Worker II - Athletic Field Maintenance (Part-Time)

Distinguishing Features of Work

This is part-time seasonal general maintenance work in park maintenance, forestry maintenance and/or golf course maintenance activities. As work experience is gained, employees may be assigned to somewhat more difficult tasks. Work is performed under the direction of a supervisor who issues general instructions for routine jobs and specific instructions at the beginning of each new job when departures are made from established procedures.

Responsibilities

• Mowing, trimming and other duties related to turf care.
• Operate motorized vehicles such as tractors, riding lawn mowers, and trucks.
• Trash pick around athletic fields, parks and right-of-way (ROW).
• Loads and unloads stone, gravel, dirt, timber, leaves, and similar items.
• Assists skilled and semiskilled workers in varied park maintenance, golf maintenance and other repair activities.
• Shovels snow and breaks ice from streets and walks and loads snow on trucks or piles it in designated places.
• Waters lawns, trims shrubs and trees, spades, rakes, and otherwise prepares ground and assists in related ground maintenance work.
• Waters, spreads fertilizer, and cares for flowers, shrubs and trees as directed.

These examples are not intended to be all-inclusive. Other job-related duties may be assigned as needed.

Requirements

• Ability to acquire within a reasonable period of time, knowledge of the procedures, tools, equipment and materials used in maintenance work.
• Ability to follow simple oral or written instructions.
• Ability to work outdoors when inclement weather conditions exist.
• Ability to shovel snow, sand, gravel, to or from dump truck bed.
• Ability to safely operate mowing tractor over rough terrain for several hours at a time.
• Ability to tolerate airborne nuisances associated with open grounds and windy conditions.
• Ability to lift and carry bulky items weighing up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to be continuously performing tasks that require one to push, pull, climb (ladders and in and out of vehicular equipment), bend, twist, reach, stand, and walk about (up to a half mile at a time) for most of an eight-hour shift.
• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Will require possession of and ability to maintain a valid Kansas commercial driver’s license (CDL). If you are a Canadian or Mexican citizen, you will be required to have or obtain a CDL from your home country.

An employee shall not pose a direct threat to the health or safety of other individuals in the workplace. Offers of employment are contingent upon passing a pre-employment physical, which includes drug screening, and upon satisfactory evaluation of the results of a criminal record check. This position is part of a random drug testing pool, and employees are subject to random drug testing in accordance with company policies and applicable laws.