| Position Title: | Grounds Worker Applicator | |
| Location: | Big Rapids (Main Campus) | |
| Department: | 55100 - Grounds | |
| Advertised Salary: | $20.25 per hour | |
Benefits:
| Comprehensive benefits package (health care, vacation, etc.). Please see the following link for a list of benefits offered with this position. AFSCME Benefits | |
| FLSA: | Non-Exempt | |
| Temporary/Continuing: | Continuing | |
| Part-Time/Full-Time: | Full-Time | |
| Union Group: | Custodial, Maintenance, Dining, Skilled Trade (AFSCME Local 1609) | |
| Term of Position: | 12 Month | |
| At Will/Just Cause: | Just Cause | |
| Summary of Position: | Perform independent maintenance and repair of campus grounds, roads, walks, plant life, irrigation systems, and grounds equipment using approved environmental and ecological practices. Normal working hours are M-F, 7:00 am – 3:30 pm. This position may require availability to work other shifts, weekends, and evenings, including overtime and responding to emergency calls. If required by job duties, the employee must be able to fulfill the University requirements concerning the issuance and use of University keys. | |
| Position Type: | Staff | |
| Required Education: | High school diploma or GED equivalency. | |
| Required Work Experience: | Three years full-time equivalent landscape maintenance and landscape construction functions as performed in a residential and/or commercial setting.
Commercial pesticide spray experience. | |
| Required Licenses and Certifications: | Valid driver's license. Valid (current) State of Michigan Pesticide Application license Category (Core, 3A, 3B). | |
| Physical Demands: | - Bending
- Carrying
- Inclement Weather
- Moving
- Reaching
- Twisting
- Balancing
- Climbing
- Driving
- Heights
- Lifting
- Pulling/Pushing
- Repetitive movement
- Standing
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| Additional Education/Experiences to be Considered: | | |
| Essential Duties/Responsibilities: | Maintain campus lawns, all plant life, flower and shrub beds including but not limited to planting, mowing, shoveling, leaf and litter removal, mulching, sweeping, etc.
Demonstrated knowledge and ability to repair and maintain irrigation systems.
Snow and ice removal from campus roads, lots, walks, steps, ramps, etc. with mechanical and powered equipment.
Apply general use, ready-to-use, non-licensing required pesticide and related products.
Support, promote, and develop university student enrollment and retention initiatives.
Construct and/or install landscape functions such as hardscape construction (e.g., modular and/or retaining walls, paver bricks, patios, walkways, benches, etc.)
Calculate pesticide application methods and calibrations.
Use and follow pesticide safety guidelines as dictated by state and federal regulations and FSU-established criteria.
Mix and/or apply pesticides (State of Michigan license required), adjuvants, and related products.
Pruning of trees, shrubs, and other plant life.
Operates a university or personal vehicle safely while carrying out job responsibilities. Will authorize, pursuant to university policies and procedures, a driving record check, and will meet the driving authorization requirements through the course of employment in a position where you are authorized to drive a vehicle as part of our duties.
Carries out responsibilities in accordance with university policies and applicable laws.
Cultivates an environment of belonging that values, respects, supports, and celebrates individual similarities and differences, allowing students, faculty, and staff to thrive authentically.
Support, promote, and develop university student enrollment and retention initiatives.
Any other duties assigned within the position classification area. | |
| Marginal Duties/Responsibilities: | Maintenance of sports turf and playing surfaces, including field layout and paint striping.
Assist in the repair of landscape fencing.
Assist with the installation and maintenance of concrete flat work.
Assist with installing, maintaining, and repairing storm
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