Job Information
Kansas Employer Gardener II - Park Maintenance in Wichita, Kansas
This job was posted by https://www.kansasworks.com : For more information, please see: https://www.kansasworks.com/jobs/13048154
Distinguishing Features of Work
This is gardening and grounds maintenance and supervisory work. Work is performed independently under general supervision, with directions for technical work being provided by a supervisor.
\ The days and hours for this position: Monday-Friday, 7:00am-3:30pm\ \ Bargaining Unit: Service Employee\'s International (SEIU)
**Employees within the department of division shall be given first consideration**
\ **Posting may close at any time **
Examples of Work Performed
- Maintains flowers, shrubs, and trees, including cultivating, transplanting, irrigating, pruning, spraying, and fertilizing.
- Maintains turf grass areas, including irrigating, planting, mowing, edging and trimming, controlling diseases and pests, and fertilizing.
- Maintains the cleanliness of walks and other hard-surfaced areas by sweeping and hosing with water.
- Removes snow from walks and other areas.
- Maintains litter-free areas, as assigned.
- Balls and burlaps trees.
- May be assigned as a park caretaker during the summer.
- Supervises other employees.
- Operates irrigation systems and power mowers.
- Repairs irrigation systems.
- Assists with prescribed burns.
- These examples are not intended to be all-inclusive.
- Other related duties may be assigned as needed.
Requirements of Work
- Knowledge of the standard tools, equipment, materials, methods, and practices used in gardening and grounds maintenance work.
- Knowledge of hazards and safety precautions of the work.
- Working knowledge of horticulture, floriculture, irrigation systems, symptoms of plant disease, parasites, and insect pests, and of the means and methods used for their control.
- Skill in the use of standard hand and power equipment employed in the propagation and cultivation of garden and grass areas.
- Ability to push and/or pull and operate a standard lawn mower over rough terrain.
- Ability to lift and carry up to 150 pounds with the assistance of another.
- Ability to tolerate outdoors, open grounds, windy conditions, and pesticide and herbicide handling.
- Ability to shovel snow using a three-pound shovel, and lifting up to a ten-pound load 36 inches high and moving it up to six feet.
- Ability to effectively plan, organize, and supervise the work of others.
- Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with associates.
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing.
- Ability to acquire and maintain a State of Kansas Commercial Pesticide Applicator certification in General Knowledge Category 9A--Noxious Weeds or a General Knowledge 3-A, 3-B ornamental and turf pest control at the department\'s discretion.
- Ability to maintain a valid Kansas class A commercial driver\'s license (CDL).
- An employee shall not pose a direct threat to the health or safety of other individuals in the workplace.
Required Experience and Training
Required Experience and Training
- One year of experience either in horticultural maintenance or in greenhouse and nursery work.
- A valid Kansas class A commercial driver\'s license (CDL).
- State of Kansas Commercial Pesticide Applicators License 3a/3b required within the first 6 months of hire
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need of a sponsorship.
Preferred Experience and Training
- State of Kansas Commercial Pesticide Applicators License 3a/3b
Offers of employment are contingent upon passing a pre-employment physical, which includes drug screening, and upon satisfactory evaluation of the results of a criminal record check.
Starting pay for current City employees will be determined by City of Wichita policy or applicable bargaining unit agreement.