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Job TitlePerforms various manual tasks for cleaning, maintaining, and repairing city facilities, streets, drainage systems, and right-of-ways.Summary Of DutiesOrganizational Relationships: Reports to: Street and Sanitation Crew Leader. Directs: This is a non-supervisory position. Other: Has contact with other city employees and occasionally with the general public. Essential Duties: Assists with repairing potholes, including setting up barricades to warn traffic of hazardous areas, measuring, cleaning, and filling holes; Maintains ditches by hand or using a push or power lawn mower, power trimmer, hoe, shovel, or swing blade; Trim trees, pick up brush, and load brush onto the truck; Picks up litter on the sides of streets and roads; Attends training sessions on safety and street maintenance as required; Picks up recyclables and disposes them at the Recycle Center; Paint curbs and parking lines; and Installs and maintains road signs. Other Important Duties: Performs such other related duties as may be assigned. Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: Knowledge of methods, practices, materials, and equipment used in street system maintenance; and use and care of tools and specialized equipment. Skill/Ability to: Understand and follow instructions; use power or hand-operated tools, including, trimmer, hoe, shovel, etc.; tolerate outside working conditions, including exposure to adverse weather conditions; and establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers.QualificationsAcceptable Experience And Training: High School Diploma or GED. Certificates And Licenses Required: Appropriate Texas driver's license.Supplemental InformationJob Physical, Mental, and/or Emotional Requirements: The City will comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the American Disabilities Act Amendment Act, and all other Federal, State, and Local legislative requirements. The Facility will ensure that reasonable accommodations may be made to enable a qualified individual with a disability to perform the essential functions of that position. Pre-employment drug screening and background checks are required. Legal Notification: Any applicant receiving a bona fide job offer for this position will be required to undergo and pass a pre-employment physical examination, illegal drug screening, and criminal background check prior to employment. All positions at the City of Navasota require documentation of employment eligibility in accordance with Federal employment law. Communication skills in English are required for some specific assignments based upon job-related needs for communication with the general public and/or co-workers. Bilingual skills (Spanish/English) are encouraged but not required. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the person assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, skills and physical demands required of the personnel so classified. The Job Description does not constitute an employment agreement between the City of Navasota and the employee. This position is subject to change by the employer as the employer's needs and job requirements change.

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