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Job Details

This posting is no longer active.

(Deadline extended 08/02/2019) Grounds Worker

University/Agency	Western Illinois University
Civil Service Classification	Grounds Worker View Class Spec Details
Posting Duration	7/12/2019 - 8/2/2019
Probationary Period	6 months

Job Description

Under direct supervision from a designated supervisor, perform grounds maintenance or construction such as: planting, transplanting, fertilizing, spraying, watering, pruning, mowing lawns, turfs, and otherwise tending to lawns, turfs, trees, flowers, bushes, or other shrubbery, ornamental plants and snow removal.

Qualifications

1. High school graduation or equivalent.
2. Any one or any combination totaling six (6) months in the categories listed below:
A. work experience in grounds maintenance or grounds construction and/or tending to lawns, turfs, trees, flowers, bushes or other shrubbery, and ornamental plants.
B. work experience in one of the following: landscape, nursery, agriculture or grounds related work.
C. coursework or vocational training in horticulture or a closely related field.
twelve (12) semester hours = six (6) months
3. As required by the position to be filled, current license consistent with vehicles, machinery, and equipment that is routinely used in the general occupational area.

Salary

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Grounds Worker (Quad Cities campus)

Contact Information

University/Agency	Western Illinois University
Department/College	Human Resources
Contact	Human Resources
Phone Number	309-298-1971
Address	Western Illinois University 1 University Circle Macomb, IL 61455
Comments	(Deadline extended 08/02/2019)