What are the responsibilities and job description for the Fence Installer position at Holland Fence Co. LLC?
Job consist of working together in the skilled trade of fence design and installation. You will work with a wide variety of materials, including chain link, wood, vinyl, ornamental iron and steel, guide rail, special materials with applications that the customer may require. Job sites will include residential homes to commercial businesses and industrial sites. Because there are so many different products, sites, and layouts, we require someone who is willing to learn to work with new materials and tools. Holland Fence does a large amount of business for satisfied repeat customers; this is why we value consistent, high quality, knowledgeable employees.
Some duties of an installer and laborer working as a member of a crew will include the following tasks:
Field Layout
- Assist in laying out the fence lines from a drawing, plot plan, and/or property pins.
- Project straight lines and perpendicular in the field.
- Use a string line, sight poles, or “eyeball method” for placing fence posts.
Post Setting
- Dig post holes with hand tools, power tools, and/or power equipment according to Holland Fence
Fence quality standards or job specifications.
- Drive posts with a hand pounder or pneumatic pounder.
- Prepare concrete by hand or with a power mixer.
- Set posts using concrete, tamped earth, or anchors according to Holland Fence quality
standards.
Chain Link Fence, Wood Fence, PVC (Vinyl) Fence, Ornamental Fence
- Erect different chain link fence framing schemes, including gate and end bracing.
- Install tension wires where applicable.
- Splice chain link fabric and perform bias cutting.
- Stretch chain link fabric on a straight run or on inside curves.
- Properly tie in fabric according to Fence quality standards.
- Install barbwire and razor wire.
- Assist in assembly of chain link, wood, PVC and ornamental gates.
- Perform basic assembly and erection of PVC and ornamental fence.
- Install various types of gates and gate hardware.
Tools
Holland Fence Co LLC supplies all the tools and equipment you need to do your job safely and with high quality.
You will be required to learn how to use some or all of the tools listed below:
Hand Tools
Fence pliers, hog ring pliers, digging bars, post hole diggers, shovels, carpenters square, tape measures (25’, 100’, 300’), levels, hacksaws, bowsaws, wrenches, vise and vise grips, pipe cutters, post drivers, cable pullers, pull jacks, wire clamps, line levels, truss rod benders, post pullers.
Power Tools & Equipment
Compound miter saw, horizontal band saw, chain saw, circular saw, reciprocating saw, pipe notcher, air compressor, concrete mixer, drill press, pedestal grinder, generator, cordless screw gun, electric drill, pneumatic nailer, portable band saw, router, pneumatic post driver, jack hammer, skid steer loader, forklift, auger and core drill.
Minimum Required Qualifications :
- Courtesy to customers.
- Ability to relate to customers regarding installation particulars.
- Read labels and follow both verbal and written instructions.
- Ability and desire to perform physical labor outdoors. To maintain a steady pace of hard work during an eight hour or more day during the hot, mild and cold weather.
- Ability to calculate basic arithmetic required for installations, such as reading a measuring tape and level, converting fractions to decimals and decimals to fractions, performing addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
- Valid driver’s license.
- Ability or willingness to learn to safely operate vehicles and machines such as an auger, chain saw, cut off saw, pounder, welder, forklift, skid steer loader and 1 ton stake truck.
- Mobility for pulling, bending, stooping and pushing a wheel barrow.
- Ability to lift up to 100 lbs.
- Ability to climb ladders
- Manual dexterity with hand tools such as pliers and hammers.
Job Type: Full-time
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $15.00 - $18.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Paid time off
Work Location: In person
Salary : $15 - $18