Salary: $14.00 - $14.55 HourlyLocation : Florence, SCJob Type: Part TimeJob Number: 00454Fund-Department: RecreationDivision-Slot: Recreation TechnicianOpening Date: 08/09/2024Closing Date: ContinuousThe Recreation Technician enforces park regulations and policies to ensure a safe and enjoyable visitor experience of Lynches River County Park. Performs duties necessary for maintenance and upkeep of Lynches River County Park. Essential Functions:
- Performs custodial and housekeeping activities of all park facilities to ensure the attractiveness, cleanliness, and safety of the park to meet and exceed established standards.
- Operates a variety of small and large engine equipment, various hand and power tools, and other similar equipment to maintain grounds and landscape.
- Prepares rental facilities for all events. Check-in rental customers and overnight guests.
- Completes park-related forms and reports for statistical purposes.
- Patrols the park to enforce rules and regulations, and to safeguard and preserve park facilities.
- Collects fees, makes change; completes all related documentation; reconciles and secures funds.
- Must be available to work evenings, weekends, and holidays on rotating basis.
Non-Essential Functions:
- Identifies the need for, and initiates, preventive and routine maintenance on facilities and equipment and records maintenance activity.
- Performs all other related duties as required.
Qualifications:Education and Work Experience
- Requires a high school diploma, or equivalent, and (1) year general maintenance experience; or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.
- Must possess a valid S.C. driver's license.
- Must possess, or be able to successfully complete, First Aid and CPR certification upon hire.
- An understanding of the principles involved in maintaining and protecting park resources.
Physical Demands:The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Requires medium to heavy lifting, walking, and standing on uneven terrain, crawling, and working at heights.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee will occasionally be required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell.
- Must be able to reach, bend, stoop, carry, move and lift 50 lb. objects regularly.
- Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
- The employee must have the ability to travel up to 5%.