Grounds Aide (Part Time)

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Grounds Aide (Part Time)

Salary

$16.12 - $20.97 Hourly

Location

Carlsbad, CA

Job Type

Part-Time Hourly

Job Number

011024

Department

Parks & Recreation

Opening Date

01/10/2024

Description

Benefits

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The Position

Carlsbad - The Community : This 39 square mile city is ideally situated in north San Diego County with an approximate population of 110,977. It offers a great climate, beautiful beaches, lagoons, and abundant natural open space. World-class resorts, family attractions, well-planned neighborhoods, a diverse business sector, and a charming village atmosphere combine to create the ideal California experience.

DEI

The City of Carlsbad embraces diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace and recognizes the vital relationship of a culturally diverse, engaged work environment and innovative excellence. A diverse, equitable and inclusive work climate comprises personal experiences, values, and views shaped from differences of culture and circumstance. Our organization appreciates belonging, creativity, recognition and retention of its employees and is committed to hiring and developing motivated, productive and talented employees who provide services and enhance our quality of life. We work to embrace open and equitable access to opportunities for learning and development as our responsibility and goal.

Under general supervision, perform a variety of general labor in the construction, maintenance and repair in area of assignment.

Key Responsibilities

Dig trenches; prepare holes for plants, trees, or irrigation installation and perform basic unskilled manual labor

Assist in parks, trees, roadsides and trails maintenance activities.

Place traffic cones and assist with traffic control

Water, mow, weed, trim, renovate, and fertilize grass

Rake leaves, clean walks or streets, fields, sports courts, and other facilities

Load trimmings on trucks

Spade and otherwise prepare ground around plants and shrubs, including mixing and applying fertilizers

Plant trees, flowers, shrubs and turf

Pick up rubbish and paper and perform general grounds and restroom cleaning

Perform routine cleaning of parks and recreation buildings, and other areas of parks

Operate basic power equipment, light trucks and/or hand tools

Assist in preparation and maintenance of parks, village planters, walkways, beach accesses, and recreational facilities

Expose/cover and assist in the repair of sprinkler valves, heads and lines

Perform routine maintenance of city trails

Perform trash collection service and transport materials as needed

May assist in other areas or complete other tasks as assigned

Qualifications

Basic methods, tools, materials, and equipment used in grounds maintenance and construction work.

Safe work practices.

Ability to:

Use the hand and light power tools required in general grounds and public works maintenance work

Perform heavy manual labor

Understand and carry out oral and written directions

Establish and maintain cooperative relationships in the course of work

Experience & Education

Any combination equivalent to experience and education that could likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be six months of experience performing duties comparable to those of a Grounds Aide.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

Possession of a valid California driver's license

Ability to consistently work weekend schedules

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING:

Must possess sufficient strength and stamina to lift, carry and manipulate objects weighing up to 75 pounds

Perform sustained heavy physical labor

Must be willing to work outdoors in all weather conditions

Work to knee level in irrigation trenches and with exposure to potentially hazardous conditions

Must be available to work overtime and respond to emergency calls

Work varying hours

Including weekends, holidays, days off and perform "stand-by" duty as needed

APPLE Savings Plan

Employee Assistance Program: EAP (https://cityweb.carlsbadca.gov/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?BlobID=24027)

40 hours of sick leave per fiscal year (July 1- June 30)

Eligible to use after the first 90 days of work

Part time positions do not have benefits, and cannot exceed 980 hours in a fiscal year (July 1- June 30).

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Agency

City of Carlsbad

Address

1635 Faraday Ave. Carlsbad, California, 92008

Website

https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/carlsbad

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