General Assistant II (P14) (Gardens & Grounds & Sports Fields) (Facilities Management: Campuses) (X2 POSTS) (Re-advert) at University of Johannesburg

Responsibilities:

Includes Gardens & Grounds and Sports fields

Gardens and Grounds: Lawn Care

• Mow lawns, fields, and other grounds to prepare and fertilize the soil.
• Plant, cultivate, and maintain lawns.
• Operates push or riding power lawnmowers, sprayers, backpack leaf blowers, and hand and power tools.
• Rake leaves and remove trash and debris from assigned areas.
• Sweeps walkways, entryways, and grounds.
• Makes routine adjustments and minor repairs.
• Prune shrubs to maintain desirable limb structure.
• Removes dead, diseased, or broken branches using hand saws and prunes.
• Removes debris and litter from grounds and empty trash cans on an as-need basis.
• Provide proper upkeep of sidewalks, driveways, parking lots, fountains, planters and other ground features.
• Plan or cultivate lawns, turf, or gardens.
• Cares for established lawns by mulching, aerating, weeding, grubbing, removing thatch, or trimming or edging around flower beds, walks, or walls.

Garden & Grounds: Plant Maintenance

• Prune and trim trees, hedges, and shrubs, weed, rake, and water grounds.
• Design, plants and waters specialty gardens.
• Maintains plants and shrubs in the garden nursery including watering, pruning, and fertilizing.
• Applies insecticides, to control fire ants throughout the garden.
• Water lawns, trees, and plants using portable sprinkler systems, hoses, or watering cans.
• Irrigate lawns, trees, and plants.

Tools, and equipment safety

• Makes routine adjustments and minor repairs to keep equipment in safe working order.
• Assists in the preparation, set-up, and marking of sporting grounds and other facilities as assigned.
• Assist in the installation and repair of ground equipment, irrigation lines, and sprinkler heads.
• Cleans outdoor storage areas.
• Maintains and repairs a variety of hand and power-operated garden tools and equipment, such as seeders, spreaders, edgers, hedge trimmers, pruning, shears, sprayers, spades, hoes, rakes, and mowers.
• Operates ground maintenance equipment.

Landscaping

• Follows planned landscaping designs to determine where to lay, sow grass, or plant flowers or foliage.
• Decorate indoor or outdoor spaces.
• Plant greenery to improve landscape appearance.
• Provide information to clients about landscaping services.
• Build, form, mix, and pour cement to form garden borders.

Health and Safety

• Conveying and handling tools, equipment, and materials.
• Cleaning and workplace, workshop, and equipment, as well as removing waste.
• Selecting, using, and maintaining basic hand tools and materials safely.
• Maintaining basic health, safety, and environmental measures in the workplace.
• Maintaining good housekeeping.
• Wearing protective clothing and equipment as prescribed.

Apply by: 10 October 2025