Job Details
Salary: $16.00 Hourly
Location : Fayetteville, AR
Job Type: Temporary
Job Number: 02549
Department: PARKS & RECREATION (520)
Opening Date: 04/12/2024
The City of Fayetteville is committed to attracting, engaging and rewarding a multi-generational workforce. By offering a total rewards package including competitive compensation and benefits plans and a purposeful work life, the City is an employer of choice focused on serving our community.
Essential Job Duties
Safety/Security Sensitive Designation:
This is a safety/security sensitive position for purposes of the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment.
- Provide good customer service to both internal and external customers, maintain positive and effective working relationships with other City employees (especially members of his or her own team) and have regular and reliable attendance that is non-disruptive.
- Assist the Urban Forester and Forestry Services Crew Leader with duties associated with urban forest preservation, management and restoration.
- Responsible for assisting in the planting, trimming and removal of trees.
- Responsible to ensure newly installed trees survive through proper care such as watering, mulching, fertilizing etc.
- Prune trees using pruning shears, loppers, bow saws, pole saws and chainsaws.
- Connect to fire hydrants and other watering devices to fill portable water tanks. Use gasoline water pumps to deliver water to newly planted trees.
- Drive truck and water tank trailer as needed to conduct tree maintenance.
- Use blueprints or other documents to locate and inspect tree and landscape plantings.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Secondary Job Duties - Secondary duties as assigned
Minimum Qualifications - High School Diploma or GED.
- Prefer two (2) years of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Must possess a valid Arkansas Driver's License.
- Must successfully pass criminal background check, including but not limited to convictions, guilty pleas, or no contest pleas to violent offenses, theft offenses, offenses against children, and any offense that would qualify to prevent a person from obtaining an Arkansas teaching certificate (A.C.A. 6-17-410).
- Must be able to effectively communicate with others orally and in writing.
- Must be self-motivated and be able to work independently with little supervision and make sound judgments.
- Must be able to read and interpret landscape/construction plans and maps.
- Being knowledgeable regarding related equipment used for tree trimming, watering, inventorying and inspecting trees is preferred.
- Ability to learn and properly use equipment such as chainsaws, pole saws, water pumps, trucks and trailer combinations is required.
- Exposure to and/or knowledge of GPS systems is helpful.
- Must be able to use basic addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
- Must have basic knowledge in the use of a personal computer and other related software programs. Must be able to effectively operate standard office equipment.
- While performing the functions of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear for safety reasons or to operate specific equipment. The employee regularly is required to stand, walk, and sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
- While performing the functions of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts; outside weather conditions; risk of electrical shock; and risk of vibration.
The City of Fayetteville is an equal employment opportunity employer.Temporary Full Time Employee who meets that definition as set out by the City's Work Status policy. Not eligible for any City benefits or accruals of paid leave.
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This position requires a High School Diploma or GED.Do you meet this requirement?
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Two (2) years of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience is preferred but not required. Please describe in detail any related experience and/or training that you may have as well as any combined education and experience that you may have. Please be sure to put the length of time for each.
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An applicant for this position must successfully pass criminal background check, including but not limited to convictions, guilty pleas, or no contest pleas to violent offenses, theft offenses, offenses against children, and any offense that would qualify to prevent a person from obtaining an Arkansas teaching certificate (A.C.A. 6-17-410).Do you meet this requirement?
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This position requires the ability to effectively communicate with others orally and in writing.Do you meet this requirement?
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An applicant for this position must be self-motivated and be able to work independently with little supervision and make sound judgments.Do you meet this requirement?
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An applicant for this position must be able to read and interpret landscape/construction plans and maps.Do you meet this requirement?
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Being knowledgeable regarding related equipment used for tree trimming, watering, inventorying and inspecting trees is preferred but not required. Please describe any knowledge you may have as it relates to this equipment and procedures.
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An applicant for this position must have the ability or be able to learn to properly use equipment such as chainsaws, pole saws, water pumps, trucks and trailer combinations.Would you be able to meet these requirements?
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An applicant for this position must possess a valid Arkansas drivers license.Do you meet this requirement?
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Exposure to and/or knowledge of GPS systems is helpful. Please describe any experience and/or training that you may have with GPS systems.
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An applicant for this position must be able to use basic addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.Do you meet this requirement?
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This position requires that the applicant have basic knowledge in the use of a personal computer and other related software programs.Do you meet this requirement?
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Please describe the software programs that you have experience with and are familiar in using.
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An applicant for this position must be able to effectively operate standard office equipment, i.e. (fax, printer, copier, scanner, etc.).Do you meet this requirement?
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Please feel free to describe any additional qualities, attributes, skills, etc. not described above that you feel qualify you for this position:
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