Labourer

Position: Labourer

Purpose: Your role is to support the trade team to be as productive as possible.

Reports to: Production Leaders occasionally directly to Senior Fabricators

Direct Reports: None

Works closely with: Trade staff

Key Accountabilities:

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   Safety and Wellbeing

Safety and wellbeing come first at Longveld with health being a fundamental part of wellbeing. It is of paramount importance that we provide a healthy and safe workplace and that our people work in a safe manner not putting themselves or others at risk in any activities carried out on the organisations behalf. However we recognise the wider benefits of wellbeing to our team and encourage you to participate in Longvelds wellbeing programmes where relevant for you.

As an individual you have a responsibility to:

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  take reasonable care for your own health and safety.
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  take reasonable care that your acts or omissions do not adversely affect the health and safety of others.
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  comply as far as you are reasonably able with any reasonable instruction given to you to allow Longveld to comply with health and safety legal requirements.
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  co-operate with any reasonable policy or procedure relating to health or safety in the workplace that has been notified to you.
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  contribute to continuous improvement by raising issues and ideas and participating in system development implementation monitoring and review either directly or through representatives or managers.
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  report any hazards incidents injuries or defects observed.
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  not interfere with the scene of a notifiable event unless it is necessary to prevent further suffering minimise property damage or maintain access to essential services.

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   Trade Requirements

Longvelds workshop environment is considered a safety sensitive area due to the risks inherent in trade activities. As a member of the trade team you must follow all Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and only carry out the listed trade activities where required once you have been assessed as suitably trained by your supervisor.

• assist trade staff.
• wash Fonterra trucks and FHTs.
• assemble and install sheet metal parts equipment and products.
• understand and carry out polishing procedures
• keep workshops and yard clean of rubbish ensuring rubbish bins are emptied on a regular basis.
• drive work vehicles to complete general pickups in support of stores.
• carry out confined space work.
• operate cranes.
• drive forklift.
• carry out quality processes and checks.

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  assess and plan work according to timeframes.
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  complete job and stock control paperwork and processes for jobs.

• keep rework and waste to a minimum.

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  ensure personal tools are maintained and kept in good working order.

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   General

This job description exists to give you clarity about your role at Longveld however isnt exhaustive and from time to time you may be asked to apply your skills and talents to a task not described here that assists the wider team to achieve our purpose.

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   Behaviour

This is the way we do things around here so we can all enjoy a positive and supportive working environment.

We demonstrate the Longveld values the things that guide our decision-making which are:

Courage: We work through uncertainty explore the unknown do the right thing even when it is the hardest thing.

Wholeheartedness: We are authentic not perfect we bring all of ourselves to work.

Appreciation: We recognise and enjoy the good qualities of someone or something we celebrate the team.

We:

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  take pride in what we do.
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  show appreciation for the good work of others.
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  add positive energy to conversations.
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  share the load.
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  own our mistakes.
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  share our knowledge and learn new things.
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  look for ways to do things better.
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  ask before we borrow look after gear and return things to their owner.
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  clean up after ourselves.
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  speak up when something isnt right.
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  make the effort to get to know each other and have fun together.

Desired Skills and Experience:

• no prerequisite experience required but a demonstrable interest in and aptitude for engineering
• able to work productively accurately and independently

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  able to learn new things quickly
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  has cross functional skills
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  uses initiative for problem solving