Parks Maintenance - Internship

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POSITION PURPOSE: 

The purpose of this Internship with Jefferson County Public Schools is for students to earn credits towards graduation and is unpaid. The Internship will perform turf maintenance in parks, open space, forestry, athletic fields, and general maintenance in buildings, and facilities, including mowing, irrigation, infield maintenance, fertilization and assisting forestry technicians in the maintenance of City-owned trees.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

Parks Maintenance:

Trims and fertilizes trees and shrubs; utilizes working tools and maintenance equipment, such as riding mowers, tractors, single-axle trucks, chippers, tree spades, chain saws, push mowers, and weed eaters; plants trees, shrubs, and flowers in outdoor locations; cleans up debris and trash from open space areas; manually waters flower beds, trees, and grassy areas; paints playground equipment, trash cans, picnic tables, and pavilions; repairs playground apparatus; repairs and maintains irrigation equipment; cleans mechanical equipment; may use City vehicle to pick up parts and other required supplies. 

Athletic Fields:

Provides program set-up and tear-down as scheduled. Ensures all facilities and playing surfaces are in safe and operable condition. Preparation of athletic fields to include: baseball, softball, soccer, football and lacrosse. Ability to operate field equipment. Prepares fields for games including dragging infield, chalking according to specified dimensions, watering infield, and setting bases. Performs other field maintenance duties including: filling infield holes and adding clay to infield when necessary. Performs regular inspections and repairs of athletic facilities and amenities to include baseball field fencing and backstops, player benches, spectator bleachers, dugouts and dugout covers, backstop boards, play structures, and play areas. Accurately lays out soccer, football, rugby, and lacrosse fields using requested field dimensions. Paints athletic fields and sets out goals for games. Maintains safety and playability of athletic fields. Performs all maintenance tasks on athletic fields and sports turf areas including raking fields, sweeping, irrigation, blowing and picking up clippings, paper, trash and other debris from athletic fields and surrounding grounds. Utilizes independent judgment in performing grounds maintenance activities and makes recommendations to the supervisor/ leadworker for improvements. Operates, inspects and maintains equipment for safe and proper operation including but not limited to push mowers, light duty vehicles, blowers, trimmers and edgers.

Forestry:

Chips brush during pruning and removal operations. Utilizes basic hand tools and maintenance equipment, single-axle trucks, and a chipper during removal and pruning operations. Assists with planting trees during the planting season. Assists in providing follow up care to recently planted trees including deep root watering, mulch ring revitalizing, and air spading. May assist in the updating of the City tree inventory database.

ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

Basic knowledge of the methods, materials, equipment, and standard practices of park maintenance; basic knowledge of mechanical operation of mowers, and park-related vehicular equipment; knowledge of basic hand and power tools, rakes and leaf blowers, including chippers, tree spades, chain saws, push mowers, and weed eaters; drag, line, paint and set up baseball/softball/soccer/football/lacrosse fields at athletic complexes and parks as needed for all user groups including baseball programs, girls' softball program, football, lacrosse, soccer and any related tournament rentals; ability to maintain and make minor repairs to irrigation systems; commitment to safe work practices and procedures; ability to maintain and make minor repairs to maintenance equipment. Be self motivated, have a commitment to holding themselves accountable; have the ability and willingness to follow instructions and to be respectful of positional authority. 

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out both written and verbal instructions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to lift more than 50 pounds on a frequent basis, sit, stand, walk, kneel, squat, stoop, bend, reach, turn, climb, crawl, repeatedly twist the upper body, talk, hear, see, grasp, demonstrate manual dexterity and perform repetitive body movement.  

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:  

Must be between sixteen(16) and eighteen(18) years of age. Must have a valid driver's license. Must be currently attending high school and in good standing.

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• Innovation: We excel in creativity, flexibility and the use of best practices while valuing diverse backgrounds, ideas and perspectives. 
• Passion: We are a high performing, inclusive team inspiring each other to pursue excellence.
• Opportunity: We value our diversity, embrace possibilities, face challenges, persevere and take action to deliver quality results.

The City’s Core values are in every employee’s individual Performance Plan which helps us to reinforce our expectations for living and working by our Core Values. 

Every City employee is expected to perform his/her job to the highest professional standards.  This includes upholding the City’s values with integrity and accountability, acting in a manner that is respectful and inclusive towards others, and adhering to the City’s policy on employee conduct as detailed in the personnel rules sec. 70-143. 

The City is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.