Brief description of the job: Cutting grass and weeds with mower or weed eater, plant, trim, prune trees, clean up debris from mowing, trimming, etc, pick up trash, operate small landscaping equipment. Based on 40 hours per week, but subject to answer calls to work in the event of an emergency such as flooding, storm damage, etc, or scheduled overtime due to City activities. The City of Rockdale is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Perform laboring duties for parks department, mow, edge lawns, rake and clean flower beds in and around parks, City buildings and mow and trim in City cemeteries. Load equipment on trucks and drive to locations, paint equipment, fences, picnic tables, perform basic carpentry. Plant, prune and remove trees and shrubs, water plants, shrubs, trees and grass. Other duties as assigned.

STANDING

For most job tasks; on asphalt, gravel, grass, dirt and mud.

HANDLING

To operate the majority of landscape tools and equipment which include shovels, rakes, motorized equipment and the use of basic hand tools.

LIFTING/CARRYING

Various types of landscape equipment; chain saws, weed eaters, edger, push mower, onto and out of the bed of a pickup truck, to pick up tree limbs, trash landscape tools (shovels, rakes, post hole diggers), hoses and other park maintenance tools and equipment, to prune trees and remove limbs and logs, from pruning area to trailer, to carry various other objects throughout the work day. (10 to 65 lbs.)

PUSH/PULLING

To start various landscape equipment; chainsaw, lawn mower and edger, operate lawn mowers and edger's, to saw tree limbs with pole saw or pruning saw. (pull strength 8 to 24 lbs.)

Pay:

From $17.00 per hour

Work Location:

In person