Seasonal Landscape Worker

Job Duties may include but are not limited to:

• Gather and remove litter.
• Use hand tools, such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws, saws, hedge or brush trimmers, or axes.
  
• Operate vehicles or powered equipment, such as mowers, tractors, twin-axle vehicles, snow blowers, chainsaws, electric clippers, sod cutters, or pruning saws.
• Water lawns, trees, or plants, using portable sprinkler systems, hoses, or watering cans.
• Prune or trim trees, shrubs, or hedges, using shears, pruners, or chain saws.
• Care for established lawns by mulching, aerating, weeding, grubbing, removing thatch, or trimming or edging around
  flower beds, walks, or walls.
• Follow planned landscaping designs to determine where to lay sod, sow grass, or plant flowers or foliage.
• Trim or pick fl owers and clean fl ower beds.Trim or pick flowers and clean flower beds.
• Attach wires from planted trees to support stakes.Attach wires from planted trees to support stakes.
• Plant seeds, bulbs, foliage, flowering plants, grass, ground covers, trees, or shrubs, and apply mulch for protection, using gardening tools.
• Mow or edge lawns, using power mowers or edgers.
• Rake, mulch, and compost leaves.
• Decorate gardens with stones or plants.
• Adjust irrigation water consumption to prevent waste using hand held battery operated dial.
• Maintain/repair irrigation systems made of plastic tubing using hand held tools such as hammer and wrench, winterize systems in late fall and initiate systems in spring by manually programming the dial.
  

Special Skills/Requirements Description:

• Must be willing and able to tolerate very hot or very cold temperatures.
• Must be willing and able to tolerate loud noises.
• Must be available entire contract period.
• Must be able to lift at least 50 pounds and be able to perform physical labor.
• Employer may conduct post-hire, employer-paid drug testing.