What are the responsibilities and job description for the Landscape Maintenance Worker position at Worthington City Schools?
Landscape Maintenance Worker--Grounds Department
One full-time Landscape Maintenance Worker to work 8hrs per day, Monday through Friday on a 261 day calendar. Responsible for performing general building and grounds maintenance work.
Qualifications:
- Any combination of training and experience equivalent to the 10th grade
- One year of minor building maintenance, custodial, or landscaping experience
- Possession of a valid Ohio Driver's License and a good driving record
Job Duties:
- Assists in the performance of carpentry, electrical, plumbing, and heating equipment repair work
- Performs general repairs to equipment, buildings, and sites
- Installs new doors, door hardware, and locking mechanisms in buildings
- Pours concrete, lays brick, digs holes
- Paints district buildings, facilities, and sites
- Maintains district equipment
- Assembles, installs, repairs and maintains outdoor equipment/materials, i.e., playground equipment, Big Toys, picnic tables, fences, basketball hoops, and bleachers
- Performs preventative maintenance on equipment/materials
- Performs maintenance on parking lots, i.e., lining and pothole repair
- Performs sign installation and repair
- Replaces athletic equipment
- Orders supplies and equipment
- Maintains appropriate written records for work assignments
- Delivers commodities and athletic equipment
- Operates a forklift, push cart, and dollies to maneuver materials
- Assists in the instruction and supervision of summer help
- Removes graffiti from buildings
- Drives a motor vehicle to various facilities to transport materials, supplies, equipment, or trash
- Collects, sorts, and distributes the mail as needed per district requirements
- Performs snow removal using a shovel or blade mounted on a motor vehicle, salt spreader, and snow blower
- Mows grass on school grounds and athletic fields using power and/or tractor mowers
- Applies fertilizer, weed control and/or other chemicals to turf and grounds
- Plants, trims, and removes trees and shrubs
- Performs landscaping tasks such as raking, seeding, rolling and sodding
- Lines athletic fields prior to athletic contests
- Rakes leaves and disposes of trash and landscape debris
- Answers emergency calls to schools and other facilities used by Worthington Schools
- Collects, sorts and distributes district materials as needed
- Assists in the storage and inventory tracking of excess and obsolete equipment
- Assists school personnel with assembly, moving, and storage of equipment
Job Skills & Abilities:
- Some knowledge of the standard practices, methods, tools and equipment used in the building and grounds maintenance trade
- Ability in the use of tools, materials and equipment used in the building and grounds maintenance trades
- Ability to follow oral and written instructions
- Ability to obtain licensing as needed for the individual position
- Ability to perform a wide variety of manual tasks
- Ability to maneuver heavy weights and climb ladders and to perform heavy physical labor (for example: lift, bend, twist, lift arms above head, etc.
- Ability to operate power equipment
- Ability to maintain insurability through district fleet policy
- Ability to use technology to complete daily and assigned tasks appropriate for the position
*Salary Range $24.23/hr. to $30.76/hr.*
Salary : $24 - $31