Job Details

Salary: $25.73 Hourly

Location : San Luis Obispo & North County Campus, CA

Job Type: Full-Time

Job Number: FY2425-00105

Division: Administrative Services

Department: Facilities Services, Planning, and Capital Projects

Opening Date: 12/10/2024

Closing Date: 1/7/2025 11:59 PM Pacific

Job Description Summary

This is a recruitment for a short-term/temporary position. This recruitment will be open until the position is filled. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis beginning December 12, 2024.

DEFINITION

Under general supervision of the Skilled Maintenance Supervisor, perform maintenance and repair work for buildings and grounds, maintain, operate, and care for the college's swimming pools and related equipment.

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS

The general maintenance worker is a single class position in the maintenance series, which requires independent performance of a wide variety of semi to skilled level work and the exercise of sound judgment.

The General Maintenance Worker promote institutional effectiveness by ensuring that District facilities are maintained in a safe and clean working condition for all students, faculty, staff, and the community.

Essential Functions & Qualifications

As a substitute until the permanent position is filled, the job duties may be a subset of the below essential functions.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Perform duties independently;
• Prioritize multiple tasks;
• Interact with the public, students, faculty and staff (in a friendly and helpful manner);
• Assist in moving, loading, transporting furniture, equipment and materials;
• Set up rooms for instruction, meetings, or administrative functions;
• Pick up and dispose of refuse;
• Turn lights on and off, lock doors of buildings;
• Replace light bulbs as needed;
• Report safety, sanitary, and fire hazards;
• Perform routine grounds keeping, including irrigation, weed control, (utilizing hand and power tools) fertilizing, pruning, and mowing;
• Operate a wide variety of power equipment and hand tools;
• Use and dispose of chemical fluids;
• Monitor the general condition of buildings including but not limited to light bulbs, fire extinguishers, and electrical systems;
• Trouble shoot and perform repair as needed including but not limited to patching, painting, building, plumbing, adjusting, mending, and replacement;
• Estimate the scope and cost of work assignments and select necessary tools and materials to complete the job;
• Maintain the chemical balance of, operate, and care for the college's swimming pools and related equipment; clean and maintain the pool and deck area in an orderly condition; and to perform other related duties as required.
• Monitor and evaluate data, calibrate/program electronic and chemical sensing equipment;
• Interpret data received from electronic and chemical sensing equipment and records;
• Physically test pool water by taking a sample and subjecting it to titration and colorimetric
• techniques to determine its properties, and interpret and record results;
• Vacuum, brush, and scrub bottom and sides of pools;
• Sweep and wash down decks and seating areas around swimming pools;
• Set-up necessary equipment for programs and events as needed;
• Remove and install pool cover blankets as needed;
• Inform supervisor of work requests from staff, faculty, and public;
• Consult with the Director of Physical Plant, as required or assigned;
• Assign and oversee the work of student workers;
• Operate and use tools and equipment required to perform duties;
• Conform to safety standards and regulations in the performance of duties;
• Perform custodial duties as needed;
• Set time clocks for lights and HVAC equipment;
• Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships;
• Work at a desk, conference table, or in meetings of various configurations;
• Perform other related duties as required.

QUALIFICATIONS
Education:
Required

• Equivalent to graduation from high school; vocational course work and/or apprenticeship training in one or more building or grounds trades; associate degree preferred.

Experience:
Required

• Two years of general work experience, including building repair and grounds maintenance.

Knowledge of:

• Tools, equipment, methods and terminology used in maintenance and grounds keeping;
• Supplies and materials used in maintenance and grounds keeping;
• Pool chemicals and their use;
• Materials, equipment, terminology, and methods used in pool maintenance;
• Standard swimming pool safety precautions;
• First aid and lifesaving techniques;
• Self-contained underwater breathing apparatus and diving gear.
• Correct and safe work practices;
• Materials Safety Data Sheets and Hazardous Communication Regulations;
• Proper lifting techniques;
• CPR and First Aid;
• Current technologies, personal computer, and associated office software such as word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, and/or database software;
• Correct usage of English, grammar, spelling, punctuation, and vocabulary; and
• District policies and procedures.

Ability to:

• Understand and carry out oral and written direction;
• Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with those contacted in the performance of duties; and
• Demonstrate a sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds of staff and students and of staff and students with physical and learning disabilities.

Physical ability to:

• Read and comprehend printed matter and text and data on computer monitors;
• See for the purpose of reading instructions and operating tools and equipment at a level to perform duties;
• Hear and understand speech at normal levels;
• Communicate intelligibly and effectively via speech, telephone, written correspondence, and/or email;
• Bend and twist, push and pull, stoop, kneel, crawl;
• Lift 100 pounds and/or carry 50 pounds;
• Reach in all directions;
• Work at heights;
• Ascend and descend ladder.

Certificates/Licenses (current within the last year or must be continuously current):

• Standard First Aid;
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR);
• Valid California Driver's License;
• Obtain Lifesaving certificate within the first year of employment;
• Possess a valid Certified Pool Operator certificate, required, or the ability to obtain within 6
  months.

Additional Information

This is a short-term/temporary position. Students currently enrolled at Cuesta College will be given priority.

Interview Process Information

Selected applicants will be contacted for an interview.

TO: New Employees

FROM: Human Resources

SUBJECT: Benefits for Classified & Management Employees

Cuesta College's Benefits website:

Employees who work half-time or more are entitled to receive fringe benefits. The fringe allocation is money from the District to help cover the cost of insurance. Employees working half-time or more are eligible to participate in the District's medical, dental and vision insurance.

Employees with a work assignment of 50% to 74% of full time will receive one-half of the above stated fringe allocation.

If your insurance rate exceeds your fringe allocation, the balance will be deducted from your monthly payroll check. If the insurance plans selected cost less than the fringe allocation, any excess amount will be returned to the District. For more information about how fringe benefits are determined please refer to the collective bargaining agreement between SLO Community College District and Cuesta College Classified United Employees (CCCUE) or the Board of Trustees policy regarding management employees.

If you have any questions, please contact Human Resources at 805-###-#### or ...@cuesta.edu.

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