Job Description Summary

Department - Parks and Recreation

Job Description

Job Type: Classified

Job Classification: 5825 - Parks Technician II

Salary Grade: 5

Pay Range

Hiring Range: $19.83 - $23.30 Per Hour 

Pay Range: $19.83 - $26.78 Per Hour 

Range Explanation: 

• Hiring Range is an estimate of where you can receive an offer. The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, training, and internal equity.

• Pay Range is the entire compensation range for the position.

Be a part of a team that keeps Pima County Parks clean and safe. Selected candidate will work with a team performing park maintenance duties in parks and the Chuck Huckelberry Loop. Duties to include equipment operation, turf management, structural pruning of plant/tree material, path/trail maintenance, prepare ballfields, service ramadas and restrooms. Performs routine trades or craftsman duties above the Park Technician I level, maintaining and repairing park facilities, grounds, and equipment. Also, participates in construction or renovation activities in parks. The work requires manual labor and the use of hand and powered tools, equipment or vehicles and frequently involves repetitive individual tasks in a variety of work settings in an outdoor environment. Certified applicator broadcasting herbicide/pesticide as needed to control noxious weeds/grasses in public parks.

Essential Functions:

As defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, this classification may include any of the following tasks, knowledge, skills, and other characteristics. This list is ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY and is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and tasks performed by incumbents of this class. Work assignments may vary depending on the department’s need and will be communicated to the applicant or incumbent by the supervisor.

• Cuts, trims, edges, seeds, fertilizes, and stripes ball field and leisure turf;

• Structurally prunes, shapes and maintains urban forest and ground vegetation;

• Performs minor repairs and adjustments to plumbing and irrigation systems;

• Operates ride-on equipment and utilizes powered maintenance and construction equipment/tools; 

• Performs operator-level inspections, servicing, maintenance and security of assigned tools, equipment and vehicles;

• Applies paints, varnish, stains, and other finishes to interior and exterior surfaces, trimmings and fixtures;

• Stores, handles, applies and disposes of hazardous materials required to complete work or generated by work assignments;

• Collects and disposes of trash;

• Maintains and uses safety and personal protective equipment;

• Explains rules, regulations or procedures to the public and/or vendors;

• May be assigned to a natural resource park setting, whereby maintenance may include wildlife drinkers, ponds, equestrian, camp facilities, trails, habitat restoration, erosion control, and invasive species;

• Obtains and maintains AZ Department of Agriculture-Office of Pesticide Management – Certified Applicator license (Category #3-Ornamental and Turf and for some areas also Category 5 –Aquatic).

Minimum Qualifications:

Six months of experience performing duties in landscape, grounds maintenance, arborist, equipment operator, general handyman or similar duties in a specific skill, craft, vocation, trade or operational area of employment.

(Relevant training or education may substitute for up to six months of the aforementioned experience)

OR:

Six months of experience in a Pima County Parks Technician I, Parks Helper, or closely-related position as determined by the department head at the time of recruitment.

Qualifying education and experience must be clearly documented in the "Education" and "Work Experience" sections of the application. Do not substitute a resume for your application or write "see resume" on your application.

Preferred Qualifications: (Be specific in describing your experience in your application. Ensure the descriptions provided illustrate your competencies, specifically addressing the required and preferred qualifications.):

• Minimum one (1) year experience performing duties in landscape, grounds maintenance, arborist, equipment operator, general handyman or similar duties in a specific skill, craft, vocation, trade or operational area of employme