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Great Lakes Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation is Hiring a Trades Helper Linehandler (Relief Pool) Near Massena, NY

Qualifications:

Qualifications for the position are based on the training, experience, or other requirements that determine which applicants would be able to perform satisfactorily in the position to be filled.

For the Wage Grade 05, to qualify, your application and resume will be rated on the following job elements:

• Ability to do the work of the position.
• Dexterity and Safety.
• Technical practices.
• Use of measuring instruments.
• Ability to interpret instructions, specifications, etc.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social).  Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.  You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Applicants must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement.  If you do not meet the minimum levels in the ability to do the work OR if you do not meet the minimum level overall, you will be disqualified.

Responsibilities:

• Trades Helper work is performed primarily in a compressed 12 hour schedule.
• Assists journey level trades workers by performing the duties associated with improvements to, and maintenance of, electrical and mechanical.  You may also assist journey level employees in other trades.
• Linehandler work is performed during the navigation season (March through December) on an as needed basis for emergency or operational needs. All work is performed on a 24-hour basis, seven days a week, on rotating day and night 12 hour shifts, with rotating days and weekends off. Duties include handling of pleasure craft and collection of pleasure craft fees.
• Passes/receives messenger/mooring lines or wires to/from vessels to secure them in the lock chamber or on approach walls as necessary. Operates an electrically powered capstan to pull-up a commercial vessel's mooring wires. Observes for unusual occurrences during a lockage, positions vessels in the chamber and communicates with all personnel involved with the lockage evolution.
• Subject to work schedule changes with a minimum of 12-hours’ notice. This position is used to cover for scheduled and unscheduled absences for other employees.
• Lock & Dam Operator work is primarily from a computer console to actuate lock machinery, such as gates, valves, fender booms, air curtains, hands-free mooring units, etc. Monitors multiple visual indicators and gathers critical information from computer data to determine proper positioning of hands-free mooring equipment and to safely control the rate of water flow in and out of the lock chamber, preventing danger to equipment or vessels due to excessive surge or turbulence.
• If selected for Marine Helper work as a deckhand on the Corporation’s tugs, barges and workboats, work is generally performed during fall and spring commissioning and decommissioning of navigation aids (buoy runs), which may require a significant amount of overtime and travel.
• Required to perform housekeeping and maintenance work inside and outside buildings and grounds in your work area.
• Operates pick-up trucks, side by side four-wheel drive vehicles with plow attachments, electric lock vehicles (ELVs), and may operate fork lifts, skid-steer loaders, stake rack trucks, etc. to move equipment and materials.
• Observes and follows all safety rules and regulations set by OSHA and the Corporation.
• After appropriate training, may be assigned to perform asbestos abatement duties.

The ideal candidate for this position will have trades helper knowledge in carpentry, and/or knowledge of working in a marine environment, and also have basic computer skills.

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