This is entry level work learning turf and ground maintenance procedures designed to maintain and improve park grounds, roads and related facilities. Employees use manual and power tools and learn to maintain power tools and equipment.

Work is performed under the close supervision of a crew chief. Work involves strenuous physical effort and exposure to unfavorable conditions.

• Receives on-the-job training in turf and grounds maintenance, such as mowing, trimming, weeding and seeding.
• Operates power tools and equipment such as, mowers, hedge trimmers, leaf blowers, mulchers, non-riding snow blowers and other equipment as assigned.
• Learns to perform preventive maintenance on tools and equipment such as, lubricating motors and adjusting and sharpening mower blades.
• Learns to identify desirable and undesirable plants and vegetation; trims and cuts grass and hedges; cuts weeds to clear fields and wooded areas of undergrowth; removes vines from and prunes trees as directed.
• Picks up refuse and litter from grounds; cleans recreation areas and adjacent buildings; walks alongside moving truck and lifts and dumps refuse containers.
• Rolls tennis courts; marks play areas; fills holes in playgrounds; regrades ball fields; keeps play area free of debris and dangerous obstructions.
• Shovels snow, sweeps walks and spreads salt.
• Digs and loads rocks, ballast, crushed stone and dirt onto trucks; unloads trucks; fills holes and compacts fill by tamping.
• Moves or aids in moving heavy containers or equipment, and large or bulky objects.
• Performs related work as required.

KNOWLEDGE OF:

• the methods, materials, tools and equipment used in the care of park grounds and turf.
• the principles and practices of turf and grounds maintenance.
• the common characteristics of plants and vegetation.

SKILL IN:

• the use of manual power tools.

ABILITY TO:

• read and follow instructions in equipment repair manuals.
• perform preventive maintenance on equipment and tools.
• perform a variety of manual tasks.
• understand and follow oral or written instructions.
• perform heavy manual labor for an extended period, often under adverse climatic conditions.

• Education equivalent to completion of the eighth school grade and successful completion of forty (40) hours of course work in grounds maintenance.

PHYSICAL AND MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Ability to physically perform the duties and to work in the environmental conditions required of a position in this class.

PAY RANGE: 7
Class Established: 10/1978
Latest Spec. Revision: 1/1988

AH/sb/mt