Seasonal Grounds Worker

Seasonal Grounds Worker

The job of Seasonal Grounds Worker is done for the purpose of providing grounds maintenance services at assigned site ensuring attractive and safe grounds areas and athletic fields performing a variety of grounds maintenance operations and maintaining grounds.

This job reports to Supervisor-Landscape & Support Services (JC655)

Essential Functions

• Applies fertilizer for the purpose of preserving the grounds in a healthy and safe condition.
• Attends unit meetings in-service training workshops etc for the purpose of gathering information required to perform job functions.
• Cleans landscaped areas and related items (e.g. storm drains fields parking lots litter etc) for the purpose of preserving the grounds in a healthy and safe condition.
• Loads and unloads equipment materials or furniture for the purpose of completing moving requests.
• Maintains and makes minor repairs on lawnmowers tractors and other equipment for the purpose of ensuring that tools and equipment are in safe operating condition.
• Maintains and improves landscaping (e.g. mow/trim lawns rake leaves pick up trash plant/prune trees/hedges weeding etc) for the purpose of preserving grounds in a healthy attractive and safe condition.
• Operates equipment (e.g. trucks tractors chippers edger's saw blowers mowers etc) for the purpose of maintaining District grounds and buildings.
• Plants a variety of landscaping materials (e.g. lawns shrubbery flowers etc) for the purpose of keeping the grounds attractive and protecting against erosion.
• Requests materials supplies equipment andor support personnel for the purpose of completing assignments in a timely manner.
• Transports a variety of tools equipment supplies etc for the purpose of ensuring the availability of materials required at job site.

Other Functions

• Performs other related duties as assigned for the purpose of ensuring the efficient and effective functioning of the work unit.