It is recommended that your DBA should be a MCITP Database Administrator (Microsoft Certified IT Professional Database Administrator) or MCM (Microsoft Certified Master) for MS SQL Server. A trained and qualified MCM or MCITP Database Administrator will already know how to accomplish the tasks listed in this document. The best tool to implement and track your maintenance plan is the SQL Server Management Studio which comes with MS SQL Server.
Visit the following web pages for information on what skills a trained MCM or MCITP Database Administrator has and what they can do for you:
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/mcitp/dbadmin/default.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/certification/master.aspx