About this role
Job title: Blacksmith’s Helper
Job Description
Major Responsibilities
- Under direct supervision, assist Blacksmiths in doing general blacksmith work.
- Look after and attend a forge.
- Wield a sledge or ball peen hammer and handle tongs.
- Look after tools such as tongs, hammers and swedges.
- Place and heat pieces to be worked.
- Assist in the forging and shaping, manually or by power hammer, of angle irons, bridle irons, tools, automobile parts or other similar pieces of equipment.
- Assist in the repair of iron parts of trucks, automobiles, carts, sweepers, enclosures and other equipment.
Work
Location
Brooklyn
Qualifications
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Qualification Requirements
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- Three (3) years of satisfactory, recent, full time paid experience as a Blacksmith's Helper; or
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- A satisfactory equivalent.
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This position requires extraordinary physical effort.
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Additional Information
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The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.