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Groundsworker - Oakton College
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What they do
A Landscaping or Groundskeeping Worker provides landscaping for residences, parks, public gardens, college campuses or building or office park grounds. Provides care for plants and trees including mowing, trimming and planting, and repairs driveways, walks, benches or other structures.
$36,879 / year median in Illinois
+8% projected growth
Job Description
Groundsworker - Oakton College Oakton College United States, Illinois, Des Plaines 1600 East Golf Road (Show on map) Sep 02, 2026
Location:
Des Plaines, IL Category:
Staff Job Type:
Full Time Staff Posted On:
Wed Sep 2 2026
Basic Function and Responsibility:
Under general supervision, perform tasks involved in maintaining athletic fields, grounds, lawns, flower beds, shrubs and trees, sidewalks, parking lots, roads and storm sewers and drainage structures, and snow removal.
Characteristic Duties and Responsibilities:
Perform routine tasks in maintaining lawns and grounds, including seeding, fertilizing, mowing, watering and weed control, install, plant, spray and maintain flower beds.
Plant, fertilize, spray and prune... more...