Extra-Help Grounds Maintenance Aide

Full Job Description

Duties may include, but are not limited to the following:

• Clean walks, fields, and other facilities.
  
• Does general grounds and facilities cleaning tasks.
  
• Perform general janitorial tasks such as sweeps, mops, and scrubs floors.
  
• Empty and clean waste receptacles.
  
• Clean restrooms and building facilities in the recreational areas.
  
• May perform toll station duties such as collecting fees and giving general assistance to park visitors.

Requirements

Experience:
None required.

Education:
Sufficient to understand and carry out typical duties of the position.

License:
Possess a valid California driver's license at time of appointment and maintain.

Qualifications

• Effectively communicate orally and in writing.
  
• Deal effectively with assigned groups.
  
• Follow supervisor's instructions correctly with minimal follow-up guidance.
  
• When assigned to the toll station, make arithmetical computations rapidly and accurately.
  
• Perform heavy manual labor.
  
• Repetitive motion, sitting for long periods, walking.
  
• Occasional standing, pushing, pulling, bending, squatting, climbing.
  
• Lifting – Frequently 5 pounds or less; occasionally 5 to 50 pounds.
  
• Constant good overall vision and reading and close-up work.
  
• Frequent color perception and use of eye/hand coordination.
  
• Occasional use of depth perception and peripheral vision.
  
• Normal dexterity with frequent writing.
  
• Frequent hearing of normal speech, hearing/talking on the telephone, talking in person.
  
  
• Some assignments may require working weekends, nights, and/or occasional overtime.
  
• Occasional exposure to noise; occasional contact with dirt, dust, indoor/outdoor cold and heat.
  
• Frequent exposure to varied weather conditions.
  
  
• Regular attendance is an essential function.

Knowledge of:

• Methods, tools, materials, and equipment used in grounds, park, and recreational area maintenance and janitorial work.
  
• Safe work practices.
  
• County rules and regulations.

Ability to:

• Skillfully use hand and power tools required in general grounds and janitorial work.
  
• Perform heavy manual labor.
  
• Perform maintenance and janitorial tasks.
  
• Establish and maintain cooperative relationships with those contacted during the course of work.