SUMMARY Maintains grounds of industrial, commercial, or public property by performing the following duties. Salary & Hours: \$22 per hour (max); 40 hours per week ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Cuts lawns. Trims and edges around walks, flower beds, and walls. Uses hand or power mowers.
• Prunes shrubs and trees to shape and improve growth or remove damaged leaves, branches, or twigs.
• Sprays lawn, shrubs, and trees with fertilizer, herbicides, and insecticides. Rakes and bags or burns leaves.
• Cleans grounds and removes litter.
• Plants grass, flowers, trees, and shrubs. Waters lawn and shrubs.
• Repairs fences, gates, walls, and walks. Paints fences and outbuildings.
• Cleans out drainage ditches and culverts.
• Sharpens tools such as weed cutters, edging tools, and shears.
• Makes minor repairs on equipment such as lawn mower, spreader, and snow removal equipment.
• Delivers supplies and may install equipment, ornaments, statues and other materials;
• Does pick and shovel labor in landscaping and performs other tasks as related to maintaining public grounds.
• Other duties may be assigned

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE Less than high school education; or up to one month related experience or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONSPHYSICAL DEMANDS While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. WORK ENVIRONMENT While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to outside weather conditions. The employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; risk of electrical shock; and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud. The City of Lowell is a smoke and drug free employer and requires a physical with drug screen and CORI, post offer.