General Trades Worker (37.5 Hour)
Recruitment #260602-0382TC-001

Location
Hartford, CT

Date Opened
6/2/2026 1:15:00 PM
Salary
$52,956 - $68,982/year
Job Type
Open to the Public
Close Date
6/12/2026 11:59:00 PM
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Introduction

The State of Connecticut, Department of Administrative Services (DAS), is accepting applications for a General Trades Worker in Hartford, CT.

WHAT WE OFFER
Our State Employee Benefits Overview page!
Professional growth and development opportunities.
A healthy work/life balance to all employees.
POSITION HIGHLIGHTS
Full time, 37.5 hours per week
Monday through Friday schedule
First shift, 7 am -3 pm
Located in Hartford, CT
Incumbents must be willing to accept assignment to emergency duties, including snow and ice removal, whenever their services are needed. Various storm events will require employees to stay at work for the duration of the storm, which at times could be up to a period of several days including holidays and weekends.

THE ROLE
Typical duties of the General Trades Worker could involve painting, building/framing/sheet rocking new walls, mowing, snow/ice removal, providing AV and podium support for press conferences, light HVAC, plumbing repairs, maintenance repair, building and disassembly of modular furniture, etc.

Other responsibilities include:
Projects may include reconfiguring rooms into offices, building a storage closet, providing property management services to several State facilities, troubleshooting maintenance problems, (frozen, leaky pipes), repairing broken windows due to vandalism and storms, and some restoration to historic buildings (repairs to shutters, porch, out buildings, etc.)
Collaborate with property managers, liaisons and many State agencies mostly located within Hartford county, including the Constitutional Officers, Governor and Lieutenant Governor offices and State Police. Work on occasion with our DOC community detail (correctional officer and inmates).
Direct report to DAS bldg. Maintenance Supervisor.
The successful candidate will have experience in carpentry, painting, landscaping, snow and ice removal, HVAC, light electrical, and roofing.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - GENERAL EXPERIENCE
Four (4) years of experience in one or more trade areas.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SPECIAL EXPERIENCE
Two (2) years of the General Experience must have been performing skilled trade functions in one or more trade areas.

NOTE: For state employees this experience is interpreted at the level of a Skilled Maintainer or Transportation Maintainer 2. Housekeeping, custodial, and food services duties will not be considered as qualifying experience.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SUBSTITUTIONS ALLOWED
Graduation from a vocational or technical school with a diploma designating completion of subject requirements in a maintenance trade area may be substituted for two (2) years of the General Experience.
At the University of Connecticut Internship Training Program:  Possession of 4,000 registered on-the-job training (OJT) apprenticeship program hours, recognized by the Department of Labor’s Office of Apprenticeship, along with related instruction hours in the respective maintenance trade area may be substituted for the General Experience for licensed trades (Electrical, Plumbing, HVACR) only.
At other state agencies: Two (2) years of experience as a Qualified Craft Worker Trainee may be substituted for the General and Special Experience.