The Seasonal Laborer provides daily and seasonal maintenance for the City of Whitewater relating to its grounds, landscapes, flowers, ball fields and street upkeep.Schedule:**WORK SCHEDULE:**Monday through Thursday, 6:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.Friday, 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.Available for Evenings and Weekend Sporting Events30 to 40 hours per week (weather permitting)Essential Duties and Responsibilities:1. Installs and provides proper maintenance of landscapes, flower beds/baskets and identifies diseased plants and foliage.2. Operates a variety of equipment such as pick up trucks, mowers, specialized turf mowing, and trimming equipment.3. Performs maintenance on mowers, trimmers, and a variety of lawn care equipment.4. Assist with street/park maintenance such as catch basin repair, placing asphalt, pavement crack filling, pouring concrete, flagging operations brush collection, tree work and garbage collection.5. Assist with weekend baseball/softball tournaments including ball field preparation, concession stand, and general cleanup of the grounds.Qualifications:* Must be at least age 16.* One or more years of horticulture experience is a plus.* Valid Driver's License required.* Prior experience using light equipment and motorized maintenance vehicles desired, if eligible.* Significant attention to safety standards, procedures, and practices.* Meeting deadlines for daily operations.* Professional and appropriate responsiveness when interacting with the public.* Professional appearance and proper wear of work-wear. Must wear closed-toed/closed-backshoes (no sandle-style/type of shoe), in some instances steel-toed safety shoes; All seasonal staff will wear t-shirts and long pants; Safety Vest (provided) as needed.* Comfort working with heights and confined space.* Proper and safe operation of both light and heavy equipment and tools, including, but not limited to trimmers, weed whips, watering system, and hand tools, if eligible.**Physical Demands***The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.** Good physical strength / stamina.* While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to walk, utilize fingers to handle, operate objects, tools, controls and reach with hands and arms.* Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, ability to adjust focus, and the ability to sustain prolonged visual concentration.* Requires the ability to operate, maneuver and make continuous adjustment on equipment, machinery, tools and materials used in performing essential functions.* Ability to recognize and identify degrees of similarities and differences between characteristics of colors, odors, shapes and textures associated with job-related objects, materials and tasks.* The employee must exert physical effort varying from sedentary to continuous activity during a work shift. Involving lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, or moving up to 50 pounds.* While performing the duties of this job the employee is required to crouch, crawl, kneel, stoop, and climb.**WORK ENVIRONMENT***The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.** The noise level in the work environment is moderately quiet except for areas where hearing protection is required.* Ability to work under generally safe and comfortable conditions where exposure to environmental factors such as bacteria and microorganisms pose limited risk of injury.* While performing the duties of this job, the employee may work near moving mechanical parts.* The employee may be exposed to fumes or airborne particles.* The employee works in outside weather conditions. The employee is exposed to wet and/or humid conditions as well as other temperature and weather variations.The City of Whitewater is an Equal Employment Opportunity. In compliance with the American with Disabilities Act, the City will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with the employer.*Job Title:* DPW Seasonal Laborer*Closing Date/Time:* Sun. 05/09/21 11:59 PM Central Time*Salary:* $10.00 - $15.53 Hourly*Job Type:* Limited Term/Seasonal/Internship*Location:* Streets, Parks & Forestry Complex, 150 E. Starin Road, Whitewater, Wisconsin Associated topics: cleaning, crew, drywall, excavator, grass cutter, load, maintenance, roofer, roofing, unload