Job: Parks Worker II

Job Description

Job Description

Job type: Full time

Salary: $34,320 annually plus full benefit package

Location: Canon City, CO

Summary

Under the supervision of the Parks Supervisor performs a variety of general maintenance tasks and light duty maintenance tasks of the District facilities, building, grounds, landscaping, and swimming pool. This is a full-time position. During the months the pool is operating the work schedule will be split between the swimming pool and other maintenance tasks. Must have a valid Certified Pool Operator certificate. District will provide and pay for CPO training. Continued employment is dependent on completed certification. 

Responsibilities: 

The responsibilities include but are not limited to: Performance of a variety of light-duty maintenance tasks at the District’s parks, trails, open spaces and facilities at multiple sites. Use and operation of tools, equipment, vehicles, and chemicals essential to complete work tasks. For swimming pool maintenance, the responsibilities include but are not limited to the setup, day to day operations, general maintenance, and shutdown of the R.C. Icabone Swimming Pool. This includes maintaining and cleaning the pool, testing the chemical balance of the pool, maintaining, and cleaning the pool bath house, and landscaping the area around the pool.  

Prerequisites:

1. High school diploma or equivalent.
2. Demonstrate equipment operations and mechanical skills for custodial and maintenance task.
3. Any combination of education and experience that provides knowledge, skills, and abilities for maintenance and swimming pool tasks.
4. Self- motivated, eager to learn, wanting to increase one's own knowledge.
5. Must possess a valid driver’s license.  

Language Ability, Interpersonal Skills, and Communication: 

1. Ability to understand, explain, demonstrate, and clarify to others, established protocol, policies, procedures, and standards.
2. Ability to follow specific instructions and respond to simple requests from others.
3. Ability to communicate professionally with other District personnel, vendors, and the public.
4. Ability to maintain a positive working relationship with co-workers and supervisors.
5. Must be able to read and understand instructions and warning labels for equipment, herbicides, and fertilizer products.
6. Ability to coordinate eyes, hands, feet, and limbs in performing semi-skilled and skilled movements such as operating a variety of equipment.
7. Ability to use functional reasoning and apply rational judgment in performing diversified work activities.  

Physical Requirements: While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be required to stand, walk, and reach with hands or arms and climb/balance. The employee is occasionally required to sit, bend, kneel, stoop, crouch, or crawl. Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs. and perform physical labor in tiring, uncomfortable conditions. Requires normal range of hearing and vision. 

Work Environment: Work is often physical, strenuous, and performed in all types of weather conditions. Employee may be exposed to noise, dust, fumes, airborne-particles, toxic or caustic chemicals and hazards inherent to working in varying environments. The use of safety equipment is required. Temperature variation, toxic agents, odors, noise, wetness, machinery, and electrical currents that can cause discomfort will be present. Work hours require some evenings and weekends. Occasionally called upon to work overtime.  

Job Duties:  

1. Sweeps, mops, scrubs, District facilities.
2. Dusts and cleans or polishes chairs, tables, shelves, and other brass, metal, or woodwork including furniture or equipment, sweeps, mops, scrubs, vacuums, buffs and dust floors, hallways, and stairs at District facilities.
3. Washes windows, walls, woodwork.
4. Cleans and sanitizes restrooms: replaces paper and soap products, as needed, cleans mirrors, removes stains or accumulations inside or outside of fixtures.
5. Collects and disposes of refuse.
6. Places hazard warning signs to warn public of possible hazards when appropriate.
7. Cleans sidewalks and outside areas of debris. Shovels or removes snow and ice as needed.
8. Mows lawns, prunes plants and cultivates flowers and shrubbery. Operates equipment as needed, shovels soil, rock, sand and gravel, rakes leaves and performs any other tasks related to maintenance of turf/grass.
9. Operates assigned equipment including trimmers, walk behind mowers, chain saws, riding mowers, pressures washers, floor buffer, water pumps, chemical applicators, snow blower, vacuum cleaner, dump trucks and other maintenance equipment.
10. Operates District vehicles including automatic transmission and manual transmission pickup trucks and tractors.
11. Cleans and maintains interiors and exteriors of the District building facilities. This will include pressure washing, preparation and painting.
12. Lifts, sets, and climbs ladders, including step and extension ladders.
13. Recognizes invasive plant species, sprays with herbicide and/or removes.
14. Cleans and maintains the interiors and exteriors of District pickups, dump trucks, tractors, and other equipment.
15. Installation and removal of swimming pool thermo-covers.
16. Cleans, operates, and maintains vacuum equipment and strainers for main swimming and wading pools. Conducts filter back flush procedures for both pools.
17. Completes accurate testing of the swimming pool water chemistry and makes adjustments using necessary chemicals, to maintain established safety standards. Accurately records and logs the results of swimming pool chemical tests.
18. Proper use of personal safety protection equipment when appropriate, such as eye protection, gloves, chemical splash suit and noise protection.  

Applications and a full job description are available at District offices at 575 Ash Street or online at: www.ccrec.org. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Send applications and resumes to: Devin Everhart, Parks Supervisor Cañon City Area Recreation and Park District 575 Ash Street Cañon City, CO 81212 Phone (719) 275-1578 [email protected] 

**Disclaimer: The duties and responsibilities described above are not a comprehensive list and additional tasks may be assigned to the employee, time to time; the scope of the job may change as necessitated by business demands. Click “Visit” below for more detail on this specific job.