Temporary Park Laborer I

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Assists semi-skilled and skilled tradesman and/or maintenance personnel in the day-to-day maintenance operation of the parks and other municipality systems.
• Assists in the repair of park tables, benches and facilities and operates air compressors, mowing equipment (72 or smaller) and other equipment incidental to regular work assignments.
• Performs Other Duties As Required.
• Occasionally operates trucks without trailers or attachments.
• Sweeps and scrubs floors, washes walls, ceiling, windows, door panels, and sills of restrooms, parks buildings and other work areas.
• Empties trash barrels, transports trash and waste to disposal area and picks up litter from around parks buildings and grounds.
• Replenishes bathroom supplies, paints and refurbishes park trash barrels as needed.
• Maintains and waters shrubs, flowers and plant materials; cultivates trees and shrubs; fertilizes, trims and plants grass, flowers and shrubs; mows grass with a Zero Turn mower with a cutting up to but not to exceed 72; operates hand saws (no chain saw) in cutting up tree branches and limbs.

Necessary Minimum Qualifications

• Must be 16 years of age or older
• Must possess a valid drivers license at time of application (and maintain for duration of employment) and meet insurability standards under fleet insurance policy.
• Must be able to read, speak and write English fluently.
• Must have the ability to be at work on time.

Necessary Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Working knowledge of the types and uses of common hand tools, materials and standard equipment used in construction and maintenance work.
• Working knowledge of the precautions necessary to work safely with and around automotive and related construction and maintenance equipment.
• Ability to understand and carry out specific oral and written instructions, withstand prolonged exposure to variable weather conditions, perform manual tasks involving physical strength and endurance under variable weather conditions; ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with the general public, department personnel and other City employees.

Special Requirements

• N/A

TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT USED

• Pickup truck
• Lawn and landscaping equipment, including mowers up to but not exceeding 72 Zero Turn Mowers, edgers, weed trimmers, electric motors, pumps, sprinklers, irrigation systems, miscellaneous hand and power tools (no chain saws or hedge trimmers) for turf maintenance, carpentry (no skill saws), painting, plumbing, electrical, and cement finishing work, etc.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable Individuals With Disabilities To Perform The Essential Functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to reach with hands and arms.
• The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, and use hands to hold, grasp, seize or turn objects, tools or controls.
• The employee is occasionally required to sit, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Able to talk or hear.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific Vision Abilities Required By This job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those encountered while performing the essential functions of this job.