
Skilled Trades Helper
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The Skilled Trades Helper maintains buildings and equipment at Arkansas State University. The role performs skilled and semi-skilled maintenance tasks with assistance from a Skilled Tradesman, including work involving carpentry, plumbing, electrical fixtures, power tools, and refrigeration units. It also supports maintenance planning, reports repair needs, and maintains equipment and purchasing records.
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Full job description
This job was posted by https://www.arjoblink.arkansas.gov : For more information, please see: https://www.arjoblink.arkansas.gov/jobs/4880067 ::: section ::: {tabindex="0"} Position Summary: The Skilled Trades Helper is responsible for maintaining buildings, and equipment. This position is governed by state and federal laws and agency/institution policy. ::: ::: ::: section ::: {tabindex="0"} Duties & Responsibilities: - Develops maintenance schedules for facilities and equipment and participates in overall planning by providing information and advice concerning equipment status, maintenance replacement, or purchasing needs. - Performs skilled and semi-skilled tasks, with the assistance of a Skilled Tradesman, including building wooden structures, replacing faulty plumbing fixtures, repairing broken pipes, replacing electrical fixtures and receptacles, operating power tools, and servicing refrigeration units. - Reports maintenance and repairs needed in maintaining facilities. - Maintains records and prepares reports including equipment history, and materials purchased. - Needs to be able to perform some tasks while working alone. - Other duties as assigned. ::: ::: ::: section ::: {tabindex="0"} Knowledge/Skills/Abilities: Knowledge of basic carpentry, electrical systems, plumbing, painting, and heating and air conditioning, and the operation, maintenance, and safety requirements of motorized vehicles and equipment\ \ Ability to operate and perform routine maintenance and minor repairs on equipment, perform routine building and grounds maintenance work, and operate and maintain electrical tools and machinery ::: ::: ::: section ::: {tabindex="0"} General Days/Hours: Monday - Friday\ 7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.\ Additional hours as requested and/or needed\ Regular and reliable attendance ::: ::: ::: section ::: {tabindex="0"} Other: Please note: all position postings close at 12:00 A.M. CST on the position closing date\ \ This position is considered Essential Personnel in Facilities Management\ \ Preferred to possess a valid Driver's License ::: ::: ::: section ::: {tabindex="0"} Minimum Qualifications: The formal education equivalent of a High School Diploma\ \ One (1) year of experience or training in the building construction trades, general building maintenance, or in the repair or maintenance of mechanical equipment ::: :::
How this job compares
Set against the 14,817 open Maintenance jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$70–95K/yr651 salary ranges
- Arkansas median$18–24/hr52 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 186 open Maintenance jobs in Arkansas and 14,817 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Arkansas
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Maintenance postings that state a minimum ask for (median 3 years, across 2,895 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 2,911 of the 14,817 open Maintenance jobs (20%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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