Grounds Keeper Seasonal

GARVEY MANOR NURSING HOME•Hollidaysburg, PA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The primary purpose of your job position is to assist in maintaining the facility’s exterior appearance, grounds and vegetation in accordance with current applicable federal, state, and local standards, guidelines and regulations, to assure that the highest degree of care and/or services can be always maintained. This position is a seasonal position and reports to the Director of Maintenance.

Requirements

High School Diploma
prior experience with maintaining landscaping or groundskeeping preferred.
Active and valid Pennsylvania Class C driver’s license required.
Must be able to move intermittently throughout the work day.
Must be able to read, write, speak, and comprehend the English language in an understandable manner.
Must be able to read, comprehend and follow oral and written instructions.
Must be able to cope with the mental and emotional stress of the position.
Must be able to see and hear or use prosthetics that will enable these senses to function adequately to ensure that the requirements of this position can be fully met.
Must meet the general health requirements set forth by policies of this facility which include a medical and physical examination.
Must be able to relate to and work with the ill, disabled, elderly, emotionally upset, and, at times, hostile people within the facility.
Must be able to assist in the evacuation of residents during emergency situations.

Responsibilities

Gather and remove litter.
Dispose of trash or waste materials properly.
Use hand tools, such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws, saws, hedge trimmers, or axes.
Operate vehicles or powered equipment, such as mowers, tractors, electric clippers, sod cutters, or pruning saws.
Water lawns, trees or plants, using portable sprinkler systems, hoses, or watering cans.
Use irrigation methods to adjust the amount of water consumption and to prevent waste.
Prune or trim trees, shrubs, or hedges, using shears, pruners, or chain saws.
Install equipment to protect or support trees.
Attach wires from planted trees to support stakes.
Mix and spray or spread fertilizers, herbicides, or insecticides onto grass, shrubs, or trees, using hand or automatic sprayers or spreaders.
Use required personal protective equipment as directed.
Care for established lawns by mulching, aerating, weeding, grubbing, removing thatch, or trimming or edging around flower beds, walks, or walls.
Trim or pick flowers and clean flower beds.
Plant seeds, bulbs, foliage, flowering plants, grass, ground covers, trees, or shrubs and apply mulch for protection, using gardening tools.
Mow or edge lawns, using power mowers or edgers.
Rake, mulch, and compost leaves.
Decorate gardens with stones or plants.
Provide proper upkeep of sidewalks, driveways, parking lots, planters, or other grounds features.
Cultivate lawns or gardens as directed.
Maintain or repair tools, equipment, or structures, such as buildings, fences, or benches, using hand or power tools.
Haul or spread topsoil, mulch, or spread straw over seeded soil to hold soil in place.