GROUNDS/LANDSCAPER II

Orange County Public Schools; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Orange County Public Schools is seeking a Grounds Maintenance Worker to perform semi-skilled mowing and landscaping tasks around school district properties. You will operate various grounds equipment and assist with related facilities tasks, maintaining safe, clean grounds.

Requirements include a high school diploma or GED and a year of landscaping experience; a Florida driver’s license is mandatory. Strong safety awareness and teamwork are essential for day-to-day operations and emergency

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required; one year landscaping experience preferred.
• Valid Florida Driver's license required; must meet district Safe Driving Plan.
• IPCS screening requirement for new hires after August 24, 2009.
• Must be able to operate district fleet vehicles and maintain appropriate licenses.

Responsibilities

• Perform grounds maintenance tasks such as mowing, edging, weed-eating, and mulching.
• Prune shrubs and trees; trim hedges and manage branches as needed.
• Operate tools and equipment safely including mowers, sprayers, and blowers.
• Maintain materials and supply usage records for district inventory and property accounting.
• Respond to safety concerns promptly and communicate maintenance needs to supervisors.

Skills

Equipment operation

Safety awareness

Manual dexterity

Teamwork

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Mowers

Hedge trimmers

Sprayers

Air compressors

Job description

Salary Schedule

Under general supervision, the purpose of the position is to perform semi-skilled mowing and landscaping work related to the care and upkeep of school district property. Employees in this classification function with some latitude in independent judgment concerning methods and priority of tasks, function independently within scope of abilities, or participate in projects as part of a work crew. Work areas include, but are not necessarily limited to, grounds maintenance, and tree trimming. Work objectives are to maintain cleanliness, order, and environmentally safe conditions of school district property. Essential functions as outlined herein are performed according to assigned area. Performs related work as directed.

Examples Of Essential Functions

• Responds to internal and external customers in a timely, accurate, courteous and empathetic manner representing OCPS in a positive light.
• Functions independently, or as part of a work crew engaged in school district property maintenance projects and tasks.
• Performs grounds maintenance activities, i.e., cutting, mowing, weed-eating, edging, blowing, planting foliage and mulching.
• Performs shrubbery and tree maintenance activities, i.e., pruning limbs, shaping hedges, cutting branches.
• Maintains materials and supplies usage records for district inventory and property accounting purposes.
• Operates various electric, gas and manually powered tools and equipment, i.e., saws, sprayers, air compressors, mowers, blowers, weed-eaters, hedge trimmers.
• Operates OCPS Grounds' vehicles with a trailer.
• Assists with various facilities and trades maintenance and repair tasks within scope of abilities.
• Ensures cleanliness, order, and environmentally safe conditions of district property; addresses safety concerns in a time efficient manner; reports real or potential maintenance/repair needs.
• Ensures proper cleaning and maintenance of equipment, tools, and materials utilized; ensures adherence to principles and practices of safe use and operation of equipment, tools, and materials.
• Performs clean up and work site restoration activities, i.e., disposing waste and debris.
• Responds to and takes appropriate actions in the event of emergency or critical incidents to resolve, confine or otherwise prevent potentially injurious or hazardous conditions.
• Responsible for keeping up to date on current technology, as job appropriate, being used by OCPS. With the support of the district, attends training to ensure skill level in various technologies is at the level required to perform in current position.
• Responsible for timely and accurate information they maintain as part of their job responsibilities.

The list of essential functions, as outlined herein, is intended to be representative of the tasks performed within this classification. It is not necessarily descriptive of any one position in the class. The omission of an essential function does not preclude management from assigning duties not listed herein if such functions are a logical assignment to the position.

Marginal Functions

• Performs related duties as directed.

Minimum Training And Experience

High school diploma or GED; supplemented by one (1) year previous experience in landscaping work, demonstrating ability to fulfill the physical and dexterity requirements of the work, as applicable to the assigned maintenance area (i.e., grounds maintenance, mowing, and tree trimming); or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

This position requires operation of District fleet vehicles in performance of duties. Employees must maintain a valid Florida Driver's license and meet the requirements of the District's Safe Driving Plan. This is a Non-OTETA/CDL position.

Effective August 24, 2009, all new hires to this position must successfully complete the Industrial Physical Capability Screening (IPCS); previous incumbents holding this position without a break in service are not required to have this screening.

PERFORMANCE APTITUDES

Data Utilization

Requires the ability to arrange, compare, count, differentiate, measure and/or sort data and/or information. Includes judging whether readily observable functional, structural or compositional characteristics are similar to or divergent from prescribed standards, procedures or routines.

Human Interaction

Requires the ability to exchange information for the purpose of obtaining information or clarifying details. Performs such within well-established policies, procedures and standards.

Equipment, Machinery, Tools, and Materials Utilization

Requires the ability to operate standard hand-held tools, and electric, gas and manually powered equipment and machinery and computer.

Verbal Aptitude

Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference and advisory data and information.

Mathematical Aptitude

Requires the ability to perform addition and subtraction.

Functional Reasoning

Requires ability to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagrammatic form. Involves semi-routine standardized work with some latitude for independent judgment concerning choices of action.

Situational Reasoning

Requires the ability to exercise the judgment, decisiveness and creativity in situations involving a variety of generally pre-defined duties which are often characterized by frequent change.

ADA COMPLIANCE

Physical Ability

Tasks involve the ability to exert moderate physical effort in work, with greater emphasis on climbing and balancing, but typically also involving some combination of stooping, kneeling, crouching, and crawling, and the lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling of moderately heavy objects and materials (5 - 40 pounds); may occasionally involve heavier objects and materials (up to 50 pounds).

Sensory Requirements

Some tasks may require the ability to perceive and discriminate depths. Most tasks require visual perception and discrimination.

Environmental Factors

Tasks are regularly performed with exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as weather conditions of hot/cold temperatures and rain, dust, noise extremes, machinery, vibrations, electric currents, strong odors and toxic/poisonous agents.

The Orange County School District will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities to allow them to perform the essential functions of the job when such individuals request an accommodation.

09/09/2024