Duration: May - October

GENERAL SUMMARY
This is a temporary position working for the Department of Public Services. The duties include picking up trash and emptying trash containers, assisting with recycling and yard waste collection, assisting with mowing, and other duties as assigned. Must have a valid driver's license and be able to operate a lawn mower, weed whip, and various hand tools.

WORKING CONDITIONS
Works in strenuous physical conditions including extreme cold, extreme heat, and inclement weather while performing strenuous physical activity for duration of shift.
Exposure to material and equipment that requires strict adherence to specific and detailed instructions to prevent physical injury to self and others

DUTIES

• Emptying trash containers and picking up trash
• Assist with recycling and yard waste collection
• Assist with mowing
• Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES: A combination of experience and training to provide for the following knowledge, skills, and abilities:

• Possess and maintain a valid Michigan driver's license
• Knowledge of basic maintenance and repair
• Ability to perform the operation and care of equipment where multiple, simultaneous tasks are required
• Ability to lift and carry materials more than 50 pounds while in a bending, stooping or other nonupright position on a frequent basis
• Ability to tolerate physical stress for driving or walking more than eight hours/day
• Ability to work alone or in a small work group
• Ability to communicate with citizens and supervisors to discuss work activity
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with supervisors, coworkers, municipal officials, and the general public
• Ability to spend the working day on the back of a working refuse truck

PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands characterized here epitomize those that must be met by an employee to properly perform the integral functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

In order to properly perform the integral functions of this job, the employee is frequently required to: stand, walk or sit, talk or hear, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. Also, the employee will frequently be required to use hands to finger, handle or feel objects and to reach with hands and arms. Employee may be required to distinguish smells.

The employee will be required to lift objects or exert a force equal to that of 100 pounds. Vision requirements for this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.