Gardener 2 - Park Maintenance

About This Role

Perform gardening and grounds maintenance tasks independently, including planting, irrigating, pruning, mowing, and pest control. Supervise other employees and ensure cleanliness of park areas.

Responsibilities

• Maintain flowers, shrubs, and trees, including cultivating, transplanting, irrigating, pruning, spraying, and fertilizing
• Maintain turf grass areas, including irrigating, planting, mowing, edging, trimming, controlling diseases and pests, and fertilizing
• Maintain cleanliness of walks and other hard-surfaced areas by sweeping and hosing with water
• Remove snow from walks and other areas
• Maintain litter-free areas
• Ball and burlaps trees
• Supervise other employees
• Operate and repair irrigation systems
• Operate power mowers
• Assist with prescribed burns

Requirements

• Knowledge of standard tools, equipment, materials, methods, and practices used in gardening and grounds maintenance work
• Knowledge of hazards and safety precautions of the work
• Working knowledge of horticulture, floriculture, irrigation systems, symptoms of plant disease, parasites, and insect pests, and their control methods
• Skill in the use of standard hand and power equipment employed in propagation and cultivation of garden and grass areas
• Ability to push/pull and operate a standard lawn mower over rough terrain
• Ability to lift and carry up to 150 pounds with assistance
• Ability to tolerate outdoors, open grounds, windy conditions, and pesticide and herbicide handling

Skills

* Required skills

Certifications