Grounds Maintenance Worker Seasonal Forestry

Position: GROUNDS MAINTENANCE WORKER I - (SEASONAL) FORESTRY
GROUNDS MAINTENANCE WORKER I - 6015

GRADE - 101

PAY RANGE - $18.87 - $26.90/hr

GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES:

Performs safety, operational, and maintenance activities within an assigned area of the Parks, Recreation, and Cemetery Department; performs related work as required.

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE CLASS:

The principal function of an employee in this class is to perform safety, operational, and maintenance activities in an assigned area of the Parks, Recreation, and Cemetery Department to ensure a pleasant and safe environment. The work is performed under the supervision and direction of an assigned supervisor, but some leeway is granted for the exercise of independent judgement and initiative.

The nature of the work performed requires that an employee in this class establish and maintain effective working relationships with other City employees, Parks patrons, and the public. The principal duties of this class are performed in both an indoor and outdoor work environment with potential hazards.

EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL WORK:

* Performs light to heavy labor tasks, including shoveling and moving snow, chopping ice, sweeping floors, washing windows, mopping up spills, emptying garbage cans, and hauling the collected waste;

* Plants, waters, fertilizes, cultivates, mows, and rakes grass;

* Trims fence lines and the banks of drainage ditches;

* Assists in removal and cleanup of illegal encampments;

* Collects litter and debris; uses a blower to clear debris from walkways and parking lots;

* Uses hand tools such as picks, shovels, and rakes;

* Operates power equipment, including chain saws, edgers, weed eaters, push and riding mowers, field painters, snow guns, and mechanical ski lifts;

* Maintains assigned work areas in a safe and usable manner and enforces facility and safety rules;

* Inventories assigned areas and informs supervisor of any needed repairs and/or maintenance;

* Cleans, weeds, and mulches flower beds and waters as appropriate;

* Prunes shrubbery as necessary;

* Cleans and paints concession stands, field houses, and related Parks, Recreation, and Cemetery facilities;

* Cleans and stocks supplies in restrooms and locker rooms;

* Tests pool water chemistry;

* Repairs windows, doors, plumbing, and other fixtures;

* Performs manual tasks in the installation of water lines, irrigation systems, fencing, flag poles, benches, and picnic tables;

* Pressure washes sidewalks, stages, and paved areas;

* Constructs and maintains pitchers mounds and related components of athletic fields;

* Loosens, levels, and maintains dirt infields and baselines;

* Prepares playing fields through measuring and applying paint or marble dust;

* Installs and maintains soccer goals, outdoor basketball posts, football goalposts, bleachers, gates, fencing, backstops, and netting;

* Repairs worn areas of playing areas by cultivating, leveling grades, and/or replacing grass;

* Prepares athletic fields for competition by setting out bases or related equipment as needed;

* Monitors and maintains equipment in a safe operating condition and reports all damages to supervisor;

* Checks and maintains air, oil, fuel, spark plugs, mower blades, tires, etc.;

* Cleans equipment and work area;

* Removes grass for replanting over completed graves;

* Digs graves according to specifications;

* Covers open graves with plywood until the ceremony is held and the burial is complete;

* Sets up tents and all related equipment for burials;

* Fills and settles graves and installs markers and vases;

* Monitors facility patrons and enforces safety regulations;

* Performs various cashier assignments, including selling tickets, collecting cash payments, making change for cash transactions, counting money in cash till, and keeping daily account balances of cash received and tickets sold (ice guards only);

* Performs various clerical tasks, including answering phones, providing information to the public, and simple record keeping as required in assigned area;

* Prepares reports such as public attendance reports, incident and accident reports, and minor injury reports as required in assigned area;

* Resolves conflicts, complaints, and public relations issues as required in assigned…