Senior Abatement Worker

• Leads a crew of workersby providing direction to crew members monitoring and coordinating the crew members work and tracking crew and equipment hours in order to ensure they efficiently and effectively clear properties of grass weeds brush rubbish and other combustible materials.
• Provides onthejob training to work crew membersby identifying where training is needed developing a plan to meet the training need monitoring the progress of the trainee and providing feedback on training performance in order to ensure all work crew members are competent to perform the work safely and effectively.
• Oversees brush and rubbish clearing operations performed by vendors by coordinating their work activities and evaluating their performance (e.g. the work completed photographs) in order to ensure that the work they perform on behalf of the County of Los Angeles conforms to agreed upon contract standards and requirements.
• Promotes established safety practices and proceduresby setting a personal example and communicating departmental rules and procedures and other safety regulations (e.g. CalOSHA) to crew members in order to ensure a safe work environment and compliance with relevant laws and regulations.
• Inspects properties by walking the site and gathering information about the site from maps and other resources and identifying hazards in order to determine the extent of the work to be done to prevent damage and injuries the resources needed to perform the work and to ensure the accuracy of cost estimates.
• Estimates costs associated with clearing weeds brush and rubbish from propertiesby identifying the type of work to be performed determining size of the area to be cleared and determining the materials and other resources required in order to ensure adequate funding for the work to be performed.
• Transports tools materials and work crew members to work sites using a County vehicle (truck or van up to 10000 lbs. by locating the site on a map driving to the site while obeying all traffic laws and parking the County vehicle in an authorized and safe location in order to ensure all required tools materials and personnel are available at the site to perform the work required.
• Performs and oversees the maintenance of hand and power tools and heavy and specialty equipment (e.g. compactors chippers) used in brush and combustible materials abatementby cleaning lubricating sharpening conducting minor repair work etc. in order to ensure the effective and safe operation of tools and materials.
• Performs brush and combustible materials abatement tasksby using hand and power toolsin order to clear properties and demonstrate proper brush and combustible materials abatement methods to subordinate work crew members.
• Communicates orally with supervisor work crew members property owners vendors other agencies etc. by using a twoway radio the telephone or speaking inperson in order to clarify the requirements for the work to be performed discuss logistical and other issues related to the work being performed learn about or share information about problems encountered during the performance of the work etc.
• Prepares written reports (e.g. daily diaries weekly reports monthly reports etc. by hand a personal computer an iPad a camera and word processing software in order to document all work performed required photographs hours worked by self and crew members and costs involved in completing the work etc.

EXAMINATION CONTENT:
This examination will consist of an Evaluation of Experience and Desirable Qualifications based on the application information weighted 100.

CANDIDATES MUST ACHIEVE A PASSING SCORE OF 70 OR HIGHER ON THIS EXAMINATION IN ORDER TO BE PLACED ON THE ELIGIBLE REGISTER.

ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION:
The names of candidates receiving a passing score in the examination will be placed on the eligible register in the order of their score group for a period of twelve 12 months following the date of eligibility. Applications will be processed on an asreceived basis and promulgated to the eligible register accordingly. No person may compete for this examination more than once in a twelve 12 month period.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:

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Employment Eligibility:
Final appointment is contingent upon verification of U.S. citizenship or the right to work in the United States.

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Revised January 2025