Job Details

YOU MUST BE 55 YEARS AND OLDER SEEKING A SKILLED TRADES POSITION

YOU MUST MEET OUR PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

• Age 55 or older
• Resident of Detroit with proof of residence
• Meet Federal Poverty Income Guidelines, with proof of income
• Must be unemployed and seeking full-time employment
• High School or GED Equivalent Required

Job Description

Performs semiskilled and unskilled manual tasks related to the maintenance and repair of buildings and grounds, equipment, and appliances.  Work assignments may be assisting any of the mechanical building trades:

• Follows instructions of journeyman's maintenance technicians instructions
• Practices, processes, and use of materials used in building and machinery maintenance, and construction
• Apply practices common to building, maintenance, and construction
• Perform semi-skilled tasks involved in assisting a journey-level worker in the various trades
• Learn various testing methods of industrial maintenance
• Learn general and specialized software applications
• Makes minor repairs to and installs equipment or small as directed
• Safely operates common hand and machine tools in installation
• Other responsibilities to be discussed during interview