Job Details

Employment Opportunity

The currently advertised full-time (100%) Grounds Maintenance Worker performs skilled gardening, landscaping and grounds maintenance duties in a designated college service area as assigned; and performs related duties as required or assigned.

In addition, a Grounds Maintenance Worker position eligibility pool may be established in order to fill other full-time, part-time or substitute assignments as needs arise.

Examples of Duties

• Mows, trims, edges, fertilizes, aerifies and waters lawns and other landscaped areas
• Weeds, prunes, mulches and fertilizes shrubs and ground cover
• Prepares soil for planting
• Plants, prunes and maintains trees, seedlings and shrubs
• Plants and maintains planter boxes and specialty plant areas
• Inspects assigned areas and corrects or reports safety hazards
• Cleans and maintains grounds, paved areas, paths, walkways and stairways
• Picks up trash and litter
• Clears weeds and brush in underdeveloped grounds areas
• Performs basic facility maintenance duties including pouring cement, repairing fences, grounds equipment and facilities
• Performs landscape maintenance activities
• Installs, repairs, programs and maintains irrigation controls and systems
• Assists specialist in preparing fields for team use, including lining and marking
• Reads and interprets plans, specifications, blueprints and schematics
• Stores, mixes and sprays herbicides, fungicides and pesticides
• Performs routine road, parking lot and road sign maintenance and repair
• Maintains inventory of materials and supplies and prepares material and equipment estimates for assignments
• Maintains work sites in a clean and orderly condition
• Safely operates College vehicles and maintains a variety of hand and power landscaping tools and equipment, including hand and riding mowers, tractors, fork lifts, spreaders, rototillers, sprayers, edgers, thatchers, hedge trimmers, weed eaters, chainsaws, rollers, pruners, ladders and other tools
• Observes safe work methods and uses safety equipment
• Secures worksites from traffic hazards as necessary
• Prepares basic records and reports of completed work, vandalism, maintenance requests, etc.
• Traps rodents as necessary
• May assist in custodial or utility maintenance duties as needed
• Performs related duties as required or assigned

Minimum Qualifications

Education and Experience:

Equivalent to graduation from high school AND two (2) years of experience in gardening or landscape maintenance work. Basic maintenance or custodial work may be substituted for one (1) year of experience in gardening or landscape maintenance work.

Knowledge of:

• Methods and techniques of planting, transplanting, cultivating, pruning and maintaining a variety of lawns, ground cover, plants, shrubs, hedges and trees
• Maintenance and operation of manual and automatic irrigation systems
• Soil preparation and enrichment
• Methods and equipment used in weed, pest and insect control and treating plant diseases
• Proper use, minor maintenance and repair of hand and power landscaping and grounds maintenance tools and equipment used in grounds work
• Custodial and utility maintenance practices, procedures and equipment
• Safe work methods and safety regulations pertaining to the work assignment
• Shop mathematics
• Safe driving methods and techniques

Skill In:

• Safely performing a variety of gardening, landscape, maintenance and custodial work
• Maintaining and cleaning a wide variety college facilities and grounds
• Recognizing common plants, plant diseases and insect pests
• Demonstrating sensitivity to and understanding of diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students and the community
• Using and performing minor maintenance on landscaping and grounds maintenance tools and equipment
• Safely driving College vehicles and lifting heavy objects
• Using independent judgment and initiative in daily work activities
• Preparing brief, accurate oral and written reports of work performed
• Reading and interpreting label instructions, maps and specifications
• Establishing and maintaining an effective and cooperative working relationship with those contacted in the course of the work

Other Requirements:

• Must possess a valid California driver's license
• Must possess sufficient strength and stamina to lift and carry equipment weighing up to 90 pounds
• Must be willing to work at various college sites, outdoors in all weather conditions with exposure to steep terrain, pesticides, traffic and other potentially hazardous materials, using appropriate safety procedures and equipment
• Must be willing to respond to emergency situations in off-hours as necessary

Additional Information

Current Salary: *$2,783 to $3,069 per month to start; seven step schedule to $3,730 per month. Full-time assignment, 12 months per year. Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., with evenings and weekends as required. Classified employees are required to join the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) and as such contribute up to 7% of their monthly salary to CalPERS on a pre-tax basis. Position scheduled to begin as soon as possible, pending continued funding and Governing Board ratification. Salary is subject to proration based on beginning date of assignment.

*Cabrillo College reserves the right at its discretion to hire classified and confidential employees at a higher starting step placement, up to step three, in acknowledgement of an individual's previous job-related work experience. Please note: It is the applicants responsibility to ensure their application materials include the work related experience they wish to be considered for a higher step placement. The Human Resources department will make their determination based on the information in the application materials received.

Cabrillo College currently provides a benefit stipend contribution for medical, dental, life and long-term disability insurance for employees and eligible dependents.

Each employee hired into a classified position shall contribute to membership dues or service fee or charitable contribution at the current rate of gross salary per month.

Application Process:

**To be considered, each applicant MUST SUBMIT:

1. Completed online Cabrillo College Application
2. Job-related resume

** If any of the above materials are not submitted with your application packet, your materials will be deemed incomplete and will not be forwarded to the committee for screening.

Please notify Human Resources if you require any special accommodation(s) in meeting these requirements.

Please Note: To ensure an accurate evaluation of your application materials, please submit information regarding your education, experience, knowledge and abilities as they relate to the minimum qualifications. When filling out the online application, it is important that you fill out all sections completely. Do not leave blank spaces, or notes saying "see resume". When adding attachments, please redact ALL of the following items which appear on any attachment before you submit it: social security number, birth date, age, gender, birth place and personal photos.

Selection Procedure: Applications will be reviewed by a search committee, which will determine the applicants to invite for interviews based on appraisal of qualifications as documented by application materials submitted. Performance exam(s) may be administered.

Candidates selected for employment with Cabrillo College must agree to be fingerprinted, provide current tuberculosis screening results, provide proof of eligibility for employment in the United States and present a valid Social Security card, and driver's license upon hire.

Application Deadline: Application materials MUST be successfully submitted by 11:59 p.m. on Friday, July 14, 2017.

Cabrillo College seeks applications from all qualified individuals. It is the continuing goal of Cabrillo College to hire and retain staff that reflect the rich diversity and cultural heritage of the college district and its student body.

To apply, please visit: http://agency.governmentjobs.com/cabrilloedu/





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