Grounds Worker I
Job Details
Grounds Worker I
Position Type: Classified
Position Code: 1CMN9R
FTE: 1.0
Pay Rate (or Annual Salary): $4,343.00 - $4,559.92/month
Job Location: Las Positas College, 3000 Campus Hill Dr., Livermore, CA 94551
Department: Maint. and Operations
Job Summary
The Chabot-Las Positas Community College District is seeking a Grounds Worker I for Las Positas College in Livermore, California.
Summary Description
Under general supervision, perform routine grounds maintenance and repair duties on District grounds including landscaped areas and athletic fields; maintain lawns, grounds, and other cultivated areas; and operate and maintain a variety of light and heavy power grounds equipment to perform grounds maintenance work.
Representative Duties
- Participate in a variety of landscape maintenance duties including watering, mowing, weeding, trimming, edging, renovating, and fertilizing lawns.
- Participate in planting, watering, and maintaining landscaped areas consisting of bushes, trees, flowers, and shrubs; re-seed, plant, and maintain new grass and plants; trim and prune bushes, trees, and shrubs; stake trees as necessary.
- Rake leaves and/or clear debris from walks, fields, courts, parking lots, and other open areas; load, remove, and dispose of trimmings and cuttings; pick-up trash; empty trash receptacles.
- Prepare, maintain, and paint athletic fields for a variety of sporting events.
- Operate a variety of heavy equipment and other maintenance equipment such as tractors, front-loaders, parking lot sweepers and vacuums, trucks, large mowers, fork lifts, and power tools such as mowers, edgers, chain saws, rototiller, and blowers.
- Operate a garbage truck to transport rubbish to the local landfill.
- Dig ditches, holes, and trenches.
- Perform asphalt repairs and small concrete forming and pouring jobs.
- Assist in the maintenance and repair of the District’s irrigation system as assigned.
- Safely apply herbicides, fungicides, and pesticides according to established rules and procedures.
- Perform preventative maintenance to vehicles, equipment and tools; make minor adjustments and repairs; report the need for major repairs and maintenance.
- Utilize proper safety precautions related to all work performed.
- Perform related duties as required.
Minimum Education and Experience
Education/Training: Formal or informal education or training that ensures the ability to read and write at a level necessary for successful job performance.
Experience: One year of grounds maintenance experience.
License or Certificate: Possession of an appropriate, valid driver’s license.
Minimum Qualifications
Knowledge of: Operations, services, and activities of a grounds maintenance program; methods, tools, materials, and equipment used in comprehensive grounds maintenance program; and more.
Ability to: Perform a variety of maintenance and repair work in the care and maintenance of campus grounds; operate a variety of tools, equipment and vehicles used in grounds maintenance work; and more.
Job Work Schedule
40 hours/week, Monday - Friday, 7:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., hours and shifts may vary depending on department needs, occasional evening and weekends required as needed, 12 months/year.
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