- Job Type Full Time
- Qualification Bachelors
- Experience
- Location Gauteng
- City Johannesburg
- Job Field Agriculture / Agro-Allied 
General Assistant II (P14) (Gardens & Grounds & Sports Fields) (Facilities Management: Campuses) (X2 POSTS) (Re-advert) at University of Johannesburg
General Assistant II (P14) (Gardens & Grounds & Sports Fields) (Facilities Management: Campuses) (X2 POSTS) (Re-advert)
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
Method of Application
Interested and qualified? Go to University of Johannesburg on jobs.uj.ac.za to apply

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