SHOWCASE YOUR GENERAL GROUNDS KEEPING, SNOW REMOVAL, AND GENERAL MAINTENANCE SKILLS!
Join our team in beautiful Penetanguishene - a town with a picturesque and protected harbour, and a rich heritage and culture. We look forward to welcoming one dedicated grounds worker who will perform general groundskeeping and minor maintenance. They will also escort external tradespeople throughout our facilities while they perform skilled trades work. Given this position works with inmate helpers, a shift premium will be added to every pay.
TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:
- You have an understanding of the planning required to perform grounds keeping and gardening services
- You can operate and maintain grounds keeping tools and equipment (eg, garden tractor, lawn mower, weed eater)
- You have knowledge of the safe mixing and application of pesticides and herbicides
- You have knowledge of semi-skilled trades such as plumbing, carpentry, welding, masonry and painting
- You understand blueprints and drawings
- You know about of environmental waste management regulations and institutional safety practices
ANALYTICAL AND PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS
You are able to:
- Determine when planting, fertilizing and pruning should occur
- Identify and mix pesticides needed for spraying, when establishing appropriateness of ground and soil conditions for planting, e.g. shrubs, flowers
- Perform scheduled maintenance or repair services where problems are identifiable, and alert supervisor/skilled tradespersons of major problems requiring assessment
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
You have the ability to:
- Give information to offender helpers in grounds keeping and general maintenance work, and to liaise with correctional staff
- Give input to inmate performance reports so that corrective action can be prompt
- Interact with and counsel offender helpers and when responding to requests for maintenance work from ministry staff
- Write reports (behaviour) and to maintain logs, prepare requests for materials.
HEALTH AND SAFETY KNOWLEDGE
You comprehend and are able to demonstrate:
- The safe operation of a variety of hand and power tools to perform maintenance duties, e.g. installing vents.
- Institutional security practices/procedures to ensure compliance with standards
- Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS), Occupational Health and Safety Act, and institutional security practices/procedures to ensure compliance with standards, proper equipment operation/utilization and to maintain the safety and security of the work area and offender helpers.
- Environmental waste management regulations for garbage and hazardous waste; oil heating equipment, boilers, sewage and water plant operations
- Correct methods of repair and selecting tools to be used when performing semi-skilled duties, e.g. shaping metal parts, repairing small leaks in water lines.
DON’T MEET EVERY QUALIFICATION?
If you are excited about this position and meet most, but not all, of the listed qualifications, please still consider applying. We recognize that no one person might have every qualification in this job ad, and you just might be the right candidate!
HOW TO APPLY:
- You must apply online.
- Your cover letter and resume combined should not exceed five (5) pages. For tips and tools on how to write a concise cover letter and resume, review the Writing a Cover Letter and Resume: Tips, Tools and Resources.
- Customize your cover letter and resume to the qualifications listed on the job ad. Using concrete examples, you must show how you demonstrated the requirements for this job. We rely on the information you provide to us.
- Read the job description to make sure you understand this job.
- OPS employees are required to quote their WIN EMPLOYEE ID number when applying.
- If you require a disability related accommodation in order to participate in the recruitment process, please Contact Us to provide your contact information. Recruitment services team will contact you within 48 hours.
LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS AND ASSESSMENT:
All external Ontario Public Service (OPS) job ads are posted in English and French. Check the “position(s) language” section at the top of each job ad for the language requirements. For all roles, candidates are assessed in English, the business language of the OPS. If the position is bilingual (English/French), you’ll also need to pass a French-language proficiency test.
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