Job Duties:
Performs general grounds maintenance, including mowing, edging, trimming, and weed eating of turf areas, as well as maintaining flowerbeds and landscaped areas. Job Duties: Gather and remove litter. Use hand tools, such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws, saws, hedge or brush trimmers, or axes. Operate snow blowers, backpack leaf blowers, chainsaws, electric clippers, sod cutters, or pruning saws. Drive pick-up trucks with trailers. Install sprinklers. Water lawns, trees, or plants, using portable sprinkler systems, hoses, or watering cans. Prune or trim trees, shrubs, or hedges, using shears, pruners, or chainsaws. 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 flowers and clean flower beds. 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. Dig and plant trees. Mow or edge lawns, using power mowers, including zero turn lawn mowers, or edgers. Rake, mulch, and compost leaves. Decorate gardens with stones or plants. Use irrigation methods to adjust the amount of water consumption and to prevent waste. Provide proper upkeep of sidewalks, driveways, parking lots, fountains, planters, burial sites, or other grounds features. Shovel snow from walks, driveways, or parking lots, and spread salt in those areas. Maintain irrigation systems, including winterizing the systems and starting them up in spring. Plan or cultivate lawns or gardens. Care for artificial turf fields, periodically removing the turf and replacing cushioning pads or vacuuming and disinfecting the turf after use to prevent the growth of harmful bacteria. Care for natural turf fields, making sure the underlying soil has the required composition to allow proper drainage and to support the grasses. Advise customers on plant selection or care. Haul or spread topsoil or spread straw over seeded soil to hold soil in place. Create garden borders. The landscaping workers will not mix and spray or spread fertilizers, herbicides, or insecticides onto grass, shrubs, or trees, using hand or automatic sprayers or spreaders.
Special Requirements:
Proficiency in operating a variety of landscaping equipment such as mowers, trimmers, and edgers.