Groundskeeper, Senior Campus
qualifications:
1. Considerable knowledge of the standard practices, methods, tasks, and materials used in grounds maintenance and in maintaining athletic fields
2. Reasonable knowledge of the standard practices, methods, tools, and materials used in building maintenance and repair including some carpentry, plumbing and electrical experience.
3. Knowledge of safety practices related to grounds maintenance and building maintenance.
4. Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions.
5. Ability to prioritize work within defined guidelines.
6. Ability to perform skilled and semi-skilled work in the maintenance of school grounds and athletic fields.
7. Ability to lay out athletic fields.
8. Ability to perform tasks associated with building maintenance and repair.
9. Ability to safely and efficiently operate hand tools and equipment necessary to perform grounds and building maintenance work.
10. Ability to perform strenuous manual tasks and to withstand exposure to inclement weather conditions.
11. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, supervisors and school personnel.
Two years of general experience in grounds and building maintenance work with the emphasis on the grounds maintenance work. Sufficient education to insure the ability to read and write as required in the position. Any satisfactory equivalent combination of experience and training which insures the ability to perform the work may substitute for the above.
reports to:
Head Custodian
supervises:
None
job goal:
To provide students with an attractive, safe, natural environment in which to learn, play, and develop.
performance responsibilities:
An employee in this classification may perform any of the following duties. However, these examples do not include all the specific tasks which an employeemay be expected to perform.
1. Mows and waters lawn areas, prunes trees, bushes and shrubs, weeds plant and flower beds, and edges lawn areas.
2. Spreads barkdust, sprays herbicides and fertilizes lawn areas and flower beds.
3. Operates a tractor to move irrigation pipe and other equipment or materials. Sets up and connects irrigation pipe to water athletic fields.
4. Sets up public address system for athletic events.
5. Moves bleachers, furniture, and equipment.
6. Lines athletic fields; prepares field for games.
7. Maintains and repairs equipment including the welding of broken furniture and equipment as necessary.
8. Performs custodial and building maintenance work such as dust mopping, wet mopping, picking up trash, moving tables, replacing glass, patching walls, painting and fixing broken doors.
9. Performs other tasks as assigned.
terms of employment:
Twelve-month year, eight hours per day. Salary and work year to be established by the labor agreement and ratified by the Board of Education.
evaluation:
Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with the provisions of the Board's policy on evaluation.