Job Description

• Cleans all equipment used in grounds maintenance, such as mowers, tractor/trailers, dump trucks, front-end loaders, high-lift fork trucks,  and a variety of hand/power tools
• Plants and trims lawns, trees, bushes, hedges and shrubs using hand tools or motorized vehicles
• Landscapes new ground areas, repairs damaged ground areas, and replaces bushes, hedges, shrubs and trees
• Cares for and maintains seed orchards. Produces and cares for nursery stock, fertilizes soil when needed for plant growth, and plants flowerbeds.
• Applies herbicide and pesticide chemicals to grounds, trees, bushes, shrubs and lawns in order to control plant diseases and insects
• Pressure Cleaning building etc.
• Performs related work as assigned

• Considerable knowledge of methods of landscaping
• Considerable knowledge of use and care of motorized equipment and hand/power tools used in grounds maintenance work
• Considerable knowledge of the occupational hazards and safety precautions applicable to groundskeeping and maintenance work
• Considerable knowledge of the proper use of chemicals, fertilizers and pesticides.
• Considerable knowledge of cultivation, weed control, seeding, and planting of trees, seed orchards, and nursing beds
• Ability to lead, instruct and train others in the work, including the operation and proper use of equipment
• Ability to follow oral instructions and read written instructions
• Ability to use hand tools, including electronic equipment, and operate motorized equipment and vehicles such as cars, trucks or vans
• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Ability to maintain records

• Job requires standing for long periods of time.
• Job requires walking for long periods of time on different types of terrain. Job may require bending, lifting and climbing.
• Own vehicle a plus