Substitute Grounds Maintenance Technician - Facilities Planning, Maintenance and Transportation

Job Title

Substitute Grounds Maintenance Technician - Facilities Planning, Maintenance and Transportation - Central Services / Modesto Junior College

Yosemite Community College District / Central Services

Range 25 – $23.33 per hour (2024‑2024 Classified Salary Schedule)

Substitute Short‑Term Grounds Maintenance Technician may be called on short notice (same day) to fill in any shifts at any YCCD work‑site, including MJC‑East and MJC‑West.

Monday – Friday: 5:00 am – 1:30 pm. Up to 12 months per year (may include some weekends and evenings).

Appointments are hired at the first step of the range. The second step is paid after the first year of satisfactory service with subsequent steps annually thereafter to a maximum sixth step.

This work assignment is not eligible for District benefits. Workers’ Compensation is a covered benefit.

Under general supervision, performs a wide range of grounds maintenance and related duties including mowing, sweeping, trenching, planting, weeding, irrigating, and pruning; installs and maintains irrigation systems; applies herbicides and pesticides; operates a variety of light and heavy‑duty grounds maintenance equipment; and performs related work as assigned.

Distinguishing Characteristics:
This is the full working‑level class of the Grounds Maintenance Series within the Yosemite Community College District (YCCD). Incumbents in this class perform journey‑level grounds maintenance, gardening and related duties to ensure that landscaped and naturalized areas are both attractive and functional.

Supervision Received and Exercised:
Incumbents in this class work under the general supervision of a manager, working alone on routine or regular work assignments and checking with the supervisor on non‑routine assignments or when in doubt. Incumbents do not directly or indirectly lead or supervise other full‑time employees.

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

• Operation, use, and maintenance of light and heavy grounds maintenance equipment.
• Methods, procedures, materials, and tools commonly utilized in grounds maintenance and gardening work.
• Sprinkling and irrigation systems.
• Operations, services and activities of a ground’s maintenance program.
• Principles and practices of horticultural maintenance and turf management.
• Operational characteristics of grounds maintenance equipment and tools.
• Occupational hazards and standard safety practices.
• Pertinent Federal, State and local codes, laws and regulations.

• Skillfully and safely operate and maintain large grounds equipment and use a variety of grounds maintenance and gardening tools.
• Perform heavy manual work functions pertaining to grounds maintenance, equipment operation, and gardening work.
• Understand and carry out oral and written directions.
• Perform a variety of grounds maintenance work.
• Perform heavy manual labor.
• Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.

Any combination of education, experience and/or training that would likely provide the above‑required knowledge, skills and abilities is qualifying.

• Education:
  
  Possession of a High School diploma or GED.
• Experience:
  
  Two years performing grounds maintenance duties that required the operation of large grounds equipment, tree trimming and repair, and the repair/maintenance of irrigation systems.

• None

• Performs a variety of grounds keeping and maintenance duties involving a wide range of campus facilities.
• Mows large fields; edges and trims grass areas as needed; applies fertilizers and herbicides; refurbishes damaged areas.
• Assists Athletics with athletic field painting and heavy set‑ups.
• Smoothes and levels athletic fields and running tracks.
• Sweeps or blows off large areas of asphalt and concrete; picks up trash and litter.
• Weeds and maintains planter beds and borders; fills, levels, fertilizes and otherwise prepares areas for planting; spreads bark and/or other surface treatments.
• Plant…