Grounds Maintenance Worker I

Grounds Maintenance Worker I Positions

Current Vacancies : 1 - Grounds Maintenance Worker I positions for 8 hours per day, 246 workdays per year. We are also testing for an eligibility list at this time, which will be used to fill vacancies for up to one year. Under the direction of the Grounds Manager, performs a variety of duties in the maintenance of school grounds, athletic fields, and landscaped areas, and performs a variety of duties in assigned area of responsibility. Incumbents in this classification help to ensure school grounds are kept in a clean, safe, and aesthetically pleasing state which directly supports student learning and achievement.

Examples of Duties :

• Water, cultivate and trim lawns, shrubs, hedges, trees, flowers and plants; prune trees and shrubs; hoe weeds and rake lawns.
• Operate hedger, trimmer, clipper, hand and power spray equipment, blower, sod cutter and various small hand and power and other related grounds maintenance equipment; operate truck, tractor and other motorized equipment as assigned; maintain grounds equipment and vehicles in a safe operating condition.
• Perform duties in the planting, transplanting and fertilizing of plants and shrubs.
• Mix and spray herbicides, fungicides and insecticides; maintain rodent control as required.
• Prepare fields for athletic games; drag and mark fields.
• Assist in mixing, pouring and finishing concrete as required; install and repair fences and gates; construct and maintain sandboxes; assist in maintenance of playground equipment, asphalt and concrete structures.
• Perform general grounds clean-up including picking up paper and trash around grounds and sweep paved playground area as needed.
• Prepare and maintain related records as required; order and obtain supplies and materials as needed.
• May perform minor and major adjustments, service and repair on assigned grounds equipment.
• May assist or substitute for irrigation specialist, equipment operator or grounds maintenance worker II.
• Ensure compliance and adherence to safety rules and regulations; perform general clean-up at job site.
• Perform related duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Please refer to the "Employment Standards" section of this bulletin to make sure you meet all requirements before applying. Applications for employment are accepted online only.

Employment Standards :

For your application to be considered it must include the following information :

Disability Accommodation : Requests for reasonable accommodations for the testing process must be made no less than three (3) days prior to the examination. Requests must be signed by your medical doctor, school psychologist, or learning consultant as appropriate and must be on provider letterhead and contain an actual signature.

Equal Opportunity : The Board of Education is committed to providing equal opportunity for all individuals in district programs and activities. District programs, activities, and practices shall be free from unlawful discrimination, including discrimination against an individual or group based on race, color, ancestry, nationality, national origin, immigration status, ethnic group identification, ethnicity, age, religion, marital, pregnancy, parental status, reproductive health, decision making, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, veteran or military status, or genetic information; a perception of one or more of such characteristics; or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics.

Nondiscrimination Notice : The Oxnard School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, or disability or affiliation with the Boy Scouts of America and other designated youth groups or any other basis protected by law or regulation, in its educational program(s) or employment. The following employees have been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination : Dr. Scott Carroll, Acting Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources, Title IX Coordinator, 1051 South A Street, Oxnard, CA 93030, (805) 385-1501.