Firewatcher

Labor One Staffing
National, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 6/22/2024 CLOSED ON 7/20/2024

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Hiring Firewatch for Shipyard

Labor One is hiring Firewatch for a shipyard in San Diego, California.

Shipyard Experience Is Required.

Please contact our team for more information!

Cell: (619)657-5507 or (858)717-1672

*Please send us a text if we don't answer*

Walk-ins Accepted! Apply today!

1625 Hoover Avenue National City, CA 91950

Office Hours: 8:00 AM-5:00 PM

Job Summary

  • Observes for sparks and flames during welding and works as a laborer to assist trades; sweeps, hoses, and performs tasks related to clean up on-board ship, in drydock, on piers, and throughout the shipyard.
  • Performs other related tasks as assigned, some of which may become essential to the position.

Qualification Standards

  • High school graduate or GED with prior experience preferred.
  • Ability to read and write (in English) and understand verbal instructions required.
  • Requires observation skills, ability to respond quickly, housekeeping skills, good judgment, and ongoing safety awareness.
  • Must be able to access and move around the ship safely, and work at heights, and in confined areas with limited visibility.
  • Must be clean-shaven for respirator fit (a modest mustache is fine).

Essential Job Tasks

  • Assists in setting up equipment, including helping the welder run leads, hoses, operation of air and electric power tools; moves metal pieces for re-fitting; removes scrap from the work area.
  • Moves fire bottle to areas of work; observes for sparks from welding and grinding; extinguishes fire when necessary.
  • Maintains a clean, hazard-free work area.
  • Sorts, inspects, and stacks lumber and metal scaffold components.

Materials, Tools Equipment, Work Aids

Fire retardant material, hoses, leads, cleaning equipment, and supplies, lights, and fire bottle. Metal, wood, scaffold sub-section, bolts, clips, hand tools, cable lines, and rope lines.

Physical/Mental Involvement

Lifting/carrying of objects weighing up to 50 lbs.; standing, walking, climbing/balancing, pushing/pulling, kneeling, crawling, stooping, crouching, reaching, handling, fingering, eye/hand/foot coordination, seeing, hearing, and speaking. Understanding written and verbal directions, recognizing and avoiding potential safety hazards, and following established procedures.

Marginal Job Tasks

None identified.

Environmental Factors

Works 50% of the time inside, 50% outside, on board ship, drydock, balanced on scaffolding in the shipyard. Exposed to wind, heat, constant wet and humid conditions, and vibrations; works near constantly moving machinery, mechanical parts, and traffic from other trades. Exposed to fumes, odors, dust, and toxic or caustic chemicals. Exposed to constant loud machinery noise.

Labor One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal law.

About LaborOne Staffing

We're always hiring Great people for our projects. We have work available for Skilled Craft - Welders, Fitters, Electricians, Machinists, Blaster Painters, Fire Watch General Labor, Etc. in Shipyards on both coasts and along the Gulf Coast region.We also have General Labor jobs available in Texas, Florida, South Carolina, Virginia and California.

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