Job Description Summary

Department - Parks and Recreation

Job Description

Job Type: Classified

Job Classification: 5959 -Trades Maintenance Helper

Salary Grade: 1

Pay Range 

Hiring Range: $16.32 - $19.17 Per Hour 

Pay Range: $16.32 - $22.03 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.

The Trades Maintenance Helper performs helper or apprentice levels of work maintaining and repairing facilities, grounds, equipment, or their parts in direct support of a process, system, facility, or grounds. The work seldom requires special training or certification (other than vehicle operator). 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.

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.

• Assists Trades Maintenance classified employees and others in performance of their duties;

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

• Performs non-skilled replacement, repair, or adjustment of facility or system components;

• Prepares and cleans areas or equipment undergoing repair, painting, maintenance, construction, or other related activity;

• Maintains security and accountability for all tools, equipment, and materials required in performance of duties, particularly in a medical, detention, or correctional setting;

• Maintains and uses safety and personal protective equipment;

• Performs housekeeping services to maintain safe, clean, and orderly conditions in the workplace.

Minimum Qualifications:

High School Diploma or General Education Development (GED) certification AND six months of experience performing helper-level duties in the specific skill, craft, vocation, trade, or operational area of employment.

(Relevant training or education may be substituted for the aforementioned experience.)

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 two (2) years experience in landscape maintenance including the use and operation of riding mowers, string trimmers, pruning saws, chain saws, loppers, hand pruners, blowers, and small engine equipment.

• Minimum three (3) years experience driving company vehicles to work sites and on the roadways without restrictions.

• Forklift certification.

• Minimum three (3) years experience repairing machinery in a farm, factory, and/or industrial setting.

• Minimum two (2) years experience maintaining and repairing irrigation systems including drip applications and turf irrigation.

• Minimum one (1) year experience working in the application of herbicides/pesticides.

• Minimum one (1) year experience in housekeeping services, cleaning and sanitizing public areas, including ramada areas, tables, benches, and bleachers.

• Minimum three (3) years experience in manual labor and the use of hand tools.

Selection Procedure:
Pima County Human Resources Department reserves the right to admit to the selection process only those candidates that meet the minimum qualifications. All applications will be assessed based on an evaluation of the listed education and expe