16 years of age at the time of filing application.
Preferences:
One year of experience in general manual labor, grounds-keeping or construction work. One season with the City of St. Louis as a Utility Worker. Some positions may require a valid driver's license. Please note type of license, number, class and expiration date on the Employment Application if applicable.
Scoring Components and Their Weights Experience and Training:
100% May be Subject to:
Background Investigation:
Pass/Fail Medical Examination:
Pass/Fail When completing the Employment History and the Educational/Training History sections of the Employment Application, please be as thorough as possible when describing your education, training and experience relating to this position. Your employment experience and training will be used to determine whether you meet the entrance requirements for this position and to compute your experience and training evaluation. Applicants will only receive credit for their experience and education as shown on the application. Resumes will not be accepted as a substitute to a fully completed application. When completing the Employment History section of the application, include reasons for changes in employers and explain any gaps in employment. Incomplete and/or carelessly completed applications will not be considered. Veterans Preference Points To be eligible for veteran's preference points, the applicant must submit a copy of their DD 214 Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty with the Employment Application or upon request. The Director of Personnel may, in their discretion, accept alternate documentation. City Residence Preference Points City residents who pass an examination for a position in the classified service and do not receive any other preference will receive a five (5) point preference on a scale of 100 points on the exam. An additional one (1) point shall be added to the passing score of City residents who receive any other preference on a scale of 100 points. City residents must have resided in the City for at least one (1) year at the time of filing their application to be eligible for the preference points. Accommodations If assistance with the job application is necessary based on a physical impairment, mental impairment, or otherwise, they should reach out to the Office on the Disabled with contact information. This office will not disclose any information that an applicant or employee has a disability or has discussed possible accommodations without the applicant's or employee's prior consent.
