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SALT LAKE COMMUNITY COLLEGE Groundskeeper 1 in SALT LAKE CITY, Utah
Performs grounds maintenance at assigned Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) campus locations to keep the grounds safe and beautiful throughout the year. Includes irrigation, turf maintenance, plant, and tree care. This is an important position to the college because all duties performed are visible and contribute greatly to the environment and overall appeal at each campus.
Requires moderate physical effort to perform a variety of gardening maintenance duties including watering grass, flowers, and shrubs, transplant/planting sod, flowers, shrubs, and trees, weeding, pruning, litter removal, mowing and trimming and general equipment maintenance. May direct the work of part time staff.
Position will be required to work under various weather conditions ranging from heat, cold, rain, and snow. This position is considered an entry-level groundskeeper.
This position has a regular schedule but requires flexibility and must be available to work on call for snow removal and sprinkler system emergencies, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
- Turf maintenance and equipment maintenance tasks (i.e., mowing, edging, and trimming).
- Perform regular gardening equipment maintenance. Athletic field maintenance to include seeding, mowing, and striping soccer and baseball fields.
- Maintain grounds to include watering grass, flowers, and shrubs, transplanting/planting sod, flowers, shrubs, and trees. Weed flower and shrub beds.
- Remove litter as needed.
- Perform general equipment maintenance.
- Remove snow and ice on a 24 hour/365 day on call basis at SLCC campus locations. Areas include parking lots, sidewalks, handicap ramps, and roadways. Application of ice melt in designated locations. Operation and maintenance of equipment associated with snow removal job duties.
- Perform sprinkler emergency repair work on a 24 hour/365 day on call bases at SLCC campus locations.
- Open, complete, and close out work orders in the Sprocket system.
- Enter time worked and order materials.
- Other duties as assigned.