Cemetery & Park Maintenance Worker

Performs regular and janitorial maintenance of municipal parks and related facilities including grounds, equipment and property owned and/or operated by the city; cleans bathrooms, collects and disposes of trash, leaves and other debris; may be required to act as lead worker for seasonal crews.**- **Assists in the installation of sprinkler systems; selects line sizes, sprinkler spacing, type and control equipment; install, test, and maintain systems utilizing low voltage, hydraulic, or other operating features.**- **Performs routine building maintenance; assists to construct and maintain small buildings and storage facilities; assures proper operation of lighting fixtures, doors, windows and plumbing; performs concrete and masonry work; assures proper installation and maintenance of playground equipment. **- **Performs general grounds maintenance duties and general landscape and gardening duties; prepares ball diamonds, operates various small equipment to turn and prepare soil; chalks field boarders; assures lawns are trim and attractive; plants and transplants trees, shrubs, bushes, grass, flowers etc. as directed to develop attractive parks and grounds; performs various fertilization techniques using dry and liquid chemicals.**- **Performs seasonal duties such as winterizing sprinkler systems to avoid freezing, flushes watering systems in spring, and repairs other equipment and facilities; may operate snow plow for snow removal, water line winterization; curb and street painting.**- **Performs general cleanup, maintenance, and repair of rest rooms, pavilions, playgrounds, picnic tables, benches, bleachers, ball fields and other facilities.**- **Performs various seasonal duties such as snow removal; water line winterization, etc.**- **Performs general duties associated with cemetery operations; assists in opening and closing graves; sets up and dismantles lowering devices for burial services, installs vaults, fills and tamps grave sites; performs re-sodding; may install or move monuments as requested.**- **Operates commercial grade lawn mowing equipment; mows and trims grass, bushes and shrubs; assists in pruning activities on trees, shrubs and plants; removes dead, diseased, or injured trees.**- **Operates a variety of types of small and light equipment such as mowers, sod cutters, chain saws, pruning equipment, backhoe, loaders, trenchers, aeration tractor, mini-excavator, compaction equipment, small dump trucks, pull trailers and various hand tools.**