SUMMARY: The Natural AreasTrails and Visitor Amenities Crew Member Part-time (under 29 hours per week)position with the City of Fort Collins Natural Areas Dept. We arecurrently looking to fill two vacant positions. These employees perform avariety of skilled and semi-skilled tasks in natural areas maintenance. These activities can include: trail and fence construction, repair, andmaintenance; trash and litter removal; vault toilet cleaning; installation ofsigns; construction and repairs of public amenities; planting and seeding; weedcontrol; and other maintenance activities on natural area sites of varying sizeand composition. 
Thisposition will be expected to work 29hours/week. With schedule options for Monday – Wednesday orWednesday – Friday. Each day will be 9-10 hour workdays.
Allpositions are hourly and do not provide insurance or retirementbenefits. 
Supervision Received: Receives supervisionfrom the Natural Areas Supervisor with field guidance from a Natural AreasTechnicians.

Supervision Exercised: May overseevolunteer groups of varying sizes.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: The following dutiesand responsibilities are illustrative of the primary functions of this positionand are not intended to be all inclusive: 
-Constructs and maintains soft surface trails;
-Removes trash and litter from natural area sites;
-Cleans vault toilets;
-Constructs and repairs kiosks, sign frames, fences, boardwalks, irrigation systems, and other structures; Installs signs, benches, and other structures;
-Controls vegetation through mowing, cutting, spraying herbicides, and other techniques;
-May assist with gravel parking lot grading operations including use of heavy equipment;
-May plant, water, and provide other aftercare of native plants;
-Operates, maintains, and performs minor repairs on equipment and vehicles such as mowers, trucks, sprayers, water pumps, etc;
-Work with integrity and maintain a safe work environment;
-Perform other related work as assigned.

EQUIPMENTUSED: Variousmotor vehicles such as pickup trucks, small dump trucks, trailers, etc. Also operates specialized equipment such as mowers, rollers, weed whips,etc. May require use of various power and manual tools as needed toperform all aspects of the job such as rakes, saws, drills, wrenches,etc. Job will require the occasional use of standard office equipment,including computers.