Labor Job Description
Labor Duties & Responsibilities
To write an effective labor job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included labor job description templates that you can modify and use.
Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Labor Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Labor
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: OSHA, OSHA10, SWSTL, CFM, GED, MHE
Education for Labor
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the labor job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as High School and Bachelor's Degree in Nursing, Education, Business, Human Resources, General Education, Science, Associate Degrees, Industrial, Manufacturing, Graduate
Skills for Labor
Desired skills for labor include:
Desired experience for labor includes:
Labor Examples
Labor Job Description
- Load and unload materials
- Using hand and power tools to correctly assemble parts per specific blueprints
- The employee assembles components and loads/packs finished containers of popcorn into shipping cases, lifts/stacks filled cases onto shipping pallets
- Follow all guidelines and regulations for hauling grain, feed, seed, fertilizer, Petroleum, Anhydrous Ammonia, other bulk liquid products
- Perform general labor on construction site
- Watch out for fire hazards in the workplace while work is performed by other employees
- Maintain the conditions and requirements stated on the safety permit
- In the event of fire, extinguish it immediately or turn a fire alarm on
- Call 911 of the emergency alarm number, and or notify plant services
- Stop operations if you find any hazardous condition
- 5 Sigma Responsibility for the area
- Backgrounds and drug screen are required
- Wearing steel-toed footwear
- Feel comfortable doing repetitive motions
- Been in a manufacturing environment previously
- All positions require drug and background screenings
Labor Job Description
- Make sure you and other employees are aware of the exact location of fire fighting
- Equipment in the immediate area
- Maintain constant means of communication
- As much as possible, keep visual and voice contact with other employees
- Before and during each shift, inspect the entire work area and look for potential release of flammable vapors or liquids
- Be prepared to operate fire extinguishers
- Never leave the job site while the work is being done
- And notify workers that you are “standing-by-for”.When all operations are done, do not leave the work site unless you’re sure that there are no hot sparks, burning embers and other fire hazards
- Efficiently schedule production lines within the guidelines set forth by staffing playbooks
- Maintain integrity of time ware reports
- Flexible and willing to work overtime
- Must be able to stand for 8 hour shift
- Able to read, write and listen to instruction
- Must have prior manufacturing, construction, or general labor experience
- High school diploma or GED and three to six months related experience
- Regular attendance to ensure production goals requirements are met
Labor Job Description
- Pick up, sort and distribute pay checks
- Assist in communication, enforcement and administration, of company policies
- Provide reports on Human Resource Data as needed to departments
- Maintain historical Human Resource records by filing and retrieval system
- Support process of Performance Corrective Notices employee recognition
- Manage employee leave and vacation
- Work with foreman, supervisors and employees to develop an environment of open communication, efficient problem solving and positive management techniques
- Schedule overtime and de-crew lines within the guidelines of the union contract
- Assist in all aspects of conflict resolution within the facility
- Administer and aid in planning of activities
- Strong track record of safety
- Comfortable standing throughout 10-12 hour shifts & lifting up to 50 lbs
- You may be needed for other duties, not all inclusive, such as painting, housekeeping, assisting in other areas throughout the day
- Must be able to withstand varying degrees of humidity and heat
- Must be able to work in an atmosphere that may contain paper dust and possible propane fumes from trucks
- Must be willing to work overtime up to 12 hours, as needed
Labor Job Description
- Answer questions regarding benefits, human resource policies and procedures
- Other duties as identified or assigned
- Assemble and tear down any equipment in your work area at the beginning and/or end of your shift
- To understand and know the company’s safety and health goals and the objectives
- Counting and packaging
- General Bus building
- Assembling Parts
- General RV building
- Weed eating
- Putting up barricades
- Must be willing to work Saturdays and/or Sundays, as needed
- Must have basic PC skills
- Must pass company drug testing procedures Federal Motor Carrier drug and alcohol testing regulations
- Must have the ability to kneel, couch, balance, climb or crawl
- Will hear and talk on an ongoing basis in an atmosphere of moderate and loud noise
- Will work in and around cold water or hot water up to 185° F
Labor Job Description
- Responsible for the operation of the processing conveyors in accordance with the company Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)
- Responsible for inspecting product to ensure quality
- Perform housekeeping and other daily duties as required
- Communicate effectively with co-workers, Leads, Supervisors and Managers
- Scheduled to work hours per week
- Load and unload materials, parts or products onto a form pallets, skids, conveyors or trucks
- Uses hands and arms to separate parts from sheets, to scrap material and remove burrs or excess metal from machined parts
- Use close vision and depth perception to read work instructions and or CAD software to determine the sequence of assembly
- Operate various machines and equipment
- General Laborers identify and resolve problems in a timely manner, gather and analyze information, develop alternative solutions and work well in a group setting to solve situations
- Will work in cold, warm, hot, humid and/or wet conditions
- Will have the ability to operate proficiently in an SAP environment
- Willing and able to obtain a forklift driver’s certificate (training provided by the company)
- Willing and able to work in a cold, humid, hot, dusty and noisy manufacturing environment
- Must have a minimum of 2 years’ experience in a supply or maintenance environment, and be familiar with Army Regulations
- Shall obtain and maintain a SECRET security clearance, if required