Grounds Maintenance Worker I/Ii

Salary : $35,664.00 - $50,184.00 Annually
Location : 96001, CA
Job Type: Full-Time Regular
Job Number: 133-34_PW_020224
Department: Public Works Department
Opening Date: 02/02/2024
Closing Date: 2/22/2024 12:00 PM Pacific
THE CURRENT VACANCY IS WITHIN THE SHASTA COUNTY
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
ORAL EXAM IS TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 2024
SKILLS OR EXPERIENCES LISTED UNDER THE IDEAL CANDIDATE
STATEMENT MAY ALSO BE USED TO SCREEN APPLICATIONS
SEE "SPECIAL REQUIREMENT" SECTION REGARDING
POSSESSION OF A VALID DRIVER'S LICENSE
RESPONSES TO SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONS REQUIRED
FINAL FILING DATE: FEBRUARY 22, 2024 AT 12:00 PM
SALARY INFORMATION
Grounds Maintenance Worker I: $2,972 - $3,794 APPROXIMATE MONTHLY* / $17.15 - $21.89 APPROXIMATE HOURLY*
Grounds Maintenance Worker II: $3,277 - $4,182 APPROXIMATE MONTHLY* / $18.91 - $24.13 APPROXIMATE HOURLY*
*Please refer to the appropriate Bargaining Unit Memorandum of Understanding for potential future salary increases* Please visit
ABOUT SHASTA COUNTY
Shasta County offers all the amenities of the big city while retaining a comfortable small-town atmosphere. With its natural beauty, affordable housing, excellent educational system, abundance of recreational opportunities, and excellent quality of life, Shasta County is a great place to live, work, and raise a family.
ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT
The Public Works Department is responsible for construction and maintenance of County roads, bridges, and airports and for supervising several permanent road divisions that maintain private roads on behalf of the citizens in those districts. The department is responsible for overseeing capital improvement projects for County buildings and facilities. The department employs engineers who prepare construction plans as well as supervise construction of these facilities. The department also acts as the County's surveyor and processes subdivision and survey maps. It administers the County's solid waste management functions including an active landfill. The department also manages the County water agency. In addition, the Public Works Department oversees the operation and maintenance of several County service areas. These County service areas include both water and sewer districts along with road, lighting, and flood maintenance districts.
The Facilities Management Division of Public Works provides for the maintenance, repair, and minor renovation of County buildings, parks and grounds. In addition, the division also provides maintenance, custodial, and landscape services, and often uses general assistance recipients and jail inmates to assist full-time County employees in providing these services.
ABOUT THE POSITION
Grounds Maintenance Worker I: Under supervision, to perform routine and basic grounds and gardening tasks in maintaining lawns and landscaped areas around County buildings and in County parks; and to perform related work as required.
Grounds Maintenance Worker II: Under general supervision, to perform routine and basic grounds and gardening tasks in maintaining lawns and landscape areas around County buildings and in County parks; may lead and instruct a group of trustees or probationers assigned to parks and grounds who perform duties like mowing, edging, trimming, excavation, and cleanup; and to perform related work as required.
IDEAL CANDIDATE
The ideal candidate will be self-motivated, able to work alone, able to follow direction with minimal supervision, finish assigned task completely, able to work around buildings, traffic, and automobiles in a safe manner, have experience with customer service and dealing with the public, able to work at heights in aerial lifts, experience running a chainsaw, a clean driving record, and the ability to safely tow and back up a trailer with a truck, have a QAC certificate or be able to acquire one in the first six months of employment.
DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS
Grounds Maintenance Worker I: This is the entry and first working level in the Grounds Maintenance Worker class series. Incumbents in this class work under close supervision until they develop the skills and knowledges required for routine Grounds Maintenance work. Incumbents may be assigned the duties of the Grounds Maintenance Worker II class on an emergency or training basis.
Grounds Maintenance Worker II: A position in this class is distinguished from a position in the next lower class of Grounds Maintenance Worker I by performing more skilled grounds keeping duties and is expected to maintain, operate, and service a variety of grounds equipment.
EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL DUTIES
Grounds Maintenance Worker I: Mows and edges lawns, and trims hedges; rakes grounds and picks up rubbish and papers; plants, cultivates, and irrigates lawns, flower beds, and other areas; operates power mowers, edgers and hedge trimmers; prunes and trims trees and shrubs; as directed, applies insecticides and fertilizers; weeds assigned areas; may assist with the installation and repair sprinkler systems; cleans park restrooms, using cleaners and disinfectants, and replenishes paper supplies and soap; picks up and hauls garbage and trash from parks; may assist in the maintenance and repair of park facilities; maintains and performs minor repairs to gardening and grounds equipment.
Grounds Maintenance Worker II: Performs the more skilled tasks relating to planting, cultivating, and otherwise maintaining landscaped areas; applies pesticides and fertilizers; prepares soil for planting or transplanting of shrubs, hedges, trees, and flowers; operates, inspects, services, repairs, and otherwise maintains various types of grounds equipment including mowers, rototillers, edgers, and other power driven and mechanical equipment; inspects and repairs sprinkler system components and parts; periodically lubricates and services grounds equipment to insure proper and safe operating condition; operates trucks and related grounds equipment to prepare areas for landscaping or the planting of lawns; may assist in the maintenance and repair of equipment and structures such as park equipment, tables, benches, and restrooms; may relieve the Lead Grounds Maintenance Worker during the latter's absence; may have the responsibility for the maintenance of more than one County park or area.
TYPICAL QUALIFICATIONS
Any combination of education and experience sufficient to directly demonstrate possession and application of the following:
Grounds Maintenance Worker I:
Knowledge of: Basic gardening and groundskeeping tools, materials, and equipment.
Ability to: Learn gardening and groundskeeping methods; use gardening and groundskeeping tools, materials and equipment; operate hand and power gardening and Grounds Maintenance tools; perform general manual labor; understand oral and written instructions; establish and maintain cooperative working relationships.
These standards are typically attained with some experience which has involved the use of gardening and groundskeeping tools, material, and equipment.
Grounds Maintenance Worker II:
Knowledge of: Hand and power tools including blowers, chain saws, mowers, trimmers, weed eaters, high ladder work, and materials, equipment, and standard practices of Grounds Maintenance work; General landscaping principles; Care of flowers, ornamental trees, and shrubs; Pesticides; Installation, maintenance, operation, and repairs of manual and automatic irrigation systems; Safe work practices.
Ability to: Operate hand and power gardening and Grounds Maintenance tools as described; Apply Pesticides; Install and repair manual and automatic irrigation systems; Perform general manual labor; Understand and carry out oral and written instructions; Supervise others assigned to Grounds Maintenance tasks; Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships.
These employment standards are typically attained with one (1) year of experience in Grounds Maintenance and landscaping work.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENT
Grounds Maintenance Worker I:

• Possession of an appropriate California driver license

Grounds Maintenance Worker II:

• Possession of a "Qualified Applicators Certificate for Pesticides" issued by the State of California Department of Pesticide Regulations.

SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONS
Responses to the following must be submitted with a completed application.

1. How many years of experience which has involved the use of gardening and groundskeeping tools, material, and equipment do you possess?
   • Less than one year
   • 1 - 2 years
   • 2 - 3 years
   • 3 + years
2. What steps would you take when unloading motorized landscape equipment from a trailer on a busy street?
3. Do you possess a current Qualified Applicators Certificate (QAC) certificate? Yes___ No____

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT
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.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to climb or balance. The employee is occasionally required to sit and taste or smell. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 95 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Employee may be required to walk up to 10 miles a day. Carry limbs, brush, heavy trash cans, and equipment for long distances.
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions; extreme cold; extreme heat; and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
Employee may be required to work on sloping roofs, high ladders and shovel snow. May work with public and released inmates.
OTHER CONSIDERATIONS

• All new employees are required to have their paycheck directly deposited to a bank account.
• Some positions may require a valid California driver's license and acceptable driving record according to County policy.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made for those persons who are disabled under the Americans with Disabilities Act to perform the essential functions of the position.
• As part of the selection process, all individuals provided with a preliminary offer of employment with Shasta County will be subject to a background investigation, including a criminal history check (primarily completed through the taking of fingerprints). An image of your fingerprints will be captured and sent to the California Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The resulting report of your conviction history, (if any), will be evaluated along with the other information received in connection with your application. Except as otherwise required by law, a criminal conviction will not necessarily disqualify you from the position. The nature of the offense, the date of the offense, the surrounding circumstances, and the relevance of the offense to the position applied for may, however, be considered.
• Based on the results of the background investigation and criminal history check, applicants may then be provided with an offer of employment conditioned on the results of a medical examination, which includes drug/alcohol testing.

• Shasta County participates in E-Verify. For more information click If you do not have internet access, contact Personnel at (530) 225-5515 to request a flyer.

• In accordance with Government Code Section 3100, County employees, in the event of a disaster are considered disaster workers and may be asked to respond accordingly.
• Positions in this classification are covered by a collective bargaining agreement between the County and Trades and Crafts Unit (TEAM) - Teamsters Unit.

• Employees in this classification are covered under the CalPERS retirement program. Depending on the provisions of the California Public Employees' Pension Reform Act (PEPRA) and other applicable laws, an employee in this classification will be covered under one of the following CalPERS retirement formulas: (1) 2% at 55, (2) 2% at 60, or (3) 2% at 62. An employee in this classification will also contribute up to 9.5% of his/her pay to this plan or will contribute such other amount to the plan as authorized by PEPRA and other applicable laws. Please visit our employees benefit page at for additional information regarding benefits and CalPERS coverage information. The provisions in this flyer and on the County website are for information purposes only. To the extent the provisions of the flyer or the County website are inconsistent with PEPRA and other applicable laws, PEPRA and other applicable laws shall govern.

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