Tractor Operator - 035

Primary Duties And Responsibilities

• Maintains grounds of industrial, commercial, or public property such as buildings, roadsides, airfields, and athletic fields.
• Performs minor equipment repairs, including cutting grass using batwing mowers (more than 2000 lbs.), trimming hedges and edges around walks, flowerbeds, and wells.
• Fastens attachments such as graders, plows, rollers, mowers (over 2000 lbs.), backhoes, seeders, and disc harrows to tractor, adjusts equipment for proper operation, lubricates, and makes minor repairs to tractor and attachments.
• Operates industrial grade tractors with batwing shredder attachment within the controlled movement area of an airfield.
• Uses hedge trimmers, clippers, and edging tools, prunes shrubs and trees to shape and improve growth, using shears and other hand tools, sprays lawn, shrubs, and trees with fertilizer or insecticide.
• Plants grass, flowers, trees, and shrubs, waters lawn and shrubs during dry periods, uses hose or activates sprinkler system, picks up and burns/carts away leaves, paper, or other litter.
• String trimmer and backpack blower.

Qualifications And Requirements

• Must be able to complete and maintain certification to operate a vehicle on the airfield.
• Ability to communicate orally and in writing in a clear and concise manner.
• Ability to effectively work with other team members.
• Detail oriented and basic organizational skills.

Education, Skills And Experience

• High school education or GED.
• 1 year relevant work experience operating industrial grade tractors and batwing shredders within a commercial grounds keeping environment.
• Ability to organize effectively, delegate responsibility, solve problems quickly and communicate clearly.
• Ability to manage time effectively and handle both internal and external conflicts.