Skilled Groundskeeper & Landscaping Technician

Peralta Community College District (CA); Oakland (CA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Peralta Community College District is seeking a Groundsworker - Gardener to perform skilled gardening and grounds maintenance across athletic complexes and landscaped campus areas. The role involves planting, pruning, irrigation, and equipment maintenance to keep grounds in optimal condition.

The successful candidate will handle mowing, edging, spraying, and minor repairs, with opportunities to partake in installation and renovation projects.

Qualifications

• Must possess a current valid California Department of Motor Vehicle Driver’s License.
• Must be insurable under Peralta Community College District's current insurance policy.
• Understanding of, sensitivity to and respect for the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability and ethnic backgrounds of Peralta Colleges’ students, faculty, staff and community.

Responsibilities

• Cultivates, waters, fertilizes, and trims lawns, shrubs, hedges, trees and ground cover.
• Sprays shrubs, trees, weeds and lawns.
• Prunes trees and other plants.
• Performs planting, transplanting, fertilizing and propagation of ornamental plants.
• Mows and edges lawns using hand and power equipment including gang mowers.
• Uses hand tools to work soil and remove weeds, undergrowth, and debris from grounds and landscaped area.
• Sweeps walkways, driveways and parking lots; cleans and empties garbage cans.
• Assists in installation of landscaping projects and renovations of athletic facilities.

Job description

Peralta Community College District is seeking a Groundsworker - Gardener to perform skilled gardening and grounds maintenance across athletic complexes and landscaped campus areas. The role involves planting, pruning, irrigation, and equipment maintenance to keep grounds in optimal condition.

The successful candidate will handle mowing, edging, spraying, and minor repairs, with opportunities to partake in installation and renovation projects.