**Reports to**:Head of Maintenance***
**Department: Maintenance**
**Campus**:Warragul and Traralgon Campus**
**Primary Purpose**:
The Garden and Grounds Officer is responsible for following instruction from the Maintenance Manager and
undertaking gardening and grounds works at each of St Paul's campuses.
The role requires travelling between the two campuses during the week.
**Key Responsibilities:
1. General garden maintenance
2. Ability to work independently and in a team
**Major Duties and Responsibilities**:
In consultation with the Maintenance Manager, the Garden and Grounds Officer assists with the following:
**1. General duties**
- Maintain tools and/or equipment for the purpose of ensuring the availability of equipment for the
purpose of ensuring the availability of equipment in a safe operating condition.
- Operate a variety of equipment (eg ride on/push mowers, whipper snippers, brush cutters, pole saws,
lawn edgers and trimmers etc) for the purpose of providing grounds with appropriate care and/or
maintenance.
established procedures.
- Plant a variety of flora (eg lawns, shrubbery, flowers) and use appropriate landscape materials and
equipment for the purpose of maintaining the grounds in an attractive state and for protecting against
erosion.
- Pruning, propagating, mulching and weeding.
- Maintain grounds areas (eg fertilizers soil, courtyards, flower beds) for the purpose of providing safe
areas for assemblies, recreational activities and/or special events.
- Monitor landscaped areas, sprinkler systems and grounds for the purpose of identifying repairs and/or
replacement needs and providing an attractive environment.**
- Perform other related duties as assigned for the purpose of ensuring the efficient and effective
functioning of the Grounds Team.***
**Key Contacts
- Head of Maintenance
- Maintenance Team
- Business Manager
- Human Resources Manager
**Qualifications/Requirements**:
Current Drivers Licence
Certificate in Horticulture/ knowledge of plants/planting
Certificate in chemical sprays
Experience in the use of lawn mowers (ride on and push)
**Conditions**:
Conditions of employment are set out in the St Paul's Anglican Grammar School Enterprise Bargaining
Agreement 2018