What are the responsibilities and job description for the (Temporary/Substitute) Groundskeeper position at Shasta-Tehama-Trinity Community College?
(Temporary/Substitute) Groundskeeper
Salary: $19.87 Hourly
Location: Shasta College - Main Campus - Redding, CA
Job Type: Temporary Hourly Staff
Department: Administrative Services
Job Number: 2022-00396
Closing: Continuous
Description
Description of Basic Functions and Responsibilities
The Shasta College Physical Plant department is seeking to build a pool of qualified applicants for substitute groundskeeping work. We will respond to applications based on our current needs.
To perform general gardening and grounds maintenance work. Employees in this classification receive general supervision within a framework of standard policies and procedures. This job class performs a variety of general grounds, gardening, and maintenance duties in the upkeep of campus grounds and functions at a journey level of classification.
Typical Duties, Knowledge and Ability
Typical Duties:
• Plants, cultivates, prunes, trims, waters, and sprays trees, shrubs, weeds, hedges, and plants• Plants, fertilizes, waters, mows, edges, aerifies, weeds, and cares for lawns, fence lines, athletic fields, runways, pits, etc.• Prepares and treats soil for planting• Operates hand and power tools and equipment including power mowers, edgers, trimmers, sweepers, rotortillers, chainsaw, and tractors• Keeps campus grounds clean; sweeps sidewalks and picks up paper, rubbish and other debris, and operates blowers• Applies pesticides to grounds and garden areas for pest control purposes• Maintains hoses, supplies, and tools in proper condition and repair• Performs routine servicing, maintenance, and minor repair work on groundskeeping equipment such as mowers, edgers, sprayers, blowers, etc.
Knowledge Of:• General groundskeeping and gardening methods and practices• The safe use, maintenance, and operation of groundskeeping tools, power equipment, and sprinkling systems• The care, use, and application of pesticides and fertilizers
Ability to:• Effectively and safely use hand and power tools and equipment associated with groundskeeping and gardening work• Make minor repairs and adjustments to sprinkling systems• Perform routine maintenance and repair work on a variety of groundskeeping equipment and tools• Understand and follow both oral and written instructions• Meet the physical requirements necessary to safely and effectively perform required duties• Establish and maintain effective work relationships with those contacted in the performance of required duties
Experience/Education
• Two years of gardening, grounds maintenance, or related work.• Completion of eight grade or equivalent.
Possession Of:• A valid and appropriate California Driver's License
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Salary: $19.87 Hourly
Location: Shasta College - Main Campus - Redding, CA
Job Type: Temporary Hourly Staff
Department: Administrative Services
Job Number: 2022-00396
Closing: Continuous
Description
Description of Basic Functions and Responsibilities
The Shasta College Physical Plant department is seeking to build a pool of qualified applicants for substitute groundskeeping work. We will respond to applications based on our current needs.
To perform general gardening and grounds maintenance work. Employees in this classification receive general supervision within a framework of standard policies and procedures. This job class performs a variety of general grounds, gardening, and maintenance duties in the upkeep of campus grounds and functions at a journey level of classification.
Typical Duties, Knowledge and Ability
Typical Duties:
• Plants, cultivates, prunes, trims, waters, and sprays trees, shrubs, weeds, hedges, and plants• Plants, fertilizes, waters, mows, edges, aerifies, weeds, and cares for lawns, fence lines, athletic fields, runways, pits, etc.• Prepares and treats soil for planting• Operates hand and power tools and equipment including power mowers, edgers, trimmers, sweepers, rotortillers, chainsaw, and tractors• Keeps campus grounds clean; sweeps sidewalks and picks up paper, rubbish and other debris, and operates blowers• Applies pesticides to grounds and garden areas for pest control purposes• Maintains hoses, supplies, and tools in proper condition and repair• Performs routine servicing, maintenance, and minor repair work on groundskeeping equipment such as mowers, edgers, sprayers, blowers, etc.
Knowledge Of:• General groundskeeping and gardening methods and practices• The safe use, maintenance, and operation of groundskeeping tools, power equipment, and sprinkling systems• The care, use, and application of pesticides and fertilizers
Ability to:• Effectively and safely use hand and power tools and equipment associated with groundskeeping and gardening work• Make minor repairs and adjustments to sprinkling systems• Perform routine maintenance and repair work on a variety of groundskeeping equipment and tools• Understand and follow both oral and written instructions• Meet the physical requirements necessary to safely and effectively perform required duties• Establish and maintain effective work relationships with those contacted in the performance of required duties
Experience/Education
• Two years of gardening, grounds maintenance, or related work.• Completion of eight grade or equivalent.
Possession Of:• A valid and appropriate California Driver's License
To apply, visit: https://apptrkr.com/7066224
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