Maintenance Worker - Landscape Vegetation Management

Description

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Performs intermediate semiskilled work maintaining vegetation in parks and on city properties, and related work as apparent or assigned. Work is performed under the supervision of the Crew Coordinator. Qualification Requirements To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Examples of Duties ----------------------

• Mixes and applies herbicides; removes weeds from parks, right of ways, and around city buildings.
• Prunes bushes, vines, and trees; plants flowers and other vegetation.
• Collects and removes leaves from parks and other city property; collects and removes other landscape debris from paths and sidewalks.
• Loads mulch into vehicles; places mulch around trees in parks and on city property; plants and waters trees.
• Maintains athletic fields; lays sod, fertilizes, seeds, and applies insect repellant to assigned areas.
• Maintains equipment; makes minor repairs to equipment as necessary.
• Performs emergency maintenance duties after severe weather including snow removal.
• Assists with traffic control measures.

Typical Qualifications

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Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Thorough knowledge of related industry, organization, and department policies, practices, and procedures; thorough knowledge of related industry organization, and departmental legal guides, recommendations, best practices, ordinances, and laws; comprehensive knowledge of various landscape maintenance equipment; general knowledge of work orders; general knowledge of city geography; some knowledge of standard office software; ability to make arithmetic computations using whole numbers, fractions or decimals; ability to compute rates, ratio...