How to hire a park aide

How to hire a park aide, step by step

Here's a step-by-step park aide hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write a park aide job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new park aide
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   First, determine the employments status of the park aide you need to hire. Certain park aide roles might require a full-time employee, whereas others can be done by part-time workers or contractors.

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   You should also consider the ideal background you'd like them a park aide to have before you start to hire. For example, what industry or field would you like them to have experience in, what level of seniority or education does the job require, and how much it'll cost to hire a park aide that fits the bill.

   This list presents park aide salaries for various positions.

   Type of Park Aide	Description	Hourly rate
   Park Aide	Conservation scientists and foresters manage the overall land quality of forests, parks, rangelands, and other natural resources.	$10-16
   Activities/Volunteer	An activity volunteer is responsible for supporting community activities for the benefit of the citizens and social development in general. Activity volunteers assist in fundraising activities, coordinating with other organizations for sponsorship, recruiting target audience, planning the program outline, and releasing promotional materials, press releases, and media marketing... Show more	$12-19
   Summer Camp Counselor	Summer camps are programs with different themes organized for children or teenagers during the summer months. Summer camp counselors are responsible for the overall supervision of campers and the planning and implementation of the different programs to give children a memorable experience... Show more	$8-17

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • GRASS
   • General Grounds
   • Various Maintenance
   • Golf Carts
   • Mowing
   • Hand Tools
   • Routine Maintenance
   • General Maintenance
   • Grounds Maintenance
   • Garbage Collection
   • Recreational Facilities
   • State Vehicle
   • Trail Maintenance
   • Customer Service

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   Responsibilities:

   • Provide leadership and supervision by managing day-to-day operations for a county park facility.
   • Enter data onto PC and then run daily reports.
   • process payments and perform routine clerical duties; provide first aid or CPR as needed
   • Operate all forms of landscaping equipment such as weed eaters, mowers, and BCS sickle bar mower.
   • General labor includes, lawn mowing, tree trimming, garbage removal, setting and fixing the irrigation system as needed.
   • Assist with maintaining the park by mowing, trimming, cleaning restrooms, cutting trees, and also maintaining park equipment.

   More park aide duties

3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in the park aide job description is a good way to get more applicants. A park aide salary can be affected by several factors, such as the location of the job, the level of experience, education, certifications, and the employer's prestige.

   For example, the average salary for a park aide in Illinois may be lower than in Rhode Island, and an entry-level engineer typically earns less than a senior-level park aide. Additionally, a park aide with lots of experience in the field may command a higher salary as a result.

   Average park aide salary

   $13.64hourly

   $28,379 yearly

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   Entry-level park aide salary

   $22,000 yearly salary

   Updated January 5, 2026

   Average park aide salary by state

   Rank	State	Avg. salary	Hourly rate
   1	Nevada	$41,099	$20
   2	New York	$37,962	$18
   3	California	$37,836	$18
   4	Washington	$33,887	$16
   5	Michigan	$30,974	$15
   6	Arizona	$30,702	$15
   7	Kentucky	$29,711	$14
   8	Colorado	$29,568	$14
   9	Pennsylvania	$27,943	$13
   10	North Carolina	$27,694	$13
   11	Florida	$25,996	$13
   12	South Carolina	$25,630	$12
   13	Texas	$25,588	$12
   14	Ohio	$22,261	$11

   Average park aide salary by company

   Company

   Rank	Company	Average salary	Hourly rate	Job openings
   1	Washington State University	$34,516	$16.59
   2	State Bar of Michigan	$34,381	$16.53	10
   3	San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance	$32,973	$15.85
   4	New York State Restaurant Association	$32,643	$15.69
   5	Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium	$31,597	$15.19
   6	Ford Motor	$31,262	$15.03
   7	Trinity Health	$31,211	$15.01	106
   8	Larimer County	$30,846	$14.83
   9	St. Peter's Health Partners	$30,508	$14.67	17
   10	Skagit County	$30,400	$14.62
   11	Green Diamond Resource	$29,412	$14.14
   12	Bonaventure Senior Living	$28,772	$13.83	18
   13	County of Riverside	$28,662	$13.78	3
   14	Superior Care Pharmacy, Inc.	$28,165	$13.54
   15	The Parking Spot	$27,282	$13.12
   16	Department of Public Social Services	$27,007	$12.98
   17	Town of Cary	$26,938	$12.95	3
   18	City of Las Vegas	$26,541	$12.76
   19	City of Columbus	$25,631	$12.32
   20	City of Henderson	$25,371	$12.20

4. Writing a park aide job description

   A job description for a park aide role includes a summary of the job's main responsibilities, required skills, and preferred background experience. Including a salary range can also go a long way in attracting more candidates to apply, and showing the first name of the hiring manager can also make applicants more comfortable. As an example, here's a park aide job description:

   Park aide job description example

   The goal of Environmental Services is to provide a clean, orderly, and safe environment for patients, visitors, and staff in keeping with the mission and philosophy of St. Peter's Health Care Services. We are looking for the right candidate to join our Environmental Servicesteam. If you are energetic who is seeking opportunities for growth and development, this is the position for you!
   Responsibilities:
   
   * Candidate must be able to lift, pull, and push up to 50 pounds, possesses a basic knowledge of how to dust, vacuum, mop, and sanitize.
   * Thorough room cleaning: follow all processes as designated by training policies to insure all area, fixtures, and surfaces and surfaces are cleaned daily or as assigned, and in a timely manner.
   * Comply with any infection control policies and procedures.
   * Maintains good working relationships and communicates with other departments, residents, families and fellow staff. Responds pleasantly to all requests.
   * Communicates to Housekeeping Supervisor only problems encountered while performing daily routine.
   * Performs any other duties assigned by Housekeeping Supervisor or Director.
   
   Minimum Requirements:
   
   * Performs functions, duties and carry out responsibilities of housekeeping.
   * Demonstrates SPHCS Standards of Behavior.
   * High School graduate, G.E.D. or job related education
   * Read, write and speak English at a minimum 6'th grade level.
   * Follow written and verbal instructions and complete high school level computational skills.
   * Candidate must be able to lift, pull, and push up to 50 pounds, possess a basic knowledge of how to dust, vacuum, mop, and sanitize.
   
   Trinity Health's Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
   
   Trinity Health employs about 133,000 colleagues at dozens of hospitals and hundreds of health centers in 22 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.
   
   Trinity Health's dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.

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5. Post your job

   There are various strategies that you can use to find the right park aide for your business:

   • Consider promoting from within or recruiting from your existing workforce.
   • Ask for referrals from friends, family members, and current employees.
   • Attend job fairs at local colleges to find candidates who meet your education requirements.
   • Use social media platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter to reach potential job candidates.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your park aide job on Zippia to find and recruit park aide candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   To successfully recruit park aides, your first interview needs to engage with candidates to learn about their interest in the role and experience in the field. You can go into more detail about the company, the role, and the responsibilities during follow-up interviews.

   It's also good to ask about candidates' unique skills and talents to see if they match your ideal candidate profile. If you think a candidate is good enough for the next step, you can move on to the technical interview.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new park aide

   Once you've found the park aide candidate you'd like to hire, it's time to write an offer letter. This should include an explicit job offer that includes the salary and the details of any other perks. Qualified candidates might be looking at multiple positions, so your offer must be competitive if you like the candidate. Also, be prepared for a negotiation stage, as candidates may way want to tweak the details of your initial offer. Once you've settled on these details, you can draft a contract to formalize your agreement.

   You should also follow up with applicants who don't get the job with an email letting them know that you've filled the position.

   To prepare for the new park aide first day, you should share an onboarding schedule with them that covers their first period on the job. You should also quickly complete any necessary paperwork, such as employee action forms and onboarding documents like I-9, benefits enrollment, and federal and state tax forms. Finally, Human Resources must ensure a new employee file is created for internal record keeping.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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