Seasonal Helper-Parks Maintenance

JOB SUMMARY:

Under the supervision of the Assistant Superintendent of Parks, the Helper, Parks Maintenance is responsible for performing a variety of manual to semi- skilled tasks relating to the maintenance of City-owned parks, grounds, and recreational areas.

EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Sows grass seed; plants trees, shrubs, and flowers; weeds the same according to instructions.
• Applies mulch to and edges designated areas.
• Removes weeds around bushes, trees, and flower beds. Trims hedges and prunes trees.
• Mows and weed eats turf areas. Picks up trash and debris. Cleans bathrooms.
• Assists in the set-up and tear down for special events.
• Operates a motor vehicle on a regular basis observing legal and defensive driving practices.

QUALIFICATIONS: 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.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Minimum age is 16 years old (Work permit required for minors)

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

• Valid Maryland Driver's License or equivalent.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure using whole numbers, common fractions.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent.

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.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The employee frequently is required to move about on foot to accomplish tasks; remain in a stationary position; use hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. The employee is regularly required to remain in a stationary position for long periods of time and to traverse uneven outdoor areas, performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving one's whole body to climb, lift, balance, walk, twist, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, handling of materials. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

• This individual must be able to express or exchange ideas by means of the spoken word, including activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, and/or quickly.

• The worker is required to have the visual acuity necessary for normal visual inspection (with or without correction); including close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The worker must have the ability to perceive the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction and have the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations sound. The worker is required to listen to and understand information and ideas presented in the English language through spoken word and sentences. This individual must have the ability to recognize there is a problem. The worker is required to identify information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. This individual must have the ability to coordinate two or more limbs while remaining in a stationary position or standing.

WORK ENVIRONMENT/CONDITION: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Work is normally performed in an outdoor setting with exposure to weather conditions such as extreme heat and cold as well as inclement weather conditions, e.g., rain, snow, ice, etc.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts.
• The employee is occasionally exposed to fumes and airborne particles, toxic and caustic chemicals, vibrations, and insects/wildlife.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.