PARKS MAINTENANCE WORKER
PARK MAINTENANCE/54
DEFINITION:
To maintain all parks, athletic facilities and assigned city properties; to maintain swimming pool, pumps, and equipment; to install, assemble, and maintain all appropriate equipment.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED:
Receives direct supervision from Parks Superintendent. Exercises no supervision.
EXAMPLES OF DUTIES:
Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Mow, weedeat, and maintain all parks, athletic facilities, and assigned city properties
- Maintain swimming pool, pumps and equipment; to include adding chemicals, vacuuming, monitoring chlorination system, changing tanks and repair equipment when appropriate
- Clean restrooms at Whitecotton and Godwin Parks and make necessary repairs
- Empty all downtown trash barrels; pick up trash and patrol parks for problems or repairs
- Assemble playground equipment, install new equipment; move and add dirt where needed; plant and care for trees, shrubs, and bushes; upgrade equipment and facilities; paint
- Check grease, oil and fluid levels and general maintenance of all applicable equipment
- Perform other duties as required
QUALIFICATIONS:
Must have working knowledge of:
- Maintenance and care of lawns, shrubs, trees, and other botanicals
- Care and repair of parks and recreational equipment
- Operation of mower, weed eater, trimmer, edger, John Deere and Massey Ferguson tractors
- Use of minor tools related to maintenance of grounds
Must have ability to:
- Read, write and follow written and oral instructions
- Perform physical labor while working outdoors in adverse weather conditions
- Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with those contacted in the course of work
EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING GUIDELINES:
Any combination of experience and training that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying.
LICENSE OR CERTIFICATE:
Possession of, or ability to obtain, an appropriate, valid driver’s license.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Frequently required to stand, walk, climb or balance
- Frequently required to use hands or fingers, handle or feel objects, tools or controls’ reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel crouch or crawl
- Frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds unassisted, and up to 100 pound unassisted
- Vision required include the ability to adjust focus, close and distant vision
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
Characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Regularly works in outside weather conditions
- Regularly exposed to sun and airborne particles
- Regularly works near moving mechanical parts
- Noise level in the work environment is usually loud