Grounds Maintenance Worker - Park Maintenance

Work Type

Part-time/Seasonal

Nature of Work

This work involves maintaining public park grounds and facilities, abandoned private properties, and city rights of way. It involves mowing grass and weeds and picking up trash and litter. It also involves operating and maintaining equipment and hand tools and it requires heavy lifting and sustained physical effort.

Education and Experience

(The knowledge, skills, and abilities above may be acquired through, but are not limited to, the following combination of education and/or experience.)

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

* Knowledge of the operation of tractors, trucks and other grounds maintenance equipment * Knowledge of the safety requirements associated with the operation of tractors, trucks and grounds maintenance equipment * Some knowledge of the maintenance of the maintenance and repair of motorized equipment * Skill in the operation of a tractor and associated attachments and implements * Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions Ability to communicate effectively with associates, subordinates and the general public Essential Functions: (Any one position may not perform all of the duties listed, nor do the listed examples include all of the duties that may be performed in positions allocated to this classification.)

• Mows, trims, reseeds, landscapes, and cleans public park grounds, facilities, and city rights of way
• Waters grounds using automatic sprinklers and hand watering equipment and repairs sprinkler heads
• Applies chemicals and spreads fertilizer
• Lays sod and prunes tree branches
• Mows grass and removes weeds, downed trees, limbs, branches, and debris from parks and abandoned private properties
• Paints and repairs park recreational equipment
• Operates farm type tractors and all attachments
• Operates pickup trucks, single axle trucks, and other maintenance vehicles with gross vehicle weights of less than 26,000 pounds
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