JobID 273 : Groundskeeper - FULL TIME $12- $16 HR (#1811669)
Job | Posted 12 days ago
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
Insights
Compare with State
Amount per Student
$9,828 (USD)
State Average: $8,651 (USD)
% ELL Students
5%
State Average: 6%
Student Teacher Ratio
29.97
State Average: 23.13
% IEP Students
14%
State Average: 12%
FTE
92
State Average: 143