Landscaper

About This Role

This Landscaper I position provides landscape maintenance support to industrial, commercial, and public properties. It involves performing basic landscaping tasks under supervision, safely operating commercial landscaping equipment, and maintaining plant material and other landscaping elements.

Responsibilities

• Cut turf using various sized power mowers
• Trim and edge using a gas-powered edger/trimmer
• Operate a gas-powered blower
• Prune shrubs and low trees as needed
• Plant and maintain flowerbeds
• Operate the edger and line trimmer along sidewalks, flower beds, trees, buildings, fences, and other objects
• Pick up trash and blow leaves and other organic debris onto turf before mowing
• Mulch leaves and organic matter when mowing
• Perform weeding by hand or using a garden hoe or hulahoe
• Perform basic, preventative maintenance to extend the life of equipment
• Properly remove trash, dead plants, and suckers from landscape
• Maintain a polite, friendly, responsive demeanor with guests and customers
• Report unsafe conditions to Crew Leader or Production Manager

Requirements

• At least 18 years old
• Enthusiastic and dependable
• Ability to safely work with equipment like power saws and cutters
• Certified on level 1 equipment (backpack blower, stick edger, string trimmer, walk-behind mower)
• Familiar with basic horticultural maintenance operations/practices
• Ability to lift and carry 40 lbs.
• Ability to load/unload burlaps with plant cuttings onto trailer (up to 50 lbs.)
• Ability to bend, stoop and twist continuously throughout the day

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits