Physical Requirements/Working Conditions
The following selected physical activities are required to perform the essential functions of this position
Physical Requirement
Description
Balancing
Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling and walking, standing, or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces. This factor is important if the amount of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium.
Climbing
Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized. This factor is important if the amount and kind of climbing required exceeds that required for ordinary locomotion.
Crouching
Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
Feeling
Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature, or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
Finger Dexterity
Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.
Grasping
Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
Hearing
Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound.
Lifting
Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles. (Up to 40 lbs.)
Pulling
Using upper extremities to exert force to draw, haul, or tug objects in a sustained motion. (Up to 40 lbs.)
Pushing
Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force to thrust forward, downward, or outward. (Up to 40 lbs.)
Reaching
Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
Seeing
The ability to perceive the nature of objects by the eye.
Walking
Job requirements include, in the performance of duties, walking throughout the work area, on various work surfaces throughout internal or external locations.
Sitting
Particularly for sustained periods of time.
Standing
Particularly for sustained periods of time.
Stooping
Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires full motion of the lower extremities and back muscles.
Talking
Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
List Working Conditions Required:
- Duties are performed mostly outdoors and exposure to adverse conditions.
- Subject to hazards such as cuts, sharp objects, bruises, snake bites, infections, odors, dust, and insects.
- Duties may involve sitting, walking, running, standing, crouching kneeling, and driving a company vehicle.
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Specific required movements including the following:
- Trunk – bend, rotate, push
- Arms – reach, carry, lift, twist, rotate
- Legs – push, pull, twist
- Hands – grasp, bilateral coordination, overall and finger dexterity