Groundskeeper Job Description
Groundskeeper
provides basic preventative maintenance on equipment as directed by the Equipment Manager or his/her supervisor and returns the equipment to its designated location at the maintenance facility.
Groundskeeper Duties & Responsibilities
To write an effective groundskeeper job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included groundskeeper job description templates that you can modify and use.
Sample responsibilities for this position include:
To use all equipment/furnishings and tools including hand tools, paint equipment, ladders, pressure washers, shampooers, blowers, hoses sandblasters, landscaping equipment, shop vac and mopping equipment
Maintain personal tools and cleanup work areas
Maintain garden, irrigation and pesticide equipment, and tools in a clean, safe and organized manner
Report any damage found on the grounds (garage, curbs)
Assist in cleanliness of the pool, Jacuzzi and surrounding areas
Vacuum pool, Jacuzzi and Fountains
Take chemical readings for pool, Jacuzzi and Fountains
Sweep driveway area in front of Plaza I and II
Sweep all sidewalks on Plaza property
Wipe down and arrange all pool furniture
Groundskeeper Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Groundskeeper
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: MRPT, HVAC, WHIMIS, US, CPO, OSHA, III
Education for Groundskeeper
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the groundskeeper job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as High School and Associate Degree in Education, Horticulture, Management, General Education, Arboriculture, History, Military, Construction, Arborist, Golf Course Management
Skills for Groundskeeper
Desired skills for groundskeeper include:
Broad experience in general grounds maintenance techniques
Grounds keeping principals and power landscape equipment
Gasoline powered landscape equipment
Company’s policies and procedures
General maintenance requirements
Basic principles of custodial operations and general equipment maintenance
Methods
Use of radio communications equipment and operation of a motor vehicle
Principles and processes involved in supporting contract responsibilities at an overseas facility
Tools
Desired experience for groundskeeper includes:
Empty dog trash cans by Plaza I and Plaza II
Empty trash containers on all garage levels
Take out trash dumpsters to be emptied and clean trash chutes in both buildings
Put back trash dumpsters inside trash rooms in both buildings
Check each floor for boxes in trash chute area for both buildings
Pick-up recycles from both buildings
Groundskeeper Examples
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Groundskeeper Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is hiring for a groundskeeper. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for groundskeeper
- Assists in implementing energy conservation programs
- Assist other engineers with work orders
- Assist in any emergency situation
- Report any deficiency to the Chief Engineer
- Other tasks needed by the building or Management
- Mow, fertilize, and water lawns, shrubbery, ground cover, flowering plants and trees
- Prepare beds for planting
- Remove leaves and rubbish from grounds
- Spray herbicides as trained and directed
- Weed small areas
Qualifications for groundskeeper
- In a training capacity, and/or under close supervision, cultivate, prune, plant, transplant, fertilize, and water shrubbery, ground cover, flowering plants, and trees
- May operate walking power mowers or other non-mobile power equipment
- May operate tractors or other equipment with attachments such as mower, fertilizer spreader, rototiller, sod remover, back hoe, lawn roller
- Assists in installation of irrigation systems, including digging lines, replacing heads and valves
- Plants trees, shrubs, ground cover and annual flowers
- Will be required to be on call for emergency maintenance and snow removal
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Job Description Example
Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of groundskeeper. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for groundskeeper
- Replace light bulbs throughout the property
- Clean gutters
- Trim bushes
- Shovel snow
- Clean and maintain equipment that is used
- Hand-water lawn flowers and shrubs
- Perform light custodial operations on resort grounds and buildings, sweeping stones from paths, trash collection, emptying pet stations, mopping floors, Use mops and brooms
- Preparing trailers for daily tasks checking fluids
- Maintenance of both athletic complex and all fields, campus wide as needed
- Responsible for marking of all athletic fields for any games or practices as required
Qualifications for groundskeeper
- Good attitude and team player mentality
- This position requires a criminal background check and motor vehicle report
- 3 months minimum previous experience cleaning carpets, picking up trash from grounds, maintaining pools, preferred
- Responsible for attending all company required training sessions
- Employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move over 50 pounds with assistance
- High level knowledge of and demonstrated mastery in operating and providing upkeep maintenance for heavy equipment and vehicles such as tractors, loaders, mowing machinery, rototillers, hydraulic sprayers, aerators, lawn sweepers, and tractor-mounted snow removal equipment
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Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of groundskeeper. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for groundskeeper
- Performs chemical testing and treating, filter changing, and any other routine maintenance of the indoor and outdoor fountains
- Maintains all interior / exterior plants
- Attach wires from planted trees to support stakes
- Install equipment to protect or support trees
- Plant greenery to improve landscape appearance
- Mow or edge lawns, using power mowers and/or edgers
- Rake, mulch, and compost leaves
- Remove debris from work sites
- Maintain equipment or systems to ensure proper functioning
- Cultivate lawns, turf, or gardens, decorate gardens with stones or plants
Qualifications for groundskeeper
- Ability to direct the work of and provide hands-on leadership for small work parties of Grounds Workers assigned to specific projects
- Ability to perform strenuous physical activities in all kinds of weather
- Must possess a valid MA pesticide applicators license and a 2B hoisting license
- High School graduate with a minimum of 3 continuous years of relevant experience
- Heavy work - Exerting in excess of 100 pounds of force occasionally or in excess of 50 pounds of force frequently and/or in excess of 20 pounds constantly to lift, carry push, pull or otherwise move objects
- Ability to lift up to 50 pounds 100lb walk-behind mower up curbs
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Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a groundskeeper. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for groundskeeper
- Decorate indoor or outdoor spaces
- Install rock gardens, ponds, decks, drainage systems, irrigation systems, retaining walls, fences, planters, or playground equipment
- Haul or spread topsoil or spread straw over seeded soil to hold soil in place
- Receive training in pesticide safety
- Able to accept flexible working hours and shifts being available in an on-call basis for emergency responses
- Assist with basic plumbing repairs to storm and area drains, irrigation systems, rain conductors
- Paint and perform preventive maintenance and minor repairs to outdoor equipment, irrigation systems, furniture, outdoor structures
- Participate in signage maintenance including installations, upgrades, cleansing
- Participate in safety programs as directed
- Maintains all related grounds keeping equipment including mowers, weed eaters, rakes, snow removal equipment, and
Qualifications for groundskeeper
- One (1) to three (3) months related experience and/or training in a janitorial or groundskeeper capacity
- Require current driver’s license
- Ideal Candidate will have valid driver’s license to operate a golf cart on property
- One year of work experience as a groundskeeper
- Ability to stand, walk, for extended periods also, bend, stoop, kneel, lift, shovel, required
- Ability to transport heavy plants, bushes, shrubs, machinery
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Groundskeeper Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of groundskeeper. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for groundskeeper
- Physically demanding manual labor consisting of lawn, flower and shrub care
- Digging, spraying, edging and power tool operation
- Other duties as assigned, including building or property maintenance support as needed
- Be available to work during emergency situations snow or storms
- Knowledge of occupational and safety hazards in the trade and PPE & processes to prevent accidents
- Conduct mowing operations with appropriate mowers
- Perform general maintenance and cleaning of campus through raking, grading, excavating, and hand-weeding beds
- Candidate will be responsible for removing rubbish, soil, and leaves from grounds
- Water and prune or remove plants, trees, and shrubs
- Ensure equipment is kept in operating order
Qualifications for groundskeeper
- Assist with the repair of any irrigation breaks, leaks, valve problems, or irrigation head situations
- Previous grounds keeping experience required
- Ability to work in an environment where there is high exposure to dust, pollens
- Previous 1 year grounds keeping experience preferred
- Successful completion of a C.O.R.I
- Grounds/landscaping experience preferred