Grounds​/General Maintenance

Grounds Maintenance Position

Maintains grounds of school property by performing the duties outlined below.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty mentioned satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Minimum requirement; general educational background without high school completion, plus 0 to 6 months related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Ability to read and understand documents such as policy manuals, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals;
Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.

Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide numbers. Ability to perform these mathematical skills using money and other forms of measurement.

Ability to use common sense understanding to carry out simple multi-step instructions. Ability to deal with standardized situations with limited variables.

Under general supervision where standard practice enables the employee to proceed alone on routine work, referring all questionable cases to the supervisor.

Limited responsibility for specific assignments in planning time, method, manner, and/or sequence of performance of own work operations.

Performs work operations which permit infrequent opportunity for decision-making of minor importance and which would only affect the operating efficiency of the individual involved to a slight degree.

Light mental demand. Operations requiring intermittent directed thinking to carry out predetermined procedure or sequence of operations of limited variability. Operations requiring intermittent attention to control machines or manual motions.

Repetitive. Activities or duties using a pre-determined set of processes or directions coupled with nearby supervision. Learned things in situations where choice is simple or patterned.

Occasionally responsible for the organization's and/or associated organization's property where carelessness or error would result in only minor damage or minor monetary loss. Ordinary care and attention are required when handling this property to prevent loss.

Probable errors of internal scope should ordinarily be detected within the department or office in which they occur but may affect the work of others within the unit, requiring additional expenditure of time to trace errors and make all necessary corrections. Errors would require a moderate amount of time to correct.

Defined. Semi-repetitive prescribed processes and procedures with nearby supervision.

None. Job does not create any dollar monetary impact for the organization.

Minimal impact. Job has little or no impact on the organization's results. Job is focused on non-decision making activities or inconsequential duties.

Occasional routine contacts with persons outside the organization. This would include contacts with suppliers, mail service, etc.

Contacts of little importance and usually with immediate associates only. It requires only ordinary courtesy to avoid friction in relationships incidental to…