Part-Time Groundskeeper

Job Title

To provide students with a safe, attractive, comfortable and clean place in which to learn, play and develop.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

1. Assists in keeping school grounds, including sidewalks, steps, driveways, and play areas neat and clean at all times.

2. Performs such yard keeping chores as grass cutting, trimming, and the like, as necessary, to maintain the school grounds in a safe and attractive condition.

3. Reports immediately to the principal or his designee any damage to school property.

4. Conducts an ongoing program of general maintenance, upkeep, and repair of school equipment including mowers, trimmers, weed eaters.

5. Performs such other tasks and assumes other responsibilities as the principal or his designee may from time to time assign.

6. Other duties may be assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty 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.

Education and/or Experience

High school diploma or general education degree (GED); and one to three months related experience and/or training.

Language Skills

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, extreme cold, and extreme heat. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Evaluation

Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board's policy on Evaluation of Support Personnel.

Terms of Employment

Salary and work year established by the Board.