Groundskeeper-Administration-General Services-Kanawha Co.
State of West Virginia
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Groundskeeper II
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
HRD
Location
Massachusetts, 02114
Salary
Not specified
Type
Full Time
More Maintenance & Trades jobs →Closes
Not specified
Job Description
Summary
This job involves maintaining outdoor spaces by trimming plants, mowing lawns, applying fertilizers or pesticides, and making small repairs to paths and parking areas.
It also includes supervising junior staff, training them, and keeping records of supplies and work activities.
A good fit would be someone with hands-on experience in landscaping who enjoys physical outdoor work and has basic leadership skills.
Key Requirements
- At least 2 years of experience in groundskeeping or related landscaping work
- Ability to trim, prune, plant, and care for flowers, bushes, shrubs, and lawns
- Skills in seeding, watering, weeding, fertilizing, and spraying pesticides or fertilizers
- Experience with mowing lawns using hand or power equipment
- Capability to perform minor repairs to sidewalks, roadways, and parking lots, including snow removal
- Ability to monitor and train junior groundskeeping employees
- Proficiency in maintaining inventory, records, logs, and preparing reports
Full Job Description
Incumbents of positions in this series trim, prune, cut and/or plant flowers, bushes, etc.; seed, water, cut, weed and/or fertilize lawns, flower beds, shrubs, etc.; spray lawns, flower beds, etc. with fertilizers or pesticides; excavate grounds; clear and perform minor repairs to roadways, parking lots and walks; and perform related work as required.
The basic purpose of this work is to provide for the care and maintenance of lawns, trees, shrubs, flower beds, walks, roadways and parking lots.
Requirements
Trims, prunes, cuts and/or plants flowers, bushes, etc. as part of groundskeeping activities.Seeds, waters, weeds and/or fertilizes lawns, flower beds, shrubs, etc.
Sprays lawns, flower beds, shrubs, etc. with fertilizers or pesticides.
Assists in designing floral beds and planning plan placement for grounds beautification.
Cuts lawns using hand mower or power mower.
Makes minor repairs of sidewalks, roadways and parking lots and clears them of snow.
Performs related duties such as emptying rubbish barrels; picking up trash; cleaning ditches, drains, and catch basins on grounds or roadways; shoveling snow and raking leaves.
Monitor the activities of employees involved in groundskeeping work to ensure compliance with established standards.
Provide on the job training to assigned workers.
Perform related duties such as maintaining inventory of supplies and equipment; maintaining records and logs including employee time and attendance; and preparing written reports as required.
Qualifications
2 years of experience required in related work.Additional Information
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