Schools Officer, Grounds

**About Us**:
Bremer State High School is a large metropolitan high school of over 2,000 students, located near the Ipswich Central Business District and have served the community well for over 60 years. In 2011, we moved to our current site beside the USQ Ipswich Campus. Our students and staff now enjoy a superb educational facility which is truly state of the art. We have a proud tradition of providing a challenging, diverse and positive education. Our school challenges students to pursue their best. The school is actioning a relentless and targeted focus on improving the level of students' Literacy and Numeracy.We offer a rich curriculum program that values and promotes academic achievement while also offering a wide range of co-curricular activities that encourages all students from year 7 to 12 to develop their talents and interests to the full. The school environment is friendly, supportive, and well-ordered, with an emphasis on time-honoured values. We pride ourselves on working with students, parents and carers and the school community to deliver a first-class education. Students and their success are our focus.

**About the Role**:
Responsibilities include, but not limited to;
- Responsible for a range of day to day activities that include maintenance of school ovals through regular mowing, watering and soil maintenance (refer to Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) guidelines and procedures); lawn and garden maintenance, including regular weeding and the use of appropriate insecticides and fertilisers where necessary (refer to WHS guidelines and procedures); plant, water and care for trees, shrubs, gardens; and undertake general maintenance of grounds care equipment such as mowers, brush cutters, tractors (as per manufacturers' service manuals) and arrange regular services.
- Ensure compliance with WHS requirements including maintenance of a safe work environment; safe storage and handling of chemicals, fertilisers and fuels;
- Assist with a range of duties that include coordinating the removal and/or disposal of rubbish as required (does not include emptying of bins in agreed eating areas);
- Attend to/or arrange repairs and maintenance within the school, including those which relate to fences, paving, gates and irrigation;
- Order and/or collect general grounds care/cleaning supplies and materials as authorised by the Principal, Business Manager or nominated delegate;
- Undertake ground improvement and enhancement activities; prepare, line mark and take general care of all outdoor sporting facilities (e.g. basketball, netball and tennis courts, cricket pitches, track and field areas).

Highly desirable skills and experience;
- Experience using a range of petrol and battery powered machinery such as ride-on, zero turn and push mower, hand-held power tools such as whipper-snipper, hedge trimmer and chain saw.
- Maintain, manage and drive a tractor.
- Competency in maintaining gardens, grounds and plants.
- Strong collaborative and cooperative skills.

Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.

**How to Apply**:

- Please attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant previous work history); and
- A 1-pg written statement in response to the attached role description.

We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.
Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.
Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.
When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.
Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).
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