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A Full-Time Parks Technician in the Open Spaces Stream will mainly be responsible for duties associated to the maintenance of the open spaces throughout the City.
Responsibilities include:
- Cemetery operations
- Maintenance of outdoor recreation facilities
- Integrated pest management (mosquito control, weed/insect/pest control)
- Maintenance of trails and pathways
- Maintenance of equipment
- Grass cutting
- Garbage Pickup
Other responsibilities include assisting in the other various streams in the Parks Division with duties such as:
- Participation in the beautification program
- Snow removal
- Arena operations
- Maintenance of urban forest
- Participation in all required training
- Completion of all required paper work
- All other work assigned by a supervisor as needed
Qualifications, Experience and Skills:
- Certification or experience in backhoe operation
- Experience and knowledge of equipment operation ( tractor , mowers, skidsteer,snow blowers)
- Certification or must be able to obtain a pesticide/landscape application licence
- Experience handling customer queries and concerns
- Effective problem solving and communication skills
- Related parks and/or sports field experience
- Ability to work with minimal supervision.
- Possess and maintain a valid Saskatchewan class 5 drivers license
- Possess and maintain RCMP security clearance
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Document use
- Numeracy
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Computer use
- Continuous learning
- Significant use of memory