Location: Baton Rouge, LA
Hours: Guaranteed 40 hours per week (we typically work more than that – working weekends also)
Salary: $12.50
Description: Landscape or maintain grounds of property using hand or power tools or equipment. Workers typically perform a variety of tasks, which may include any combination of the following: sod laying, mowing, trimming, planting, watering, fertilizing, digging, raking, sprinkler installation, and much more.
Responsibilities:
- Care for established lawns by mulching, aerating, weeding, grubbing and removing thatch, and trimming and edging around flower beds, walks, and walls.
- Mix and spray or spread fertilizers, herbicides, or insecticides onto grass, shrubs, and trees, using hand or automatic sprayers or spreaders.
- Mow and edge lawns, using power mowers and edgers.
- Plant seeds, bulbs, foliage, flowering plants, grass, ground covers, trees, and shrubs, and apply mulch for protection, using gardening tools.
- Attach wires from planted trees to support stakes.
- Decorate gardens with stones and plants.
- Follow planned landscaping designs to determine where to lay sod, sow grass, or plant flowers and foliage.
- Gather and remove litter.
- Haul or spread topsoil and spread straw over seeded soil to hold soil in place.
- Maintain irrigation systems, including winterizing the systems and starting them up in spring.
- Prune and trim trees, shrubs, and hedges, using shears, pruners, or chain saws.
- Rake, mulch, and compost leaves.
- Trim and pick flowers, and clean flower beds.
- Water lawns, trees, and plants, using portable sprinkler systems, hoses, or watering cans.
- Install rock gardens, ponds, decks, drainage systems, irrigation systems, retaining walls, fences, planters, and/or playground equipment.
- Maintain and repair tools, equipment, and structures such as buildings, fences, and benches, using hand and power tools.
- Provide proper upkeep of sidewalks, driveways, parking lots, fountains, planters, burial sites, and other grounds features.
- Operate powered equipment such as mowers, tractors, twin-axle vehicles, snow blowers, chain-saws, electric clippers, sod cutters, and pruning saws.
- Use hand tools such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws, saws, hedge and brush trimmers, and axes.
This position is physically demanding. In daily operations, Crew Member must:
- Have full range of mobility
- Be able to sit, stand, walk, bend over, kneel, stoop, etc. for extended periods of time
- Be able to reach over head, climb or balance
- Be able to lift, push, or pull equipment and materials
- Be able to lift/carry 50 lbs.
- Have clear vision with the ability to focus and to see peripheral, depths, distances, and colors
- Drive/travel to jobs throughout the day in Baton Rouge and surrounding cities
This position is outdoor-based with daily travel. Crew Member may be exposed to:
- Driving, loading/unloading, and working in adverse weather conditions
- Fumes and chemicals
- High noise levels
Experience Requirements:
- Must be 18+ years old
- Bi-lingual is not required but preferred
- Valid driver’s license
- Good driving record
- Reliable transportation
- Ability to read & write English, including maps & diagrams
Qualifications:
- Ability to work in a team environment with members of varying skill levels
- Highly motivated quick learner
- Drug free work environment, a random drug test policy is in force
- Ability to lift 60+ lbs consistently throughout the day.
- High attention to detail…the customer doesn’t see what we do, they see what we don’t do that they paid for.
- High ability to deal with ambiguity in a high stress environment while keeping your composure on and off the job.
- Available to work a varied schedule (including Saturdays) in all adverse weather conditions.
- Stoop, stand and bend for 10+ hours a day.
- Strong Knowledge of land care maintenance required
- Study daily if not experienced in all areas of landscaping
Benefits:
- Pay overtime
- Paid time off
- Offer full time hours during slow seasons
- Moving up in the company happens very quickly
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