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4 days ago
Warner Robins, GA, United States
Mainscape
Full-time
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JOB DEFINITION
To perform a wide variety of landscape maintenance functions related to but not limited to mowing, trimming, irrigation, edging, pruning landscape install, and snow removal (in snow markets).
ESSENTIAL JOB RESPONSIBILITES AND DUTIES
The essential general duties and responsibilities are listed below. Other duties may be assigned.
General:
Mowing:
To perform a wide variety of landscape maintenance functions related to but not limited to mowing, trimming, irrigation, edging, pruning landscape install, and snow removal (in snow markets).
ESSENTIAL JOB RESPONSIBILITES AND DUTIES
The essential general duties and responsibilities are listed below. Other duties may be assigned.
General:
- Able to work in and around various landscaping settings including direct contact with various plant and landscaping materials and exposure to various dust, noise, and weather conditions
- Communicate with lead people progress of tasks.
- Driver's license preferred
- Learn aspects of installation work and assist where needed or assigned
- Learn and perform basic planting skills
- Prune trees, shrubs, and vines to encourage healthy growth.
- Able to identify by common names 25 frequently used plants that appear on the CLT plant list (bedding flowers, ground cover, shrubs, perennials, trees, and turf).
- Guy wiring of trees.
- Able to identify, by common name, 5 frequently seen weeds in planting beds
- Recognize plant material in stress or in a problem state.
- Able to identify by common name 5 frequently seen garden pests.
- Able to differentiate weed grasses from desirable turf grasses in lawn areas.
- Understand and complete the following basic irrigation repairs; sprinkler head replacement, sprinkler head arc and radius adjustment, lateral line repairs.
- Smith Driving (if in driving capacity for Mainscape)
- Able to operate landscape maintenance and construction hand tools and light equipment with the skill to satisfactorily perform the duties assigned
- Report equipment in need of repair
- Identify broken, poorly running, and misused equipment, fill out appropriate repair tag
- Understand and practice safety in all work circumstance.
- To wear appropriate PPE at all times
- To have a neat and clean appearance.
- Conduct yourself in a professional manor at all times.
- Wear Mainscape uniforms while at work (hats, shirt, pants and jackets)
- Steel toed boots recommended (mandatory on customer sites where required and when required by job task)
Mowing:
- Push mowers
- Walk behind with Velke
- Zero turn riding mowers
- String Trimmers
- Blowers
- Edger's
- Trash/Debris Pickup
- Proper set up / dispersal of crew members on job site
- Ladders
- Gas powered Hedge trimmers
- Loppers / hand pruners
- Chain saws
- Ability to recognize plants that need special pruning needs/ times
- Ability to properly apply pre-emergent, selective and non-selective herbicides
- Ability to identify desirable plants from weeds in a specific area
- Pulling and spraying of weeds
- Mixing of chemicals
- To know how safely lift / move heavy items
- Knowledge of how to install plants properly
- Ability to apply granular fertilizers after proper training under supervision
- Thorough knowledge of plant varieties and cultivars
- Appropriate set up of crew on job site
- Knowledge of proper sequence of landscape installation
- Identification of plants
- Watering and fertilization of plants
- Checking plants for insects/diseases
- Loading and fill procedures
- Installation
- Ability to apply granular fertilizers after proper training under supervision.
- To be proficient at using and calibrating the Z-cart
- Ability to apply herbicides, fungicide and insecticide
- Replacing Heads / nozzles.
- Dig and clear drain/irrigation trenches.
- Work with solvents and glues.
- Tracking wires.
- Problem solving.
- Proper use of trenching equipment.
- Thorough knowledge of proper PPE
- Ability to safely use cleaning supplies and solvents
- Ability to work in residential and commercial areas
- Ability to safely use snow removal equipment
- Knowledge of safe driving techniques in snow and ice conditions
- Knowledge of appropriate clothing for the weather conditions that he/ she will be exposed to for long periods of time
- Ability to shovel snow, lifting 25#'s