Position Type: Maintenance/Buildings and Grounds WorkerDate Posted: 9/18/2024Location: CountywideDate Available: 09/20/2024QUALIFICATIONS (Level 1) 1. Able to read, write, speak, and understand English 2. Minimum high school diploma or G.E.D. 3. Seven years successful work experience in the Hamblen County Schools maintenance department 4. Valid driver's license 5. Meets the health and physical qualifications JOB GOAL To act as guardian, keeper, and caretaker of all school grounds and provide students with an attractive, safe, clean, and natural environment in which to learn ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS 1. Maintains custodial equipment 2. Maintains and cares for school grounds 3. Prepares seedlings or transplanting beds by cultivating soil and adding fertilizer or chemicals if needed 4. Plants seeds and tree seedlings so that resulting growth will produce attractive appearance 5. Prunes trees to shape, promote growth, and improve appearance 6. Inspects flowers, shrubs, and trees for evidence of insects, fungi, and other pests, and sprays or dusts chemicals on infected areas 7. Paints football field and soccer field 8. Cleans out drainage ditches and culverts 9. Shovels snow from driveways and spreads sand, salt, or ashes to prevent slipping on public passageways 10. Performs variety of maintenance duties when yard work is completed 11. Maintains clean and orderly work area during and after completion of job 12. Properly cares for all assigned tools, meters, materials, and vehicles 13. Assists in other fields of maintenance when necessary 14. Records all time and material on work orders and submits to maintenance supervisor 15. Performs other duties as assigned PHYSICAL DEMANDS This job may require lifting of objects that exceed 50 lbs., with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 25 lbs. Other physical demands that may be required are as follows: 1. Lifting 2. Carrying 3. Pushing 4. Pulling 5. Climbing 6. Stooping 7. Kneeling 8. Crouching 9. Balancing 10. Crawling 11. Seeing VOCATIONAL PREPARATION The required vocational preparation may come from any of the following: 1. Vocational education 2. Apprentice training 3. On-the-job training 4. Essential experience TEMPERAMENT (Personal traits) 1. Adaptability to performing a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure 2. Adaptability to accepting responsibility for the direction, control, or planning of an activity 3. Adaptability to dealing with people 4. Adaptability to making generalizations, evaluations, or decisions based on sensory or judgmental criteria CAPACITY AND ABILITY REQUIREMENTS Specific capacities and abilities may be required of an individual in order to learn or perform adequately a task or job duty. 1. Intelligence: Ability to understand instructions and underlying principles and to reason and make judgments 2. Manual Dexterity: Ability to move the hands and fingers and rapidly or accurately manipulate small objects 3. Color Discrimination: Ability to perceive or recognize similarities or differences in colors or in shades or other values of the same color WORK CONDITIONS Work conditions may include a high degree of discomfort due to temperature, fumes, dirt, noise, and weather conditions. Employee may be called for off duty hours and weekend emergencies. All overtime work is for emergencies as authorized by the maintenance supervisor. TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT 1. 261-day contract 2. Work hours to be assigned; 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week 3. Maintenance department salary scales SALARY LEVEL ADVANCEMENT 1. Any new employee begins at entry Level 3 2. Requirements to move to Level 2 a. three years employment in the position b. positive evaluations c. recommendation of maintenance supervisor d. approval by Assistant Director for Administration and Director of Schools 3. Requirements to move to Level 1 a. seven years employment in the position b. positive evaluations c. recommendation of maintenance supervisor d. approval by Assistant Director for Administration and Director of Schools JOB CLASSIFICATION TRANSFER 1. Employees may not transfer from one job classification to another unless a vacancy occurs or a new position is created. All such vacancies will be posted. 2. Employees transferring from one job classification to another will move laterally on the salary level schedule. 3. For employees transferring from one job classification to another, experience requirements for moving to a higher salary level will require a minimum of two years experience in the new job classification. IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR Supervisor of Maintenance GENERAL REQUIREMENTS The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not intended to be a complete list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so assigned. BUILDING & GROUNDS Level II, Level III Groundskeeper QUALIFICATIONS 1. Able to read, write, speak, and understand English 2. Minimum high school diploma or G.E.D. 3. Three years successful work experience in the Hamblen County Schools maintenance department 4. Valid driver's license 5. Meets the health and physical qualifications JOB GOAL To act as guardian, keeper, and caretaker of all school grounds and provide students with an attractive, safe, clean, and natural environment in which to learn ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS 1. Maintains and cares for school grounds 2. Waters lawns and shrubs during dry periods by using hose or by activating fixed or portable sprinkler system 3. Cuts lawns using hand mower, power mower, or riding mower 4. Prepares seedlings or transplanting beds by cultivating soil and adding fertilizer or chemicals if needed 5. Plants seeds and tree seedlings so that resulting growth will produce attractive appearance 6. Prunes trees to shape, promote growth, and improve appearance 7. Inspects flowers, shrubs, and trees for evidence of insects, fungi, and other pests, and sprays or dusts chemicals on infected areas 8. Rakes leaves and cleans or sweeps up litter 9. Cleans out drainage ditches and culverts 10. Shovels snow from driveways and spreads sand, salt, or ashes to prevent slipping on public passageways 11. Performs variety of maintenance duties when yard work is completed 12. Maintains clean and orderly work area during and after completion of job 13. Properly cares for all assigned tools, meters, materials, and vehicles 14. Assists in other fields of maintenance when necessary 15. Records all time and material on work orders and submits to maintenance supervisor 16. Performs other duties as assigned PHYSICAL DEMANDS This job may require lifting of objects that exceed 50 lbs., with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 25 lbs. Other physical demands that may be required are as follows: 1. Lifting 2. Carrying 3. Pushing 4. Pulling 5. Climbing 6. Stooping 7. Kneeling 8. Crouching 9. Balancing 10. Crawling 11. Seeing VOCATIONAL PREPARATION The required vocational preparation may come from any of the following: 1. Vocational education 2. Apprentice training 3. On-the-job training 4. Essential experience TEMPERAMENT (Personal traits) 1. Adaptability to performing a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure 2. Adaptability to accepting responsibility for the direction, control, or planning of an activity 3. Adaptability to dealing with people 4. Adaptability to making generalizations, evaluations, or decisions based on sensory or judgmental criteria CAPACITY AND ABILITY REQUIREMENTS Specific capacities and abilities may be required of an individual in order to learn or perform adequately a task or job duty. 1. Intelligence: Ability to understand instructions and underlying principles and to reason and make judgments 2. Manual Dexterity: Ability to move the hands and fingers and rapidly or accurately manipulate small objects 3. Color Discrimination: Ability to perceive or recognize similarities or differences in colors or in shades or other values of the same color WORK CONDITIONS Work conditions may include a high degree of discomfort due to temperature, fumes, dirt, noise, and weather conditions. Employee may be called for off duty hours and weekend emergencies. All overtime work is for emergencies as authorized by the maintenance supervisor. TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT 1. 261-day contract 2. Work hours to be assigned; 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week 3. Maintenance department salary scales SALARY LEVEL ADVANCEMENT 1. Any new employee begins at entry Level 3, unless approved by the Maintenance Supervisor and Director of Schools for entry as a Level 2 based on prior work experience. 2. Requirements to move to Level 2 a. three years employment in the position b. positive evaluations c. recommendation of maintenance supervisor d. approval by Assistant Director for Administration and Director of Schools 3. Requirements to move to Level 1 a. seven years employment in the position b. positive evaluations c. recommendation of maintenance supervisor d. approval by Assistant Director for Administration and Director of Schools JOB CLASSIFICATION TRANSFER 1. Employees may not transfer from one job classification to another unless a vacancy occurs or a new position is created. All such vacancies will be posted. 2. Employees transferring from one job classification to another will move laterally on the salary level schedule. 3. For employees transferring from one job classification to another, experience requirements for moving to a higher salary level will require a minimum of two years experience in the new job classification. IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR Supervisor of Maintenance GENERAL REQUIREMENTS The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not intended to be a complete list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so assigned. Attachment(s):
- maintenance B&G groundskpr.pdf