Landscape/Grounds Supervisor

POSITION SUMMARY

Maintain school grounds and perform some specialized grounds maintenance functions, such as certain

equipment operations and maintenance of athletics fields. Assist other departments as needed with such

tasks as; routine furniture moving and room/event set-ups. Groundskeepers performs landscapes which

includes the operation of electrically-powered and gasoline-powered groundskeeping equipment, the use

of small hand and power tools or equipment in planting, cultivating, and trimming grounds and

landscaping. The Groundskeeper also performs maintenance on groundskeeping equipment and tools,

and makes minor repairs (within demonstrated capability) as directed. The Groundskeeper changes light

bulbs, paints walls, woodwork, furniture, and equipment, makes minor carpentry, plumbing, and

electrical repairs, delivers supplies, materials, and equipment as needed.

DUTIES:

• Performs tasks common to the care of grounds and landscapes by seeding, watering, mulching,

fertilizing, transplanting, pruning, trimming, and cultivating trees, shrubs, ground cover, and

flowers, mowing lawns with riding or push mowers; edging around trees and beds using proper

tools and equipment; setting up, adjusting, repairing, and cleaning irrigation systems.

• Performs campus-wide general maintenance and repairs by installing, removing, repairing and

maintaining landscape lighting, signs, nets, gates, bicycle racks, posts, fences, and rock walls;

and repairing pod holes, parking lots lines, athletic fields, tennis courts, as applicable, benches

and sitting areas.

• Removes trash and debris from campus areas by regularly inspecting grounds, drains, manhole

covers, etc., for debris. Rake, sweep and bag leaves, debris, dirt and trash from streets, sidewalks,

parking lots and transporting the trash to designated central collection points on daily basis.

• Winter season. Assists in preventing accidents resulting from snow or ice covered walkways, by

removing mowing decks and installing snow removal equipment on riding mowers and tractors;

operating snow blowers, tractors or mowers with blades and using shovels to remove snow and

spread salt/calcium. Stake grounds with markers for snow season.

• Applies chemicals used in groundskeeping (horticulture, turf management, and floriculture)

properly and safely by wearing prescribed protective clothing, masks, and/or rubber gloves and

boots, following either written or verbal directions for mixing chemical compounds according to

specifications, applying the chemicals properly on grounds and landscapes designated for their

use, and disposing of residual chemical products as directed or storing and labeling them for

future use.

• Safely operates light vehicles such as pick-up trucks, tractors, street sweepers or riding mowers

and portable power tools and equipment such as saws, grass trimmers, snow/leaf blowers,

sprayers, paint machines and other groundskeeping equipment by obeying applicable traffic laws

and following operator instructions, and wearing appropriate safety items such as goggles,

gloves, or other appropriate protective clothing.

• Ensures that grounds maintenance equipment and building maintenance equipment are

operational by performing routine and preventative maintenance and cleaning of tools,

equipment and machines within reasonable capabilities.

• Replaces and disposes of light bulbs in interior building settings using ladders, lifts, or other

tools.

• Performs minor maintenance painting work, patching, finishing, and maintenance of building

structures, walls, woodwork, furniture, and equipment. Performs minor maintenance work using

hand and power tools by making carpentry repairs, minor plumbing repairs, and replacing

defective electrical switches, light bulbs, fuses, and fluorescent ballasts.

• Move furniture (relocate offices, set up furniture, etc.)
• Performs other duties as required