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City of Winnemucca CEMETERY MAINTENANCE I - Seasonal in Winnemucca, Nevada
POSITION:CEMETERY MAINTENANCE I - Seasonal SCHEDULE:Seasonal, part-time (up to 20 hours per week) LOCATION: Winnemucca, NV SALARY:$12.00 - $16.00 per hour
*TO APPLY: *In person at 90 W. Fourth St, Winnemucca, NV 89445. Email resume to Ruth at rfitzpatrick@winnemuccacity.org Career Page: https://www.winnemuccacity.org/employment/ * Please note, employers may close jobs on the website at any time. *
SUMMARY:
Under general supervision, coordinates, supervises, directs and performs repair and maintenance work at the City Cemetery.This class is an entry level position where the employee is required to perform a full range of landscape and semiskilled cemetery maintenance duties.
*MINIMUM/PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS: *
- Equivalent to graduation from high school AND two years of full-time horticultural or landscape maintenance experience AND three years backhoe operating experience (preferred).
- Good backhoe operation skills.
- Must have, or have the ability to obtain, a class B Commercial Drivers License within six months of employment and must maintain said license throughout the duration of employment with the City of Winnemucca.
- The use and minor maintenance of commonly used hand and power landscaping tools and equipment;
- Safe work methods and safety regulations pertaining to the work;
- Methods and techniques of planting, transplanting, cultivating, pruning, and maintaining a variety of lawns, ground cover, plants, shrubs, hedges, and trees;
- Soil preparation and enrichment;
- Methods and equipment used in weed, pest and insect control, and treating plant diseases;
- Installation, maintenance, and repair of irrigation systems;
- Techniques for maintaining landscaped areas; and
- Painting, plumbing, concrete, and carpentry methods, tools, and techniques.
- Read, interpret and field locate cemetery plots from maps;
- Understand and follow oral and written directions;
- Prepare basic records and reports of work performed;
- Work without close supervision in standard work situations;
- Contribute effectively to the accomplishment of team or work unit goals, objectives, and activities;
- Maintain a variety of landscaped and un-landscaped areas;
- Use and perform basic maintenance on various hand and power tools and equipment;
- Recognize common plant and insect pests;
- Use initiative and independent judgment within established procedural guidelines; and
- Direct the work of an unskilled crew.
*JOB RESPONSIBILITIES/DUTIES: *
- Mows, trims, edges, fertilizes, and waters landscaped areas.
- Weeds, prunes, mulches, fertilizes, and sprays trees, plants, and shrubbery.
- Prepares soil for planting; seeds and re-sods lawn areas.
- Plants trees, seedlings, and shrubs.
- Installs, repairs, and maintains irrigation systems.
- Adjusts, repairs, and replaces timing mechanisms.
- Reads and interprets cemetery plans, blueprints, and schematics.
- Inspects assigned areas.
- Corrects or reports safety hazards.
- Mixes and applies herbicides, fungicides, and pesticides.
- Maintains and performs repair work on a variety of facilities and equipment.
- Builds concrete forms and assists with finishing work.
- Enforces cemetery rules and regulations as adopted by the City Council.
- Operates and maintains a variety of hand and power landscaping tools and equipment, including hand and power mowers, tractors, spreaders, edgers, blowers, hedge trimmers, weed eaters, chainsaws, rakes, shovels, hoes, brooms, and other tools.
- Co-ordinate with the City Clerk to schedule burial dates and times.
- Working with cemetery customers and residents of Winnemucca to pick out burial plots or search for location of deceased.
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