Job Information
City of Moscow Parks Maintenance Worker in Moscow, Idaho
This job was posted by https://idahoworks.gov : For more information, please see: https://idahoworks.gov/jobs/2284083
PARKS MAINTENANCE WORKER
Revised: 9/6/2024
POSITION DETAILS
Position Title: Parks Maintenance Worker
FLSA Classification: Non-Exempt
Salary Grade: 7
Reports To: Parks Supervisor
Cell Phone Stipend: ? Eligible ? Ineligible
Supervisory Functions
? Full-Time Employees ? Seasonal Employees
? Part-Time Employees ? Volunteers
? Temporary Employees ? No Supervisory Functions
BASIC FUNCTION
Under the direction of the Parks Supervisor or a Parks Maintenance Worker - Senior, perform
responsible grounds maintenance duties, including maintaining City parks, playgrounds,
greenways, paths, ball fields, and all other vegetation and landscaped areas, as well as, routine
maintenance of assigned tools and equipment.
DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS
This entry-level position performs the full range of maintenance duties in the assigned activity
and operates the full range of equipment utilized in the trade. Incumbents may be assigned to
one or more areas of City operations.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform
these essential functions.
Prepare and maintain ball fields, athletic fields, and surrounding landscape areas; prepare
fields for athletic competition; drag, repair, prepare and maintain athletic fields, fill infield
holes; screen the field; sweep dugouts and clean bleacher areas.
Mark with appropriate marking materials or equipment to delineate the area of play and
restricting lines as prescribed and established by league and sport rules; grade and water
infields.
Maintain turf by aerating, slicing, and applying fertilizer; maintain flower beds and
vegetation in business areas, park sites, and other City sites; inject elm trees according to
established procedures.
PARKS MAINTENANCE WORKER
Revised: 9/6/2024
Lay out grass areas for field events; maintain and repair grass, sod and scraped areas;
mow and edge baseball infield and other areas as needed.
Perform a variety of general groundskeeping duties including raking, weeding, trimming
trees, fertilizing, transplanting trees and shrubs, and pruning hedges and shrubs.
Operate a variety of grounds maintenance equipment and tools including tractors, over
seeder, rototillers, aerators, sod cutters, forklifts, pruners, clippers, line marking
machines, small hand and power tools, and trucks of various sizes.
Inspect and repair sprinklers; install irrigation lines and drainage systems for fields.
Maintain swimming pools and related equipment.
Train and provide work direction to assigned summer and part-time personnel.
Perform minor and preventive maintenance and repair work on equipment and facilities;
assist with other maintenance work as assigned including painting and mixing, pouring
and finishing concrete; plow and shovel snow; paint benches and tables.
Prepare monthly reports regarding safety and equipment; maintain records of
equipment, swimming pools and park inspections.
Operate heavier grounds equipment and irrigation systems as required.
Apply pesticides as needed.
Perform seasonal grounds maintenance activities, including ice and snow removal and
other projects; assist in winterizing irrigation systems as directed.
REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
Graduation from high school or GED.
Course work and/or training in park, turf, or landscape maintenance and operations or
related field.
Two (2) years of increasingly responsible experience in a similar position.
REQUIRED LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS
Valid Drivers License.
Valid Class A drivers license with air brake, and manual endorsements within one (1)
year.
Moscow tree worker certification within six (6) months.
State Pesticide Applicators License with ornamental herbicide endorsement within six
(6) months.
Current CPR/First Aid certification or ability to obtain within six (6) months of hire.
PARKS MAINTENANCE WORKER
Revised: 9/6/2024
COMPETENCIES
Knowledge Of:
Methods, materials, tools, and equipment used in cultivating and maintaining
landscaped and athletic field areas.
Athletic field boundaries and markings.
Cultivation, watering, fertilizing, and spraying trees, lawns, shrubs, and flowers.
Appropriate health and safety regulations.
Basic record-keeping techniques. r