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The City of Pleasanton is seeking a Parks Landscape Maintenance Worker Iwithin our Public Works Department. Duties may include pruning and trimming trees, shrubs, and ground cover, performing turf maintenance, weeding, cleaning playground areas, assisting with irrigation systems, fertilizing turf and landscaped areas, maintaining trails and open space areas, picking up litter, repairing and installing structures, and applying herbicides, fungicides, and pesticides.
For more information about the position, please refer to the job description by visiting the following link:Parks Landscape Maintenance Worker I.
Typical Duties
- Prunes and trims trees, shrubs, and ground cover using gas powered and hand tools such as loppers, chain saw, gas trimmer; disposes of trimmed materials using a brush chipper.
- Performs turf maintenance including mowing and edging turf using a riding mower and walk-behind mower, edger, string line trimmer; cleans mowed areas using gas operated blower.
- Removes and replants trees and shrubs using staking and tying methods; grinds stumps.
- Drives and operates vehicles such as trucks and tractors. Trailers large mowers and equipment on public streets.
- Renovates turf and infield by aerating, reseeding, grading, and laying down sod.
- Picks up litter in parks and landscaped areas; dumps garbage cans.
- Applies herbicides, fungicides, and pesticides as part of Division Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Plan.
- May be required to respond to emergency call outs after hours and on weekends.
Minimum Qualifications
Education:
High school, or GED equivalent.
Experience:
One year of experience performing similar duties in Landscape Maintenance or landscape construction.
License:
Possession of a valid California Driver’s License is required.
Possession of California Qualified Applications Certificate (QAC) with Landscape Maintenance (Category B) for pesticide application within one year of employment.
Other Requirements:
- Work in all weather conditions and in contact with dust, dirt, and pollens.
- Work with chemicals, herbicides, and pesticides.
- Wear a uniform and safety gear furnished by the City.
- Use herbicides and pesticides.
- Work at varying heights using aerial equipment.
Knowledge of:
- Pruning practices: using hand and power tools to ensure healthy and uniform plant growth. Turf maintenance, including mowing, edging, aerating, watering, and fertilizing.
- Planting procedures, including proper hole width and depth, stake and tie placement, and initial water and fertilizer needs.
- Plant care, including requirements for water and nutrients.
- Basic irrigation system components, including installation, adjustment, and repair procedures.
- Common safety procedures, including safe lifting techniques.
- Read and understand materials such as job instructions, equipment manuals, and safety manuals.
- Read and use blueprints, schematics, and maps.
- Use basic math, including whole numbers and fractions, to calculate amounts of fluids to add to equipment and amounts of fertilizers to apply.
- Appropriately select and safely use hand and power tools.
- Use computer for work activity.
- Maintain vehicles, tools, and equipment, including basic troubleshooting to identify and correct minor mechanical and electrical malfunctions.
- Safely and properly operate large trucks, dump trucks, loaders, mowers, aerial towers, and tractors, including backing and dumping.
- Follow written and oral instructions.
- Identify shrubs, trees, and ground covers maintained by the City.
- Bend, reach, twist, and stoop; stand and walk for extended periods of time.
- Independently lift and move materials weighing up to 50 pounds and up to 95 pounds with assistance.
- Interact effectively and courteously with supervisors, co-workers, and public.
- Write legibly to record measurements and to complete maintenance records and simple forms.
- Work effectively and harmoniously as part of a crew.
- Perform routine assembly and repair of playground equipment and repair of wood and concrete structures.
- Stand or walk for prolonged periods on even, uneven and sloping surfaces.
Recruitment Process
Application: To be considered for this position, please submit your application through our online application process at www.cityofpleasantonca.gov. Click on “Job Opportunities”.
SELECTION PLAN
Applicants will be informed via email with reasonable notice in advance of any examination process which will require their attendance. The following dates are tentative and subject to change based on the need of the Agency:
TENTATIVE SELECTION PLAN
123 Main Street, P.O. Box 520
Pleasanton, California, 94566
The City of Pleasanton is seeking a Parks Landscape Maintenance Worker Iwithin our Public Works Department. Duties may include pruning and trimming trees, shrubs, and ground cover, performing turf maintenance, weeding, cleaning playground areas, assisting with irrigation systems, fertilizing turf and landscaped areas, maintaining trails and open space areas, picking up litter, repairing and installing structures, and applying herbicides, fungicides, and pesticides.
For more information about the position, please refer to the job description by visiting the following link:Parks Landscape Maintenance Worker I.
Typical Duties
- Prunes and trims trees, shrubs, and ground cover using gas powered and hand tools such as loppers, chain saw, gas trimmer; disposes of trimmed materials using a brush chipper.
- Performs turf maintenance including mowing and edging turf using a riding mower and walk-behind mower, edger, string line trimmer; cleans mowed areas using gas operated blower.
- Removes and replants trees and shrubs using staking and tying methods; grinds stumps.
- Drives and operates vehicles such as trucks and tractors. Trailers large mowers and equipment on public streets.
- Renovates turf and infield by aerating, reseeding, grading, and laying down sod.
- Picks up litter in parks and landscaped areas; dumps garbage cans.
- Applies herbicides, fungicides, and pesticides as part of Division Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Plan.
- May be required to respond to emergency call outs after hours and on weekends.
Minimum Qualifications
Education:
High school, or GED equivalent.
Experience:
One year of experience performing similar duties in Landscape Maintenance or landscape construction.
License:
Possession of a valid California Driver’s License is required.
Possession of California Qualified Applications Certificate (QAC) with Landscape Maintenance (Category B) for pesticide application within one year of employment.
Other Requirements:
- Work in all weather conditions and in contact with dust, dirt, and pollens.
- Work with chemicals, herbicides, and pesticides.
- Wear a uniform and safety gear furnished by the City.
- Use herbicides and pesticides.
- Work at varying heights using aerial equipment.
Knowledge of:
- Pruning practices: using hand and power tools to ensure healthy and uniform plant growth. Turf maintenance, including mowing, edging, aerating, watering, and fertilizing.
- Planting procedures, including proper hole width and depth, stake and tie placement, and initial water and fertilizer needs.
- Plant care, including requirements for water and nutrients.
- Basic irrigation system components, including installation, adjustment, and repair procedures.
- Common safety procedures, including safe lifting techniques.
- Read and understand materials such as job instructions, equipment manuals, and safety manuals.
- Read and use blueprints, schematics, and maps.
- Use basic math, including whole numbers and fractions, to calculate amounts of fluids to add to equipment and amounts of fertilizers to apply.
- Appropriately select and safely use hand and power tools.
- Use computer for work activity.
- Maintain vehicles, tools, and equipment, including basic troubleshooting to identify and correct minor mechanical and electrical malfunctions.
- Safely and properly operate large trucks, dump trucks, loaders, mowers, aerial towers, and tractors, including backing and dumping.
- Follow written and oral instructions.
- Identify shrubs, trees, and ground covers maintained by the City.
- Bend, reach, twist, and stoop; stand and walk for extended periods of time.
- Independently lift and move materials weighing up to 50 pounds and up to 95 pounds with assistance.
- Interact effectively and courteously with supervisors, co-workers, and public.
- Write legibly to record measurements and to complete maintenance records and simple forms.
- Work effectively and harmoniously as part of a crew.
- Perform routine assembly and repair of playground equipment and repair of wood and concrete structures.
- Stand or walk for prolonged periods on even, uneven and sloping surfaces.
Recruitment Process
Application: To be considered for this position, please submit your application through our online application process at www.cityofpleasantonca.gov. Click on “Job Opportunities”.
SELECTION PLAN
Applicants will be informed via email with reasonable notice in advance of any examination process which will require their attendance. The following dates are tentative and subject to change based on the need of the Agency:
TENTATIVE SELECTION PLAN
- Choice of One of Four Comprehensive Health Plans
- Dental and Vision Coverage Plans
- Life Insurance and AD&D Coverage of $35,000
- 11 Paid Holidays
- Floating Holidays
- Paid Sick Leave
- Short/Long Term Disability Plans
- Annual Vacation Beginning with 10 Days
- Education Incentive Pay
- 457 Deferred Compensation Plan, City Contribution - no required employee contribution
- Section 125 Flexible Spending Account
- Employee Assistance Program
- CalPERS Retirement
