Arbor Groundsman

Jensen Landscape | Monarch Tree Services
Monarch Landscape Companies is a family of successful landscape brands in six states across the United States. We are a values-based learning organization committed to being the best place to work as a landscape professional. Our approach to investing in people is simple. We put the Field First

Summary:

• Responsible for the safe and successful completion of all arbor ground labor tasks

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Perform arbor ground labor tasks as instructed by Arbor Crew Lead
• Demonstrate ability to effectively work independently while on sit for extended periods of time
• Safe operation of shredding and chipping equipment, including the feeding of brush and limbs into machines
• Safe operation of arbor equipment, including but not limited to: loaders, stump chippers, brush chippers, power saws, chainsaws, pole pruners, backpack blowers, and hand tools
• Hoist tools and equipment to tree trimmers
• Clean, sharpen, and lubricate tools and equipment
• Collect debris and refuse from tree trimming and removal operations into piles, using shovels, rakes, or other tools
• Clear sites, streets, and grounds of woody and herbaceous materials, suchas tree stumps and fallen trees and limbs
• Load debris and refuse into trucks
• Shows up to work each day on time; completes all tasks within time expectations; adheres to company dress code policy; wears clean clothes to work each day; follows inclement weather policy and sick leave reporting procedures

Supervisory Responsibilities

• This position has no full

- time supervisory responsibilities

Secondary Duties and Responsibilities

• Climb and prune various tree types above heights of 15 feet when primary tree climber is unavailable or unable to do so
• Perform proper cabling and bracing functions
• Perform specialized pruning and takedowns
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications
Education

• At least six months of professional tree work experience Language Skills
• Ability to communicate effectively with crew lead and other crew members

Physical Demands
Working Conditions

• Ability to verbally understand and communicate in English is strongly preferred
• Bilingual English/Spanish preferred but not required

Mathematical Skills

• None

Reasoning Ability

• Deal with standardized situations with only occasional or no variables

Certificates, Licenses and Registrations

• Valid driver license issued by the state where employed is strongly preferred
• Current CPR & First Aid certification or have ability to obtain within 3 months
• Current aerial rescue certification or have ability to obtain within 3 months
• TCIA certified chipper operator specialist or have ability to obtain within 6 months
• TCIA chainsaw operator specialist or have ability to obtain within 6 months
• TCIA ground operation specialist or have ability to obtain within 6 months
• TCIA tree care safety specialist or ability to obtain within 6 months

Other Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Basic tree care principals, pruning techniques, tree ID and disease ID
• Aerial rescue; safe work practices; proper PPE; hazard recognition; DigAlert procedures and tree removal techniques; basic knots and rope operation for rigging; emergency tree rescue procedures
• Excellent internal and external customer service skills, ensuring clients' needs are met in an accurate, complete, and timely fashion by demonstrating courtesy, efficiency, and professionalism
• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.
• Constantly required to talk, hear, see, sit, stand and walk
• Must be able to see at close vision, distant vision, peripherally, have depth perception and have the ability to adjust focus
• Frequent use of hands to manipulate, handle or feel objects, tools or controls
• Frequently required to reach, bend, twist, stoop, crouch, climb and balance
• Frequently required to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.

• Frequently works with mechanical objects and outside in all weather conditions
• Occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles and toxic or caustic chemicals
• Frequently exposed to loud noise levels

Total Rewards
At Monarch, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage, and retain top talent. Elements of our Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.

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