Gardener 2 - Park Maintenance

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**The City of Wichita is NOT an E-Verify Employer.**

• Distinguishing Features of Work**\
  
  

This is gardening and grounds maintenance and supervisory work. Work is

performed independently under general supervision, with directions for

technical work being provided by a supervisor.

• \*\*Employees within the department of division shall be given first
  
  

consideration\*\***

• \*\*Posting may close at any time\*\***
  
  

**Examples of Work Performed**

• Maintains flowers, shrubs, and trees, including cultivating,
  
  

transplanting, irrigating, pruning, spraying, and fertilizing.

• Maintains turf grass areas, including irrigating, planting, mowing,
  
  

edging and trimming, controlling diseases and pests, and

fertilizing.

• Maintains the cleanliness of walks and other hard-surfaced areas by
  
  

sweeping and hosing with water.

• Removes snow from walks and other areas.
• Maintains litter-free areas, as assigned.
• Balls and burlaps trees.
• May be assigned as a park caretaker during the summer.
• Supervises other employees.
• Operates irrigation systems and power mowers.
• Repairs irrigation systems.
• Assists with prescribed burns.
• These examples are not intended to be all-inclusive.
• Other related duties may be assigned as needed.
  
  

**Requirements of Work**

• Knowledge of the standard tools, equipment, materials, methods, and
  
  

practices used in gardening and grounds maintenance work.

• Knowledge of hazards and safety precautions of the work.
• Working knowledge of horticulture, floriculture, irrigation systems,
  
  

symptoms of plant disease, parasites, and insect pests, and of the

means and methods used for their control.

• Skill in the use of standard hand and power equipment employed in
  
  

the propagation and cultivation of garden and grass areas.

• Ability to push and/or pull and operate a standard lawn mower over
  
  

rough terrain.

• Ability to lift and carry up to 150 pounds with the assistance of
  
  

another.

• Ability to tolerate outdoors, open grounds, windy conditions, and
  
  

pesticide and herbicide handling.

• Ability to shovel snow using a three-pound shovel, and lifting up to
  
  

a ten-pound load 36 inches high and moving it up to six feet.

• Ability to effectively plan, organize, and supervise the work of
  
  

others.

• Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with
  
  

associates.

• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both orally and in
  
  

writing.

• Ability to acquire and maintain a State of Kansas Commercial
  
  

Pesticide Applicator certification in General Knowledge Category

9A\--Noxious Weeds or a General Knowledge 3-A, 3-B ornamental and

turf pest control at the department\'s discretion.

• Ability to maintain a valid Kansas class A commercial driver\'s
  
  

license (CDL). If you are a Canadian or Mexican citizen, you will be

required to have or obtain a CDL from your home country.

• An employee shall not pose a direct threat to the health or safety
  
  

of other individuals in the workplace.

Please note that this position is part of a random drug testing pool,

and employees are subject to random drug testing in accordance with

company policies and applicable laws.

Offers of employment are contingent upon passing a pre-employment

physical, which includes drug screening, and upon satisfactory

evaluation of the results of a criminal record check.

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