Part Time Groundskeeper

Position:    Groundskeeper

Reports to:     Director of Maintenance

Terms of Employment:    12 months - 20 hours per week

Nature of Work

An employee in this class performs grounds maintenance and landscaping functions at facilities of the school system to improve appearance. Work involves the responsibility for safe, efficient operation and maintenance of motorized equipment such as backhoes, mowers, edgers and other types of power equipment.

Education and Experience

• Graduation from high school, supplemented by training in landscaping and lawn

• 1 to 2 years' experience in landscape work and in the operation of a variety of motorized equipment or any equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the required skills, knowledge, and abilities (preferred).

Duties and Responsibilities

• Performs ground maintenance and landscaping functions such as fencing, asphalt and concrete repair, grass mowing, dumpster cleanup, tree removal, pruning, etc.
• Maintains the grounds, grass, shrubbery, trees, walkways, steps and retaining walls of all school properties.
• Maintains and repairs vehicles and
• Operates a backhoe in trenching, filling or other minor
• Operates mowers, trucks, edgers, trailers, and other hand tools and hand powered equipment while landscaping.

Essential Functions/Typical Tasks

• Must be physically able to operate a variety of equipment including backhoes, bobcats, graders, weed eaters, edgers, blowers, hedge clippers, chain saws, shovels, rakes,
• Must be able to operate a motor
• Must be able to exert up to 150 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 75 pounds of force frequently, and/or 25 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
• Requires the ability to read a variety of correspondences, reports, work orders, etc.
• Requires the ability to prepare correspondence, reports, forms, work orders, time sheets, etc.
• Requires the ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagrammatic
• Requires the ability to record and deliver information, to explain procedures, to follow oral and written instructions.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Considerable knowledge of various grounds maintenance and landscaping
• General knowledge of safety precautions applicable to grounds
• General knowledge of the principles of supervision, organization and
• Skill in operating general groundskeeping
• Skill in obtaining materials for and overseeing
• Ability to maintain and repair groundskeeping
• Ability to train others in the use of groundskeeping
• Ability to maintain
• Ability to maintain simple logs and
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships as necessitated by work

Physical Requirements

• Work is performed while standing, sitting and/or walking and requires the ability to communicate effectively using speech, vision and hearing, the use of hands for simple grasping and fine manipulations, bending, squatting, crawling, climbing, reaching and the ability to lift, carry, push or pull light weights.
• Requires the ability to read work orders, logs, diagrams, blueprints, schematics,
• Requires the ability to prepare activity logs and reports according to prescribed
• Requires the ability to inspect items for proper length, width and
• Requires the ability to coordinate hands and eyes rapidly and accurately in using hand

Special Requirements

Possession of valid driver's license issued by the State of North Carolina. Must maintain a safe driving record. Employees assigned to this position must follow specific drug testing requirements, procedures and consequences of positive alcohol or drug tests.