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Brewster, NY
a year ago
Full Time
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Laborers Local 60 - Hudson Valley, NY
Laborers Local 60 work above and below ground, from building our roads and bridges, installing and maintain our water, sewer, drainage and natural gas pipelines and building and maintaining our aqueducts, dams and water treatment plants
Laborers Local 60 is offering applications starting MONDAY MAY 1. The recruitment period lasts from May 1 - May 14, and applications can be obtained in person at the Laborers Local 60 Apprentice and Training Fund, 50 Prospect Hill Road, Brewster NY 10509, from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. Only 100 applications will be available - so first come first serve.
Infrastructure Development:
Their members are skilled and experienced in all aspects of infrastructure development, both above and below ground.
Specific Projects:
They work on heavy construction, building, repairing, and maintaining bridges, highways, parkways, roads, and city streets.
Utility Work:
They are involved in installing and maintaining water, sewer, drainage, and natural gas pipelines, as well as aqueducts, dams, and water treatment plants.
Other Projects:
They also work on mass transit projects, fabrication, construction of tunnels, shafts, aqueducts, dams, and reservoirs, and in confined spaces.
Hazardous Materials:
They handle asbestos, toxic waste, lead, and chemical abatement.
Requirements
Applications can be obtained at the Laborers Local 60 Apprentice and Training Fund, 50 Prospect Hill Road, Brewster NY 10509, from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., Monday through Friday from May 1 - May 14, 2026
This is a limited application recruitment. Only 100 applications will be distributed, on a first-come, first-serve basis. The recruitment will be offered for 10 business days or until 100 applications have been issued, whichever comes first.
The Committee requires that applicants:
- Must be at least 18 years old.
- Must have a high school diploma or high school diploma equivalency. Proof of education (e.g. transcript, diploma, GED/TASC) required at time of submitting application.
- Must have reliable means of transportation to and from various job sites and required classes at the approved school.
- Must pass a drug test, at the expense of the sponsor, after selection and prior to enrollment in apprenticeship.
- Must be physically able to perform the work of a Skilled Construction Craft Laborer, as determined by a physical agility test and a signed affidavit, which includes:
- Working continually on feet throughout the workday to operate equipment.
- Lifting and carrying objects and operating equipment weighing up to 80 lbs. for extended periods of time.
- Having the ability to distinguish color-coded materials and supplies.
- Working in extreme weather conditions and temperatures for extended periods of time.
- Working in restricted or confined spaces.
- Working off of scaffolds or platforms at heights of 20 feet or more.
- Working in ditches and trenches up to 20 feet deep.
- Working near moving traffic.
- To pass the physical agility test, applicants must be able to (a) dig a two square foot by one foot deep hole with a shovel; (b) fill 10 sand bags with gravel and then carry each one 50 feet; (c) break concrete/rock with a 60 pound pavement breaker for 15 minutes with no breaks; (d) load with a shovel ½ cubic yard of material into a wheelbarrow, wheel 50 feet and deposit the material; (e) carry six scaffold planks, one at a time, 50 feet and place them on a scaffold; (f) carry 10 concrete blocks, one/two at a time, 50 feet and stack them; (g) carry six concrete forms, one/two at a time, 50 feet and stack them.
Additional Information
Laborers' International Union of North America