CALTRANS LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE LEADWORKER

Job Description and Duties

Working under the direction of a Caltrans Maintenance Supervisor, the incumbent operates light vehicles and equipment requiring a Class B California Commercial Driver’s License, with a tank vehicle endorsement and equipment used by assigned unit. Driver's license must be valid. Will work individually or with a crew performing tasks related to landscape maintenance work such as maintaining functional and landscape plantings, weed and insect control, soil sterilization, mixing and applying chemicals, picking up roadside litter and dead animals, hauling garbage. Will perform tasks associated with mulching such as loading, tarping, hauling, dumping, spreading manually or with tractor equipment and performs general laboring tasks associated with the maintenance of the State Highway system.

Minimum Requirements

• You will find the Minimum Requirements in the Class Specification.

Special Requirements

• The position(s) require(s) a Drug Screening be passed prior to being hired.
• The position(s) require(s) a Background Investigation be cleared prior to being hired.
• The position(s) require(s) the possession of a California Department of Pesticide Regulation Qualified Applicator Certificate (QAC), Landscape Maintenance or Right-of-Way Pest Control Category, issued by the California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal-EPA), or the certification must be obtained prior to appointment.
• Must have a valid unrestricted Class B commercial driver's license, with Tank Vehicle (N) endorsement.
• Possession of a valid driver’s license is required when operating a State owned or leased vehicle.