General Operative

1.    Duties

General Operatives are frontline service employees who are involved in the delivery of a wide range of key local authority services in the heart of communities.

A General Operative in a local authority typically performs a variety of duties that support the maintenance, operations, and services provided by local government. These roles can vary depending on the specific area within Fingal County Council but generally, the duties revolve around manual labor, maintenance, customer service, and ensuring that local services run efficiently.

The ideal candidate will be highly motivated, adaptable, flexible, capable of acting on their own initiative and someone with a strong sense of commitment to delivering quality public services.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

·                 Carrying out duties of a general operative nature in the roads, parks, open spaces, cleansing areas.

·                 Assisting in the maintenance and repair of public roads, pavements, and infrastructure. This can include tasks like pothole filling, surface repairs, or maintenance of street markings.

·                  Maintaining parks, playgrounds, cemeteries, and other public areas, including tasks like mowing, planting, litter collection, and general landscaping.

·                  Ensuring that public spaces, including streets and parks, are kept clean, safe, and presentable.

·                  Adhering to health and safety protocols while carrying out duties, including wearing protective clothing (PPE) where required.

·                 Operating equipment, tools and machinery.

·                 Coning and signaling works.

·                 Installing covers and frames.

·                 Assume personal responsibility for own safety at work.

·                 Available to work out-of-hours.

·                 Participate on on-call roster.

·                 Driving duties, if required.

·                 Working collaboratively with other staff.

·                 Dealing effectively and courteously with customers.

Other Duties relevant to the post may be required from time to time.

2.    Qualifications and requirements of the post

CHARACTER

Each candidate must be of good character.

HEALTH

Candidates shall be in a state of health such as would indicate a reasonable prospect of ability to render regular and efficient service.

EDUCATION, TRAINING, EXPERIENCE, ETC.

Each candidate must, on the latest date for receipt of completed application forms:

(a)             Have attained a good standard of general education as will enable him/her to perform satisfactorily the duties of the post.

(b)             Hold a valid, current safe pass card.

(c)             Hold a clean full driving licence

3.    Particulars of Employment

The post is a permanent, wholetime contract.

Wages (Weekly Rate)

€559.80 , €574.86, €612.23, €614.82, €617.40, €619.92, €622.50 €625.06.

€627.68, €630.20, €632.41, €634.97

Holders of the post shall pay to the local authority any fees or other monies (other than their inclusive salary) payable to or received by them by virtue of their post or in respect of any services which they are required by or under any enactment to perform.

HEALTH

For the purpose of satisfying the requirement as to health it will be necessary for successful candidates, before they are employed, to undergo a medical examination by a qualified medical practitioner to be nominated by the Local Authority.

RETIREMENT AGE

The retirement age is 70 years.

Recruitment

A local authority may decide, by reason of the number of persons seeking admission to a competition, to carry out a shortlisting procedure. The number of persons to be invited, in these circumstances, to interview shall be determined by the local authority from time to time, having regard to the likely number of vacancies to be filled.

Selection will be by means of an interview conducted by or on behalf of the local authority. Candidates will be required to pay any expenses incurred by them in attending the interview.

Panels may be formed on the basis of such interviews. Candidates whose names are on a panel and who satisfy the local authority that they possess the qualification declared for the post and that they are otherwise suitable for employment may, within the life of the panel, be employed as appropriate vacancies arise.

The local authority shall require a person to whom employment is offered to take up such employment within a period of not more than 6 weeks and if he or she fails to take up the employment within such period or such longer period as the local authority in its absolute discretion may determine, the local authority shall not employ the person.