Job Title:         Groundskeeper                                               Wage/Hour Status: Non-Exempt

 

Reports to:      Physical Plant Operations Manager                  Pay Grade 2:            Auxiliary Pay Plan

                                                                                                                                

Dept./School: Physical Plant Operations                              Initiated Date:         October 13, 2003                                 

*Pre-screening may be conducted by an approved  medical vendor prior to starting employment.

                                                                                               

                                                                                                                      

Funding Source: 281 ESSER                                         Revised Date:          October 14, 2021

 

District Primary Purpose:                 To assist and promote La Joya ISD in implementing a rigorous curriculum/instructional program that supports student success and achievement.

 

Department Primary Purpose:          To provide students and staff with a safe, attractive, comfortable, clean and efficient place in which to learn, play, and develop.     

 

Qualifications:                                              

 

Education/Certification:                     Fourth Grade or higher

 

Experience/Knowledge                      At least one year of grounds/yard work preferred

                                                           

Applicants must have demonstrated aptitude for assigned responsibilities or such other alternatives as appropriate and acceptable.  Use and care of hand power equipment and safe work practices, methods and materials used in grounds work.  General knowledge of hedges, shrubs, flowers, grass, seeding, mowing, cultivating, and pruning. General knowledge of trees to include minor tree trimming.

 

Major Responsibilities and Duties: 

 

1. Maintain grounds throughout the district in accordance to the department’s procedures.

    2. Practice good safety habits at all times in accordance to the District’s safety policy.

    

    3. Procure supplies, materials, and equipment for each assigned task. 

 

    4. Use and secure district equipment, tools, supplies, and vehicle. 

       

    5. Assist with the completion of minor projects. 

      

    6. Assist with the relocation of furniture throughout the district.

 

    7. Regular and reliable attendance.

 

    8. Mow and trim designated areas.

 

    9. Remove trash from campus grounds and flower beds.

 

    10. Maintain equipment clean and in safe operating condition.

 

    11. Trim tress, prune hedges and shrubs.

 

    12. Attend safety meetings, trainings, and other related sessions as needed.

 

    13. Report all items in need of repair as observed during the site visits or in the performance of other duties.

 

    14. Perform all other duties as assigned.

 

    15. Follow all Work from Home Protocols when working remotely.

 

WORKING CONDITIONS:  

           

Mental Demands:    

Ability to communicate effectively verbally.  Some ability to read instructions.

 

Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:

1. Ability to stand, walk, talk, or hear, use hands to finger, handle or feel, push/pull, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, reach with hands and arms and taste or smell (67 to 99% of the work day).

 

2. Able to sit (0 to 33% of the work day).

 

3. Occasionally (0 to 33% of the work day) lift and/or carry objects weighing up to 100 lbs.

 

4. Special vision requirements include: 20/20 (corrected), ability to identify and distinguish colors. Be able to adjust eye to bring an object into sharp focus, judge distances and spatial relationships and observe an area peripherally.

 

5. Work environment; exposure to extreme hot and cold temperatures, wet humid conditions, working near moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals and risk of electrical shock, risk of radiation and work with some form of vibration (67 to 99% of the work day), work with explosive (0 to 33% of the work day).

 

6. The typical noise level for the work environment is moderate noise.

 

7. Hearing requirements include: ability to hear alarms on equipment, client calls and instructional from department staff.

 

8. Repetitive motion actions include: use of foot control, both feet (7+ hrs. of the workday), use of hands, both hands (7+ hrs. of the work day), grasping simple/light objects (7+ hrs. of the work day), grasping firm/heavy objects (7+ hrs. of the work day).

 

POSITION WORKING DAYS:          244 Days

 

 

This document describes the general purpose and responsibilities assigned to this job and is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties that may be assigned or skills that may be required. I have read and fully understand the duties and responsibilities this position is to provide to my campus/department.

 

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