The basic purpose of this work is to perform various manual tasks required for the routine maintenance of the grounds of an educational campus.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Performs routine manual tasks involved in the maintenance, repair or beautification of campus grounds or roads, such as cutting grass, weeds or brush; cleaning culverts, gutters, catch-basins, drains or ditches; loading and unloading vehicles; moving and setting up furniture; spreading sand, gravel, loam or asphalt; digging ditches or post-holes; setting or pulling posts; repairing guardrails or fences; patching concrete or asphalt surfaces; maintaining, erecting or repairing signs; cleaning or marking roadways for parking lots; erecting or dismantling snow fences; painting fences, posts, guardrails or building exteriors.
• Plants, seeds, transplants, removes, prunes, trims, waters, sprays or fertilizes trees, shrubbery, grass, plants or flowers; participates in the propagation, growth and care of flowers, plant and shrubs; assists in planning and executing horticultural designs for grounds beautification.
• Sweeps sidewalks, rakes and collects leaves, collects and hauls debris or rubbish, shovels snow, sands roadways or walkways; performs other manual tasks involved with snow removal, control and disposal.
• Cleans, washes, refuels, oils or greases trucks or automobiles; performs other manual labor tasks in connection with the maintenance and operation of a garage or equipment depot.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Inspects equipment and tools for wear and tear and prepare work orders for repair of equipment.
• Makes general repairs of a simple nature, including minor repairs to grounds keeping equipment.
• Operates wheel tractors, electric trimmers, buffers or other similar mechanical or power-driven equipment; drives a truck.
• Maintains necessary records, such as inventory records, maintenance records and records of hours worked.
Provides on-the-job training to employees.Job Requirements:

• Applicants must have at least (A) one year of full-time, or equivalent part-time, experience in building custodial or institution housekeeping work; or in landscaping, grounds keeping, park maintenance or tree maintenance work.

Qualifications Required at Hire in Series:

• Ability to follow oral and written instruction
• Ability to stand or walk for prolonged periods of time
• Ability to climb and work on ladders
• Ability to lift and carry heavy objects
• Willingness to work outdoors in all types of weather
• Knowledge of the methods followed in grounds keeping work
• Knowledge of the types and uses of materials, tools and equipment use in grounds keeping
• Knowledge of the terminology and standard abbreviations used in connection with grounds keeping
• Knowledge of the proper care and maintenance of equipment used in grounds keeping
• Skill in the use of hand-held power tools, such as drills, chain saws, and hedge trimmers
• Skill in the use of a variety of motorized equipment such as snow blowers, lawn mowers, rototillers, etc.
• Knowledge of the techniques followed in weed control
• Knowledge of the types and used of pesticides
• Knowledge of the procedures followed in pruning and cutting trees
• Valid Driver's License

Preferred Qualifications:

• One year of full-time, or equivalent part-time, experience in landscaping, grounds keeping, park maintenance or tree maintenance work.
• Hoisting License
• Pesticide License
• Snow plow experience
Additional Information:


Position Status: AFSCME union position, full-time, state funded with benefits

Hours: 40 hours a week, 7:00am-3:30pm, Monday - Friday

Salary: $1,644.77 bi-weekly, ($42,764.02 annually), Grade 11 Step 1

Worksite: This position will be primarily assigned to the Brockton Campus but assignments may include all Massasoit sites.

Classification Specification: https://www.mass.edu/forfacstaff/classificationspecs/home.asp

Deadline to Apply: February 11, 2024