Performs general grounds maintenance tasks such as clearing sites, raking or tilling soil, mowing lawns, trimming and removing trees and shrubs, planting and upkeep of campus plant beds, fertilizing and watering, maintaining athletic fields, maintaining roads and sidewalks, and removing snow, trash and other obstructions around buildings and surrounding areas. Performs routine maintenance and unskilled tasks in the inspection, repair, and maintenance of automotive equipment and other machinery such as mounting and dismounting snowplows, salt spreaders, changing oil, tires, and batteries and cleaning and polishing vehicles; reports deficiencies and problems to higher level staff.