Park Ranger Trainee EXH

Salary: $23.88 - $28.35

Are you passionate about the outdoors and providing excellent customer service? The County of Santa Barbara Community Services-Parks Department is hiring seasonal (extra-help) Park Ranger Trainees to perform varied grounds/parks duties. Current vacancies are in Santa Barbara, Santa Maria, Lake Cachuma and Jalama Beach (Lompoc). This recruitment will also be used to fill future extra-help vacancies. Please mark on the application all the locations where you are willing to accept work.

Under immediate supervision, learns to perform groundskeeping and facilities maintenance at parks; interacts with the public providing exceptional customer service; and performs related duties as required. Scheduled working hours are dependent upon business needs, and will include weekends, holidays, swing, and possibly night shifts. Don’t miss this opportunity to be part of a team that helps maintain and enhance our local parks for the community to enjoy.

Park Ranger Trainee is part of a flexibly staffed series, which includes Park Ranger Trainee/I/II. Park Ranger Trainee is the entry-level class in this series. Park Ranger Trainee incumbents receive instruction in groundskeeping, facilities maintenance, and customer service and may progress to Park Ranger I extra-help after working 1,040 hours, completing the necessary training, and demonstrating satisfactory performance.

These are Civil Service Rule (CSR) 905 Extra Help Appointments. An extra-help appointment is defined as an appointment made to a non-regular, non-permanent position established on a temporary basis to meet peak loads, unusual work situations, seasonal and recurrent work, intermittent assignments, or emergencies.

• Ability to perform grounds keeping
• Ability to perform facilities maintenance at parks
• Ability to interact with the public
• Exceptional customer service
• Basic cash handling skills
• Basic computer skills including Microsoft Word and Outlook

• Learns to check visitors into parks, collects fees, issues permits and assigns use areas using basic computer software like Microsoft Office and reservation systems; and provides information to visitors regarding park services, features, and fees.
• Learns and performs groundskeeping and semi-skilled maintenance duties; mows, weeds, waters, edges; renovates and fertilizes lawns; prunes; and collects and removes brush, leaves and other debris.
• Picks up litter; collects trash; cleans walkways, cabins, yurts, restrooms, chemical toilets and other park facilities.
• Operates and performs routine servicing on a variety of hand tools, power tools and light equipment including weed whips, backpack blowers, riding and push mowers; learns semi-skilled maintenance work such as repairing faucets, replacing sprinkler heads, painting, fixing picnic benches, unclogging drains.
• Performs related duties as assigned.

Any combination of training, education and experience that would provide the required knowledge and abilities.

Possession of a valid California Class C Driver’s License at time of appointment.

Learn the use and routine servicing of hand tools, power tools and light equipment used in groundskeeping; learn the basic materials and methods used in groundskeeping and cleaning; understand and follow simple oral and written instructions; deal tactfully and effectively with the public; work effectively with and provide service to a variety people from different backgrounds; learn and apply diversity, equity, and inclusion principles;

learn, understand and convey park rules and regulations; add, subtract and multiply dollar amounts and whole numbers; learn methods used in receiving, accurately recording and safeguarding money; and learn and use basic computer software.

• Review applications and supplemental questionnaire to determine those applicants who meet the employment standards. Candidates that meet the employment standard will have their applications sent to the hiring department for review.

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