Parks & Recreation Laborer

The Parks & Recreation Laborer performs daily, hands-on parks maintenance, horticultural tasks, grounds maintenance, planting of flowerbeds and hanging baskets in accordance with approved Parks and Recreation Division maintenance and operation procedures, safety regulations, and grooming standards. • Perform minor facility construction improvement, repair, and maintenance. • Plant and maintain flowerbeds, hanging baskets, shrubs, trees, lawns, and fields. • Operate manual digging tools, hand tools, or power tools. • Perform sanitation maintenance including litter collection, restroom cleaning, and park area clean-up. • Maintain turf areas including mowing, weed trimming, irrigation, and fertilization. • Report acts of vandalism and make repair to property and facilities. • Operate City owned vehicles. • Perform other duties and special projects as assigned. • Aptitude to operate or learn to operate small maintenance equipment i.e., small tractors, riding lawn mowers, weed trimmers. • Aptitude to learn to perform preventative maintenance of small equipment. • Effectively use maintenance hand tools i.e., shovels, picks, and rakes or ability to learn to do so. • Previous facility maintenance experience desired. • Must be highly motivated, works well as a team member, follow instructions and complete tasks independently under pressure of time deadlines as needed. • Communicate clearly by voice on radio, cell phone, as well as in person. • Knowledge of annuals and perennials is helpful. • Knowledge of planting, watering, and deadheading of flowers is helpful. • High school graduate, GED, or equivalency preferred. • Must be 18 years of age. • Must possess a valid State of Alaska driver's license and be able to operate a motor vehicle. • Must be willing to provide a current (dated within 30 days of request) driving record from the State.