Landscape Technician - Parks

job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job.

Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

- Extensive knowledge or training of the methods, tools, and equipment of landscape maintenance.

- Working knowledge of materials including plant materials, soil amendments, irrigation, fertilizers and pesticides.

- Ability to operate mower, line trimmer, edger, chainsaw, spreader, blower, trencher, shovel, rake, spade, pruning tools and other tools used in landscape maintenance.

- Ability to work inside and outside, exposure to varying weather conditions (extreme heat, cold, temperature swings, rain, etc.), exposure to the sun, exposure to moving objects, operating assigned vehicles, movement on uneven terrain and wooded areas, and occasional irregular work hours including weekend, holiday, and evening hours, as required.

- Ability to bend, stoop, walk through brush or entangled areas.

- Carry, hold, lift, pull, and push (50 lbs.); clean, climb, crawl, kneel, sit, squat, stoop, twist, and walk in performing duties.

- Licensed Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) pesticide applicator's license.

- Climbing. Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized.

- Balancing. Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling and walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces.

- Stooping. Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist.

- Kneeling. Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.

- Crouching. Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.

- Crawling. Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet.

- Walking. Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another, or walk through brush or entangled areas.

- Pushing. Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.

- Pulling. Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.

- Lifting. Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles.

- Grasping. Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.

- Feeling. Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.

- Hearing. Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound.

- Very heavy work. Exerting in excess of 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or in excess of 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or in excess of 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

- The worker is required to have visual acuity to operate motor vehicles and/or heavy equipment.

- The worker is subject to outside environmental conditions. No effective protection from the weather.

- The worker is subject to extreme cold. Temperatures typically below 32° for periods of more than one hour. Consideration should be given to the effect of other environmental conditions, such as wind and humidity.

- The worker is subject to extreme heat. Temperatures above 100° for periods of more than one hour. Consideration should be given to the effect of other environmental conditions, such as wind and humidity.

- The worker is subject to noise. There is sufficient noise to cause the worker to shout in order to be heard above ambient noise level.

- The worker is subject to vibration. Exposure to oscillating movements of the extremities or whole body.

- The worker is subject to atmospheric conditions. One or more of the following conditions that affect the respiratory system of the skin: fumes, odors, dust, mists, gases, or poor ventilation.

The City of Mansfield complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and it is our policy to ensure that no person is discriminated against based on their disability. The City of Mansfield offers equal employment opportunity to qualified individuals and strictly prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals on the basis of disability.

The City of Mansfield shall provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees who are otherwise qualified to perform the essential job duties when doing so does not create an undue hardship for the city.