JobID 273 : Groundskeeper - FULL TIME $12- $16 HR (#1811669)

 

SUMMARY:  Responsibilities are to install, alter, repair and maintain district grounds and grounds equipment, including planting, fertilizing, pruning, mowing, and general maintenance to ensure safe and attractive district grounds.
 
ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES: Depending upon the individual assignment, the Groundskeeper Assistant may perform all or a combination of the following:

• Maintain district ground, athletic and play fields; weeds, edges, mows, waters, fertilizes and provides a variety of grounds maintenance services
• Performs a variety of horticultural duties; plants a variety of shrubs, trees, and flowers; prunes and fertilizes; applies a variety of insecticides as needed; performs landscaping installations and improvements
• Monitors condition of grounds throughout the district; inspects and corrects a variety of conditions
• Monitors condition of playground equipment for safety; inspects and corrects equipment as necessary
• Maintains and repairs a variety of grounds keeping equipment including mowers, tractors, trucks, trimmers, and hand equipment
• Informs supervisor of needed supplies and replacements; places routine orders; drives to secure materials as required
• Secures area when mowing, spraying or performing other potentially injurious functions to ensure student and staff safety
• Perform other duties as required

 
QUALIFICATIONS:

• Ability to distinguish insecticides and hazardous chemicals
• Ability to operate a variety of grounds maintenance equipment and tools
• Knowledge of grounds repairs and maintenance
• Ability to mow, plant, water, prune and fertilize trees, shrubs, flowing plants and grounds
• Knowledge of safety procedures
• Ability to follow verbal or written instructions
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Skill in identifying and correcting equipment problems
• AZ Driver’s License and evidence of good driving record
  • High School diploma or equivalent
  • Finger Print Clearance Card

 
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• Required to stand, stoop or crouch for prolonged periods
• Occasionally required to move heavy objects weighing more than fifty (50) pounds
• Required to operate power equipment such as mowers and tractors
• Required to take precautions when operating equipment with cutting potential and to avoid exposure to insecticides, and other landscaping chemicals and their fumes
• Required to wear protective gear such as gloves or masks
• Exposed to noise from power equipment
• Grounds maintenance requires working outdoors in inclement weather
• Required to work from ladders or scaffolds
• Required to take precautions to avoid injury when felling trees with chainsaws or other power equipment

 
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The usual and customary methods of performing the job’s functions require the following physical demands:

• Significant lifting, carrying, pushing and/or puling
• Frequent climbing and balancing
• Significant stooping, kneeling, crouching and/or crawling
• Significant fine-finger dexterity