Grounds person DAL 813

Landscaping and Groundskeeper Workers

Job Purpose:
Maintain property grounds using hand or power tools or equipment. Workers perform a variety of tasks sod laying, mowing, trimming, planting, watering, fertilizing, digging, raking.

Essential Duties and/or Responsibilities:

• Operate powered equipment such as mowers, tractors, chain-saws, electric clippers, sod cutters, and pruning saws.
• Mow and edge property using power mowers and edgers.
• Shovel snow from walks, driveways, and parking lots, and spread salt in those areas when applicable.
• Care for established lawns by mulching, aerating, weeding, grubbing and removing thatch, and trimming and edging around flower beds, walks, and walls.
• Use hand tools such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws, saws, hedge and brush trimmers, and axes.
• Prune and trim trees, shrubs, and hedges, using shears, pruners, or chain saws.
• Gather and remove litter.
• Maintain tools and equipment.
• Mix and spray or spread fertilizers, herbicides, or insecticides onto grass, shrubs, and trees, using hand or automatic sprayers or spreaders.
• Provide proper upkeep of sidewalks, driveways, parking lots, fountains, planters, veteran sitting areas, and other grounds features.
• Assure lawns are watered.
• Trim and pick flowers, and clean flower beds.
• Rake, mulch, and compost leaves.
• Follow planned landscaping designs to determine where to lay sod, sow grass, or plant flowers and foliage.
• Plant seeds, bulbs, foliage, flowering plants, grass, ground covers, trees, and shrubs, and apply mulch for protection, using gardening tools.

Knowledge and Skills Required:

• Equipment Maintenance - Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
• Mechanical - Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
• Equipment Selection - Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
• Repairing - Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.
• Time Management - Managing one's own time