Grounds Worker I
Classified Position - 7628
2024-2025 school year
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Salary
Category 4 per Salary Schedule
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Days
260
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Reports to:
Maintenance Manager
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SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITIES
Perform routine grounds maintenance duties
DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS
- Assigned routine grounds keeping duties
- Performs semi-skilled gardening and grounds maintenance duties on school grounds and landscaped areas and involves specialized duties such as concrete work and installing and maintaining playground equipment
- Operate grounds equipment, perform landscape construction and lead other grounds personnel as assigned
REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES/ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Perform routine grounds maintenance duties as directed
- Prune and trim trees, hedges and shrubs; weed and rake grounds; apply fertilizers, pesticides and sod conditioners as needed
- Operate hedge trimmer, hand and power tools and snow removal equipment; make routine adjustments and minor repairs to equipment
- Rake leaves and remove trash; sweep walkways
- Perform general custodial duties incidental to grounds-keeping activities
- Assist in the preparation and lining of athletic fields as assigned
- Assist in the installation of playground equipment
- Maintains regular and predictable attendance
- Adheres to the professional code of ethics
- Successfully utilizes technology as appropriate in job function
- Perform related duties as assigned
KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES
KNOWLEDGE OF:
- Operation of hand and power tools and equipment used in grounds-keeping
- Basic grounds maintenance procedures including mowing, edging, raking and weeding
- Methods, equipment and materials used in gardening and grounds-keeping work
- Health and safety regulations
ABILITY TO:
- Perform general grounds maintenance duties including mowing, edging and weeding
- Perform routine and semi-skilled grounds maintenance duties
- Lift heavy objects
- Use a variety of tools and machines utilized in the basic trade
- Safely operate power equipment
- Perform heavy physical labor
- Mow, edge, water, weed, fertilize, rake and cultivate lawns, flower beds, athletic fields and other landscaped areas
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Any combination equivalent to: high school diploma, G.E.D. Certificate or demonstrated progress toward obtaining a G.E.D. as required by Kentucky law
- Valid Kentucky driver's license
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