School Landscaper

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At Legacy Traditional Schools we do things a special way, in a way that ignites our desire to be the best, illuminates our educators’ best talents, lights up the minds of our students, and fuels our school spirit. We shine the brightest when we raise our hands and rise to the challenge of changing lives through education, cultivating bright curious minds, achieving award-winning results, upholding our values, and engaging positively with our students, parents and communities.

POSITION OVERVIEW

Under general supervision, performs a variety of work in the general maintenance of landscape and grounds; maintain and perform minor repairs to grounds maintenance equipment; performs related duties as assigned.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Maintains the general appearance of exterior landscaping in a quality manner by following daily, weekly, monthly and annual landscape schedules
• Weeds landscaped planting beds; mows and edges lawn areas and fence lines
• Edges and trims around walkways, sidewalks, flower beds and against walls
• Prunes shrubs and trees to shape and improve appearance and growth
• Sprays lawn areas with herbicides to control undesirable weeds as directed
• Maintains all landscape equipment and tools in good working condition and demonstrates proficiency of use (pole saws, chainsaws, lawn mowers, etc.)
• Waters lawn areas using timed and manual irrigation system methods
• Maintains and makes minor repairs to irrigation systems
• Assures exterior play areas and equipment are safe
• Monitors grounds and playground areas and responds to any unsafe situations
• Empties exterior trash cans and picks up exterior trash
• Assists with field preparation for sporting events
• Rakes rock areas to maintain uniform spreading, especi...