Groundskeeper

Reports To

Superintendent and Facilities Director

Job Goal

Daily upkeep of all Ballard County School Grounds and light maintenance

Performance

Resposibilities

1. Daily upkeep of grounds include; Preschool, Middle, Vocational, High, Central Office, Bus

Garage,Maintenance Building, Family Resource Center.

2. Mowing and trash pick-up at and around the football field during football season.

3. Nature trail acreage and all other open grounds on the campus premises.

4. This job will include the services necessary to keep the grounds in a professional and well

maintained appearance.

5. These services will include but not be limited to; bush hogging, topsoil replacement, gravel

lot dressings, topsoil replacement, finish mowing, tree/shrub trimming/brush removal/disposal

herbicide application, asphalt and concrete sweeping/cleaning.

6. Trash shall be removed from the high school cafeteria and disposed of in the dumpsters daily.

7. The groundskeeper must assist the Facilities Director with the football field maintenance

program, including but not limited to aerating, scheduling hebicidal and fertilizer applications

and setting irrigation schedules.

8. The proper use of riding mowers, tractors, forklifts, sprayer units, trimmers, hedgers, chainsaws

and all other equipment associated with groundskeeping is required.

9. During the mowing off-season the groundskeeper shall assist maintenance with light-duty work

and material/janitorial supply deliveries and assist with snow removal and salt spreading during

inclement weather.

10. All upkeep and repairs to equipment used in the performance of the job are the responsibility of

the groundskeeper.

11. The groundskeeper shall be responsible for performing othere duties as directed by the Facilities

Director.