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TYPICAL DUTIES AND RESULTS (Any one position may not include all the duties listed, nor do the examples cover all the duties which may be performed.)

• Digs holes, trenches, and ditches using picks, shovels, jack hammers, spades, cultivating forks, post hole diggers and other tools; loads, unloads, shovels, and rakes sand, gravel, dirt, fertilizer, loam, asphalt, and other materials.
• Picks up, receives, inventories, issues, and delivers parts, tools, machines, equipment and supplies.
• Cleans and lubricates machinery, engines, and equipment using steam and solvents.
• Cleans and flushes sewers and catch basins; removes debris from sewers and gutters.
• Participates in the repair of sewer lines, checking of sanitary sewers, laying of sewer pipes, and installation of sewer connections.
• Performs labor in the planting, cultivating, trimming, removing, watering, and spraying of lawns, plants and other vegetation.
• Mows and trims lawns, rakes leaves, hoes weeds, clears paths and trails, empties trash containers, cleans equipment, structures, and facilities, such as courts, swimming pools, park grounds, restrooms and work areas.
• Chalks field lines and rakes infield before and during baseball and softball games.
• Performs labor in the erecting of tree supports, building of park benches, barbecue pits, retaining walls and other items.
• Sets up cones and barricades for traffic and safety control, may perform as a flag person.
• Lifts heavy weights.
• Operates small dump trucks, light flatbed trucks, portable cement mixers, small sweepers and other equipment.
• Uses tools such as air spades, tampers, picks, shovels, hoes, rakes, pruning shears, rototillers, trimmers, shears, edgers, loppers, pruners and other items.
• Uses general carpentry, mechanical and hand tools, such as saws, drills, wrenches, hammers, screwdrivers, ladders and other tools.
• Is responsible for safe operation of equipment and tools.
• Is responsible for vehicle and pedestrian traffic safety in work areas.
• May provide information and deal with the public.
• May complete vandalism reports, work orders and other related service forms.
• May perform shift work.

• Knowledge of the use and care of common hand tools used in equipment, machinery, building, facilities, grounds and street maintenance.
• Knowledge of safety practices and precautions to be used in work.
• Ability to follow oral and written instructions.
• Ability to perform basic arithmetic calculations.
• Ability to read, write and understand English.
• Ability to lift heavy weight (20 - 100 pounds).
• Ability to operate light automotive equipment and vehicles.

• Ability to make simple measurements.
• Ability to perform heavy manual labor for extended periods of time.

(Formerly Laborer and Groundsworker I)