Landscape Student Worker

Grounds (Landscape) Duties Include

• Clearing sidewalks and driveways of debris
• Basic plant care (trimming, fertilizing)
• Weeding
• Mulching
• Waters shrubs, trees, and flowers as needed
• Maintains tools and machines in good working order
• Absorbs miscellaneous duties as assigned

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Knowledge of modern office equipment including telephone communications, office systems and record keeping
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed instructions and to deal with problems as they arise
• Finger dexterity-using primarily just the fingers to make small movements such as typing, picking up objects or pinching fingers together
• Ability to talk, especially where one must frequently convey detailed or important instructions or ideas accurately
• Average hearing, able to hear average or normal conversations and receive ordinary information
• Average visual ability- average, ordinary visual acuity necessary to prepare or inspect documents or products, or operate machinery
• Must be in good physical condition and able to lift and carry objects/equipment, etc. up to 50 pounds
• Able to ascend or descend ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles, and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms
• Body agility is emphasized
• Able to maintain body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery or erratically moving surfaces
• Able to bend body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist (stooping)
• Able to bend legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees (kneeling)
• Able to bend the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine (crouching)
• Able to move about on hands and knees or hands and feet (crawling)
• Able to extend hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction
• Able to remain upright on the feet, particularly for sustained periods of time
• Able to move about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another
• Able to use upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward
• Able to use upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion
• Able to raise objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position
• Able to pick, pinch, type or otherwise work, primarily with fingers rather than with whole hand or arm as in handling
• Able to apply pressure to an object with the fingers and palm
• Positive working attitude and ability to work in a team environment

Required Skills

• Must have a current driver’s license

Preferred Work Shift

• Part-Time Morning 8 am to 12 pm (noon) Monday - Friday
• Part-Time Afternoon 12:30 pm to 4:30 pm Monday - Thursday, and Friday 12:30 pm-3:30 pm

Wage Range

16.90-17.30/hr