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Home My WebLink AboutMWII - ForestryUpdated: August 2025 (Admin Review) CITY OF IOWA CITY – JOB DESCRIPTION Position Title: Maintenance Worker II – Forestry Department: Parks & Recreation Division: Parks & Forestry Supervisor: Superintendent of Parks & Forestry FLSA: Non-Exempt Civil Service: Yes Pay Grade: 5 Job Number: 0501 Job Summary Under immediate direction, plants and maintains trees and landscape plantings located in City’s rights-of-way, parks and other public areas. Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities The following duties are normal for this position. These are not to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. Other duties may be required and assigned. • Answers questions and provides information to the public. • Plants, transplants, trims, removes and maintains trees located in City rights-of-way, parks and other public areas. • Assists in the emergency removal and cleanup of storm damaged trees. • Plants bare root trees in City’s nursery and maintains trees. • Assists in maintaining appropriate records of daily work logs, public requests for tree planting and removal, stump removal, and inventories of previously planted trees. • Operates and performs minor repair and cleans equipment, including chainsaws, woodchipper, tree spade, bucket truck, rope and saddle, roto tiller and various hand tools. • Assists in purchasing for daily operations. • Performs snow and ice removal for trails, pedestrian areas and parking lots, storm damage clean-up, and ice-skating area maintenance. • Constructs safe work zones within the City right of ways. • Operates trucks and heavy equipment. • Assists other divisions, contractors and agencies as needed. • Serves as crew leader on selected job assignments. • Performs duties in a safe manner and participates in safety training. • Conducts self in a professional manner which demonstrates courtesy and respect for all community members and coworkers. • Performs other duties as assigned. Minimum Education, Experience, Certification/Licensure, Other • High school education or G.E.D. and four to six months of related experience or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Experience in urban forestry. Updated: August 2025 (Admin Review) • Forklift and backhoe certiﬁcation within probationary period. Satisfactory driving record. Valid State of Iowa commercial driver’s license instruction permit upon ﬁrst day in position. Valid State of Iowa Class A commercial driver’s license with air brake endorsements within 6 months of hire. Meet federal drug testing requirements. Requires a pre-employment drug screen. Must be 18 years of age. Must pass criminal background check. Preferred Education, Experience, Certification/Licensure, Other • High school education or G.E.D. and seven to twelve months of related experience or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. GIS and tree inventory experience. • ISA Certiﬁed Arborist or Certiﬁed Municipal Arborist. ISA Certiﬁed Tree Worker Aerial Lift Specialist. ISA Certiﬁed Tree Worker Climber Specialist. Pesticide applicator’s license. Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities • Ability to interact positively with co-workers and other City department staﬀs. • Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form. • Ability to perform basic mathematical calculations. • Ability to read written instructions and maps, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals, and prepare written log sheets and records. • Ability to reliably and predictably carry out duties. • Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. • Ability to speak eﬀectively before groups of customers or employees of organization. • Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. • Knowledge of arboricultural techniques including heavy rigging for removal of trees and dead or hazardous limbs. • Knowledge of tree diseases. • Knowledge of tree maintenance and tree identiﬁcation. • Skill in operating and maintaining variety of tools and equipment used in forestry and landscaping. • Skill in using computers and applicable software applications (Microsoft Oﬃce – Word, Excel, Outlook). Supervision No supervision of direct reports. Physical Demands The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential duties and responsibilities of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties and responsibilities. Updated: August 2025 (Admin Review) While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear. The employee regularly lifts and/or moves 25 pounds and will occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds with or without assistance. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. Work Environment The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential duties and responsibilities of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties and responsibilities. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts, high or precarious places, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, risk of electrical shock, vibration, confined space, and traffic hazards. The employee is frequently exposed to outside weather condition, dampness, direct sunlight, dust, pollen, insect stings, and animals. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud. Involves more than moderate exposure to dangerous situations. Involves more than moderate exposure to stress due to the work environment and/or crisis situations. Iowa City is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act as Amended, 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. Reviewed/Approved by: Juli Seydell Johnson, Parks & Recreation Director (4/2024) of this job description, and I agree that I can perform the duties of this position with or without reasonable accommodation. Employee Date ________________________________ __________________