Job Description:

• 1) Maintains grounds of industrial, commercial, or public property, performing any combination of following tasks: Cuts lawns, using hand mower or power mower.

• 2) Trims and edges around walks, flower beds, and walls, using clippers, weed cutters, and edging tools.

• 3) Prunes shrubs and trees to shape and improve growth or remove damaged leaves, branches, or twigs, using shears, pruners, or chain saw.

• 4) Sprays lawn, shrubs, and trees with fertilizer, herbicides, and insecticides, using hand or automatic sprayer.

• 5) Rakes and bags or burns leaves, using rake.

• 6) Cleans grounds and removes litter, using spiked stick or broom.

• 7) Shovels snow from walks and driveways.

• 8) Spreads salt on public passage ways to prevent ice buildup.

• 9) Plants grass, flowers, trees, and shrubs, using gardening tools.

• 10) Waters lawn and shrubs, using hose or by activating fixed or portable sprinkler system.

• 11) May repair fences, gates, walls, and walks, using carpentry and masonry tools.

• 12) May paint fences and outbuildings.

• 13) May clean out drainage ditches and culverts, using shovel and rake.

• 14) May perform ground maintenance duties, using tractor equipped with attachments, such as mowers, lime or fertilizer spreaders, lawn roller, and snow removal equipment.

• 15) May sharpen tools, such as weed cutters, edging tools, and shears, using file or knife sharpener.

• 16) May make minor repairs on equipment, such as lawn mower, spreader, and snow removal equipment, using handtools and power tools.

• 17) May perform variety of laboring duties, common to type of employing establishment.