Landscape Technician I - Collier County Parks & Recreation

About the role

Performs semi-skilled or unskilled work associated with landscape and grounds maintenance within Collier County Parks & Recreation. Essential Functions include:

• Performs various tasks involving grounds maintenance or landscaping projects;
• Mows grass;
• Edges landscaped areas, public areas, parking lots, sidewalks, and fence lines;
• Plants and maintains trees, shrubs, and flowers;
• Waters flowers, grass, and landscaped areas;
• Weeds flower beds;
• Trims trees, hedges, and shrubs;
• Cuts down trees and tree limbs;
• Grinds stumps;
• Installs/lays sod;
• Aerates, seeds, fertilizes, and waters grounds;
• Applies herbicides and pesticides;
• Spreads pine straw, mulch, and other grounds materials;
• Rakes and disposes of grass clippings, brush, and other materials;
• Blow leaves/debris from walkways;
• Picks up and disposes of debris/litter from grounds and parking lots;
• Empties trash containers;
• Removes dead animals from grounds or roadways;
• Hauls garbage, tree limbs, and vegetation to landfill or other designated location;
• Digs holes/trenches and shovels materials.

Responsibilities

Performs various tasks involving maintenance of parks, athletic fields, and recreational facilities; drags, grooms, and top dresses ball fields; spreads clay in ball fields; measures, marks, lays out, and paints playing fields and lines according to specifications; installs, repairs, or adjusts pitching rubbers, home plates, and bases; maintains tennis, basketball, and bocce courts; replaces and repairs tennis nets and volleyball nets; installs and repairs tennis wind screens; repairs playground equipment; maintains boat launching ramps and boat docks; maintains playground and recreational equipment; repairs gates and fences; assembles and repairs bleachers, benches, and picnic tables; sets timers for lights and irrigation systems; sweeps and blows out dugouts; removes debris from fields, grounds, and lake.

Requirements

Operates a variety of machinery, equipment, and tools associated with division projects. Performs general cleaning/maintenance tasks necessary to keep equipment and tools in operable condition, which may include inspecting equipment, checking/replacing fluids, refueling vehicles, greasing equipment, washing/cleaning equipment, cleaning project work areas, or cleaning shop; monitors equipment operations to maintain efficiency and safety; reports faulty equipment.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED preferred;
• 2 months of related experience preferred;
• Fingerprinting Required.

Skills

Must possess and maintain a valid Florida Driver’s License with any applicable endorsement(s) to drive a County vehicle as provided in CMA 5805.

Benefits

Collier County BCC offers a variety of benefits to both regular full and part-time employees. For information, click here to view the comprehensive benefits package we have to offer when you join our team.

Pay

Salary offers above the minimum of the pay grade may be considered based on qualifications.

Schedule

Essential Employees may be required to work during an undeclared emergency and/or declared emergency. On an incident-by-incident basis, the County’s Administrative Office will make the determination as to who will be required to work.