Launch Crew Member 1 Intern

Job Description Summary:
 

Salary: $18.00 per hour

The Launch Crew Member is a part of the Launch Apprenticeship Program, a multi-year work/training program. They will work primarily along the 29-mile-long Fort Worth floodway and Marine Creek mowing, building fences, operating equipment, etc. for 30 hours per week.

An additional 10 hours per week will be spent in a learning/educational environment. This consists of on-the-job training and coursework through Tarrant County College. Upon successful completion of the identified and required Tarrant County College coursework and applicable on-the-job learning hours, the TRWD LAUNCH Initiative Crewmember will be awarded a Department of Labor (DOL) Certification of Completion of Apprenticeship.

Job Description

 

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

The duties listed below are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to this position.

• Perform vegetation maintenance, painting, and cleaning on pipelines, floodway, Right-of-Way (ROW) or in operations facilities/property
• Utilize weed eaters and/or standard mowers
• Pick up trash along ROW and/or floodway
• On-the-job instruction/training in heavy equipment operation, fleet mechanic, welding, fabrication, etc.
• Attend employer sponsored continuing education towards apprenticeship certification (starts year 2 of the apprenticeship)
• Maintain familiarity with strategic District levels of service
• Continuous improvement monitoring and innovation efforts
• Perform other duties as required

Required Experience:

• None

Desired Experience:

• Prior experience using a weed eater and/or standard mower
• Prior experience painting

Required Education/Certification/License:

• Valid Texas driver’s license (or ability to obtain within six (6) months)
• High School Diploma or GED (or the ability to obtain within six (6) months)

Desired Education/Certification/License:       

• Valid Texas CDL Class A or B without restriction E

Success Factors/Job Competencies:

• Perform general maintenance of TRWD structures and grounds including pipeline and floodway
• Attention to Detail — Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks
• Dependability — Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations
• Adaptability/Flexibility — Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace

Physical Demands and Work Environment

 

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Physical demands: While performing duties of job, employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hand to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; balance; stoop; talk and hear. Employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 80 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Work environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee typically resides out in the field for long periods of time exposing the employee to weather conditions prevalent at the time.  They will periodically work in buildings without climate control.  This position will also work in confined spaces, underground, in ditches, on waterways such as lakes or rivers, and at various heights.