Summer Parks Worker

Job Summary:

Performs day to day activities for the general maintenance of the county parks, grounds, buildings, trails, and landscaped areas.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following.  Other responsibilities and duties may be assigned.

Assist in keeping park facilities, grounds, buildings, campgrounds, and trails neat, clean, and safe.

Assist with diseased and hazardous tree removal, tree trimming and cutting and clearing of brush and weeds.

Assist in the construction, repair and maintenance of park facilities, buildings, campgrounds, and trails and landscaped areas.

Performs basic landscape work including planting and maintaining of trees, shrubs, flowers and grass.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualification Requirements: 

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience:

Minimum Requirements: High school graduate or equivalent (GED) and a minimum of 18 years of age at the time of employment.

Preferred Experience and Training:  Previous park maintenance experience desired.

Language Skills: 

Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information to customers, clients, park personnel and other employees of the organization. 

Mathematical/Computer Skills:

Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10’s and 100' s. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.

 Reasoning Ability: 

Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: 

Minnesota Class D driver’s license.

Other Skill and Abilities:

Ability to operate and maintain equipment required to perform assigned tasks,  including tractors, chain saws, lawn mowers, weed whips, hand and power tools, and other equipment, in a safe, efficient manner. 

Physical Demands: 

This work requires the regular exertion of up to 25 pounds of force and occasional exertion of up to 50 pounds of force; work regularly requires standing, walking, sitting, speaking or hearing, climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling, reaching with hands and arms, pushing or pulling, lifting and repetitive motions and frequently using hands to finger, handle or feel; work has standard vision requirements; vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word and conveying detailed or important instructions to others accurately, loudly or quickly; hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels; work requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data, visual inspection involving small defects and/or small parts, using of measuring devices, assembly or fabrication of parts within arms length, operating machines, operating motor vehicles

or equipment and observing general surroundings and activities; work regularly requires working near moving mechanical parts, exposure to outdoor weather conditions and exposure to vibration, frequently requires exposure to fumes or airborne particles and exposure to toxic or caustic chemicals and occasionally requires wet, humid conditions (non-weather), working in high, precarious places, exposure to extreme cold (non-weather), exposure to extreme heat (non-weather), exposure to the risk of electrical shock, wearing a self contained breathing apparatus and exposure to bloodborne pathogens and may be required to wear specialized personal protective equipment; work is generally in a loud noise location (e.g. grounds maintenance, heavy traffic).

Hiring range:  $15-$22.66/hour

Applications accepted through March 23.

Interviews will be held in person, on Wednesday, April 2.

Salary : $15 - $23