Park Maintenance Worker I

To perform a variety of semi‑skilled gardening and landscape maintenance and custodial duties.

 

This is the entry level in the Park Maintenance series. Positions assigned to this class can be distinguished from Parks Maintenance Worker II class in that the latter performs the more semi-skilled as well as skilled park maintenance duties, and works under general supervision of the Senior Park Maintenance Worker.

 

Receives immediate supervision from higher level Park Maintenance staff.

 

For indefinite periods of time - mobility within an office and field environment; exposure to fumes, odors, dust/mites, and mechanical hazards; exposure to extreme cold, heat, temperature swings and constant noise; walking; twisting body; working in trenches; stooping; standing; squatting; sitting; seeing; kneeling; grasping; climbing; cleaning; reading; reaching above shoulder level; pushing, pulling, lifting, and carrying up to 75 pounds; using both hands for simple and firm grasping; clarity of hearing; fine finger manipulation; operation of a weed eater, lawn mower, blower, edger and a variety of hand tools; operating a motor vehicle through city traffic.