Maintenance Worker - Parks

About the position

Responsibilities

  • Participate in the maintenance and repair of play equipment, picnic tables, fences, and other related parks equipment.
  • Maintain and repair tools and small equipment.
  • Perform parts runs, as necessary.
  • Maintain maintenance records.
  • Attend various meetings including employee safety meetings, training sessions, and others, as assigned.
  • Participate in City special event setup and teardown.
  • Paint buildings, benches, picnic tables, and other park structures.
  • Remove graffiti from buildings, benches, picnic tables, and park structures.
  • Perform the cleaning and maintenance of parks and facilities.
  • Prepare and maintain ball fields.
  • Mix and perform weed, pesticide, and fertilizer applications.
  • Inspect playgrounds and make necessary repairs.
  • Set, monitor, and make recommendations to adjust watering schedules.
  • Participate in the maintenance and repair of electrical, plumbing, and irrigation systems and equipment, and maintain timers.
  • Mow lawns, trim, and edge around walkways, planters, shrubs, and trees.
  • Prune or remove bushes and trees using hand tools and power equipment.
  • Utilize equipment such as tractors, loaders, aerators, riding mowers, boom lifts, trenchers, stump grinders, chippers, and various other power and hand tools to complete assigned tasks.
  • Hand weed planters, as necessary.
  • Safely operate City vehicles and equipment.
  • Perform all other duties, as assigned.

Requirements

  • High school diploma OR GED equivalent AND one year of landscape or grounds maintenance and repair operations/field experience, which may also include irrigation systems; OR six (6) months vocational training in landscaping and groundskeeping AND six (6) months of landscape or grounds maintenance and repair operations/field experience, which may also include irrigation systems; OR a certification in landscaping and groundskeeping AND six (6) months of landscape or grounds maintenance and repair operations/field experience, which may also include irrigation systems.
  • Must possess a valid California Class \"C\" driver's license upon hire and maintain throughout the length of employment with the City of Victorville.
  • May be required to possess a valid California Class \"A\" or \"B\" Commercial Driver's License with endorsements OR have the ability to obtain a class \"A\" or \"B\" Commercial Driver's License within 9 months upon request and maintain it throughout the length of employment.

Nice-to-haves

  • Qualified Applicators Certification.
  • Playground Safety Inspection Certification.
  • MaxiCom Central Control Irrigation Certification.
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