Grounds Services Technician - Playing Fields
UNC Charlotte
Part-Time
Closes on Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Job Description
- All maintenance procedures associated with NCAA division one sports fields
- Plant flowers, bulbs, trees, and shrubs in accordance with plans.
- Cultivate, mulch, and remove weeds from established plant beds.
- Prune trees and shrubs to ensure proper health and vigor of plant material.
- Fertilize trees, shrubs, flowers, and lawn areas following the established fertilization program.
- Seed newly prepared lawn areas and reseed established lawn areas as required.
- Apply chemical spray applications to plant material under the direction of a licensed pesticide applicator.
- Monitor and train others in the proper application of herbicides or pesticides as necessary.
- Mow grass, trim trees and shrubs, remove the trash and remove snow as needed.
- Contribute to the overall appearance and condition of the university’s buildings, academic and office spaces.
- Assist in maintaining the University facilities in good working order and maintaining an overall pleasant working, teaching, and learning environment.
- Support the associated grounds and landscaping requirements due to the development of expanded highly maintained landscaped areas of campus.
- Maintenance to include: herbicide, fungicide, insecticide, and fertilization treatments which requires basic knowledge of materials, elemental horticulture, and the skill to fulfill these duties; litter control, weed control, trimming of undergrowth and pruning of trees, rip rap and erosion repair, upkeep of drainage structures and snow and ice removal along walkways and steps.