Employment Opportunities

Maintenance Aide "B"

Job Summary:

An incumbent in this class of positions performs a variety of semi-skilled and unskilled tasks in the maintenance and upkeep of properties and grounds, such as cleaning apartments following tenant use, mowing lawns, pruning shrubs and trees, removing tiles and other floor coverings, plowing snow, mending fences, lifting heavy objects, and using a variety of hand tools and implements.

Principal Duties:

     1. Performs general cleaning chores in housing units when units are vacant, preparing and painting to make ready for occupancy.

      2. Carries away debris for eventual deposit in a dumpster bin.

      3. Washes and waxes floor surfaces, and washes walls and ceilings.

      4. Mows lawns, and prunes trees and shrubbery to maintain a neat and healthy condition and appearance, fertilizing as needed.

      5. Performs superficial repairs to water closets and drains, usually consisting of unplugging them for normal use.

      6. Removes snow from grounds and premises either by plowing, snow blowing or shoveling.

      7. Lifts, loads, and unloads heavy objects such as stoves and refrigerators into and out of trucks.

      8. Uses a variety of small hand tools and implements, such as rakes, shovels, brooms, mops pliers, hedge clippers, power mowers, vacuum cleaners, et al.

      9. Sweeps parking areas and maintains in clean condition.

     10. Assists staff of maintenance department, wherever needed, including driving a truck.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

      1. General knowledge of building maintenance.

      2. Ability to operate gasoline driven equipment, such as power mowers, snow blowers, light trucks.

      3. Ability to read and understand written instruction.

      4. Ability to follow oral instructions.

      5. Ability to work in hazardous and unpleasant conditions, such as snow and rainstorms, infested spaces, cold and heat.

      6. Very basic understanding of care of lawn, shrubbery, and trees.

      7. Ability to lift heavy objects.

      8. Ability to do manual work such as digging, shoveling, sanding.

      9. High school diploma or GED

     10. Valid Kentucky driver's license

 

Pay range: $17.28-$25.38/hour