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Definition: The employee in this class is responsible for operating light construction and grounds maintenance equipment, various riding mowers, hand tools and grounds maintenance, structure and facility maintenance and other manual labor as necessary. Mows grass and weeds, trim trees and brush, remove debris, cleans facilities, removes trash, maintain equipment and observe safety procedures.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Performs ground maintenance tasks: mow, edge, trim grass areas; plant, mulch, stake, trim trees and shrubs
cut, roll, lay and water sod, install, clean out and repair culverts and drop inlets; pick-up, load and secure debris and trash; operate and maintain tractors and various equipment, commercial riding mowers, trimmers, edgers, aerators, seeders, spreaders.
Performs park improvement tasks: repairs, assembles, and installs picnic tables, grills, play structures, trash can holders, fencing, barriers, signs, cleans restrooms, empty trash, and gates.
chain saws, outboard motors, power seeders, aerators, posthole augers, edgers, and trimmers.
Environmental Demands
Work is performed entirely outdoors with exposure to all elements: i.e., insects,
hot temperatures, rain, wind & dust.
Physical Demands
Must be able to communicate effectively and receive instructions by verbal communications from supervisor or by telephone or 2-way radio.
All employees must have reliable source of transportation
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Continuous learning
Transportation/Travel Information
- Own transportation
Specific Skills
- Weed, prune and trim trees and plants
- Remove litter and garbage
- Plant bulbs, flowers, shrubs and trees
- Cut grass
- Cart and spread topsoil and other materials
- Rake/ collect refuse
- Water lawns/gardens
Work Setting
- Golf course
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Work Site Environment
- Outdoors