Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:Some knowledge of horticulture, planting, cultivating, pruning, and general care for plant, trees, shrubs and flowers; application of pesticides, fertilization, and soil amendments; drainage control, sprinkler system operation and maintenance, including pumps, several types of heads, automatic controllers and weather stations; maintenance of all grounds keeping equipment; reading of landscape drawings and blue prints, installation of parks. SUPERVISION EXERCISEDNoneessential functionsPerforms the preparation of athletic fields for play, duties include painting lines, dragging and raking in-fields, chalking infields, preparing pitching mounds and home plate areas, and maintaining skinned areas to the appropriate firmness.