ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Responsible for the assignment of specific tasks and duties to individual workers.
2. Monitors progress of work and reports problems or suggestions to foreman.
3. Responsible for the repair and installation of fences and repair of playground equipment.
4. Performs a full range of landscaping services to include watering, cultivating, trimming, edging grasses on general grounds and play areas.
5. Clears weeds, brush and undergrowth from wooded areas and fence lines.
6. Removes vines and other entwined vegetation from fence fabric by hand.
7. Assists in the pouring of concrete.
8. Oversees, mows and trims grasses utilizing various hand, push and riding mowers and powered edgers.
9. Responsible for pouring concrete and repairing of asphalt.
10. Prunes bushes and shrubs to a uniform shape using hand shears, snips, electric pruning equipment and hatchets.
11. Rakes and picks up cut branches, limbs, mulch, sawdust and clippings from work areas/grounds and disposes of in accordance with instructions of the Grounds Foreman.
12. Utilizes powered brush chipper to reduce limbs, brush and branches in reusable mulch.
13. Hauls all debris and mulch to approved sites for disposal or reuse.
14. Spreads mulch, fertilizer, top soil and base soil using powered equipment such as "Bobcat" track loader and by hand in areas where hand spreading is deemed necessary.
15. Sets up and operates irrigation systems to include water reel cannons and lightweight plastic/metal piping or hose type irrigation systems.
16. Operates District vehicles as needed in the performance of assigned tasks.
17. Maintains confidentiality of all information.
18. Frequently required to drive District vehicles in the performance of assigned tasks.
19. Reports to work on time every day.
20. Performs other duties and responsibilities as may be assigned.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
- Successful completion of a pre-employment physical examination to include alcohol and drug testing
- Ability to read, understand and carry out instructions in English
- Ability to operate ground tools and equipment in a safe manner
- Ability to perform basic math (add, subtract, multiply and divide)
- Problem solving skills and the ability to resolve personality conflicts
- Valid Texas Driver's License with driving record that meets the requirements of the District
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee frequently is required to climb or balance. The employee is occasionally required to sit and talk or hear. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds with assistance. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. The employee is required to frequently drive District vehicles in the performance of assigned tasks. The individual must pass a pre-employment physical examination to include alcohol and drug testing. The employee may be required to submit to drug and alcohol screening at any time throughout employment without prior notification. Tasks are performed inside and outside in extreme inclement weather where the worker may subject to cuts, bruises, ultraviolet sunburn and burns from hand or power tools. Landscaping tasks requires the employee to perform strenuous work under extremely harsh job conditions: stepping over and around tripping hazards and sharp objects while carrying heavy loads. The employee is required to wear protective equipment when operating machinery or for heavy moves to include wearing of protective head gear for protection from falling objects such as limbs and branches being cut above the workplace.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The employee is regularly exposed to outside weather conditions. The employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions. The employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts and high precarious places. The employee is occasionally required to work in a confined space. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud. May be required to work outside of normal duty hours and/or weekends or holidays in order to handle emergencies that may arise. Required to carry District provided pager, two-way radios and to respond to emergency service calls on a 24 hour rotational basis, as needed to meeting the needs of the District
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