General Labourer

Important messages

This process involves a security interview and background investigation covering a minimum of your last 5 years of history including credit and financial verification. A criminal record check will be completed. Substance abuse is a factor that will be assessed.

Duties

• Assists various trades persons on work orders and projects
• Operates and maintains a variety of hand and power tools, including specialized equipment and motorized vehicles
• Provides physical labour at work sites
• Assists with site inspections and material estimates

Work environment

As an employer of choice for over 26,000 men and women, the RCMP promises a career like no other. With over 130 years of tradition and service, the RCMP is Canada’s national police service. Proud of our traditions and confident in meeting future challenges, we commit to preserve the peace, uphold the law and provide quality service in partnership with our communities.

Intent of the process

Position Tenure: Permanent, Full Time
Schedule: Monday – Friday, 7:00 am – 4:00 pm

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

You must meet all essential qualifications in order to be appointed to the position. Other qualifications may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed. Some essential and other qualifications will be assessed through your application. It is your responsibility to provide appropriate examples that illustrate how you meet each qualification. Failing to do so could result in your application being rejected.

In order to be considered, your application must clearly explain how you meet the following (essential qualifications)

Experience working in a construction related environment

Experience using power tools

Experience working with basic computer applications such as Internet or email or word processing software

If you possess any of the following, your application must also clearly explain how you meet it (other qualifications)

Experience providing general labour or building maintenance services within an institutional setting

Experience working with or apprenticing in any of the journeyman trades

The following will be applied / assessed at a later date (essential for the job)

English essential

Information on language requirements

Knowledge of building maintenance safety procedures related to labour experience

Oral communication

Prioritizing

Working effectively with others

Thinking things through

Dependability

Initiative

Ability to lift and move objects, materials and equipment in a safe and proper manner

The following may be applied / assessed at a later date (may be needed for the job)

In support of achieving a diversified workforce, consideration will be given to candidates self-identifying to the following employment equity group: aboriginal peoples

Willing and able to wear required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), in accordance with safety rules

Willing and able to lift and carry objects (maximum of 25 kilograms/55 pounds)

Willing and able to work overtime, evenings and/or weekends

Willing and able to be available to be on standby, to work shift work, and to work overtime on short notice

Willing and able to work in varying weather conditions, including work performed outside

Willing and able to travel via commercial or government transportation services when required

Willing and able to work in uncomfortable positions and spaces, stand and walk for prolonged periods of time, and to work in high places, such as ladders, scaffolds and/or lift trucks

Willing and able to successfully complete the following required training; Hydrogen Sulphide (H2S) training, Fall Arrest training, Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) training, Confined Space Entry training, First Aid training, Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and/or Automated external defibrillator (AED) training.

Conditions of employment

Security Clearance: Royal Canadian Mounted Police Reliability Status

Possession of a valid Canadian Drivers' License equivalent to a Saskatchewan Class 5 Driver's License

Other information

1. A random and/or top down selection of candidates may be used in the determination of those to be given further consideration in the assessment process.

2. Communication for this process will be sent via email. It is the responsibility of the candidate to ensure accurate contact information is provided and updated as required. Candidates who apply to this selection process should include an email address that accepts email from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email).

3. All communication relating to this process, including email correspondence, may be used in the assessment of qualifications.

4. If you have been recently assessed on the same qualification for another position in the RCMP in Saskatchewan, that previous assessment may be used in this process.

5. Please note that if you apply on other processes with the RCMP in Saskatchewan, part and/or all of this assessment may be used for the assessment of the same qualifications.

6. Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice. Applicants are asked to indicate their preferred official language in their application.

7. Candidates must meet the essential qualifications to be appointed to a position.

8. Depending on the requirements of the position(s) being staffed from this process, for current or future vacancies, any or all of the asset qualifications, operational requirements, and organizational needs may be applied at the time of staffing. Candidates may be contacted and assessed against these criteria at any time during this process.

9. Candidates from outside the federal public service may be required to pay for all assessment, travel and relocation expenses.

10. The successful candidate will be required to provide original documentation of proof of Canadian Citizenship prior to appointment. Other candidates may also be asked to provide this documentation at various stages in the selection process. The following documents will be accepted as proof: Provincial or territorial birth certificate; Naturalization certificates (issued prior to Jan. 1, 1947); Registration of Birth Abroad certificates (issued between Jan. 1, 1947 and Feb. 14, 1977); Certificates of Retention; Citizenship certificates.

11. This process involves a security interview and background investigation covering a minimum of your last 5 years of history including credit and financial verification. A criminal record check will be completed. Substance abuse is a factor that will be assessed.

12. Applications will be accepted online only. Please apply online at www.canada.ca/government-jobs. If you have a disability that prevents you from applying on-line, please fax your application to 306-780-6690 (including an explanation).

13. Benefits of applying on line: Applicants can create a profile and a resume that can be used when applying for other processes without having to recreate a new application each time. Applicants can modify their application/resume at any time before the closing date indicated on the job advertisement. Applicants can verify the status of their applications at any time. Applicants will find important information, namely the job questionnaire and a complete statement of merit criteria that are only available when applying on-line.

14. A variety of assessment tools may be used.

15. Candidates will be required to submit a copy of his/her certification documentation. Candidates with foreign credentials must provide proof of Canadian equivalency. Consult the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials for further information at http://www.cicic.ca/.

16. Testing/interviews will be conducted at the location of the employer's choice

17. Achieving a representative workforce has been identified as an organizational need in the merit criteria, and may be applied in this appointment process. If this criterion is used, only those who have indicated that they are a member of the designated group specified in the merit criteria will be considered.

18. Must be willing and able to relocate to Regina, Saskatchewan.

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled, diverse workforce reflective of Canadian society. As a result, it promotes employment equity and encourages candidates to indicate voluntarily on their application if they are a woman, an Aboriginal person, a person with a disability or a member of a visible minority group.

The Public Service of Canada is also committed to developing inclusive, barrier-free selection processes and work environments. If contacted in relation to a job opportunity or testing, you should advise the Public Service Commission or the departmental official in a timely fashion of the accommodation measures which must be taken to enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner. Information received relating to accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.

Preference

Preference will be given to veterans and to Canadian citizens, in that order.

Information on the preference to veterans

We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.