Horticultural Team Member

Job Number: 1

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HORTICULTURAL TEAM MEMBER

Reports to Horticultural Project Leader

The Horticultural Team Member is expected to be a reliable, conscientious, laborer to perform general landscape tasks to assist their team with the beautification of our client’s gardens and lawn care. 

Position Description (but not limited to)

• Move and spread soil and landscaping materials (soil, mulch, pea stone, sod & flagstone) using shovels and wheelbarrows
• Plant trees, shrubs, perennials and annuals
• Apply fertilizers, organic pest/disease products and or water to gardens and planters as needed/instructed.
• Perform spring and fall clean-ups (leaf removal, tarping, raking, edging)
• Deadhead spent blooms of perennials and annuals
• Clean walkways, patios, docks, decks, AstroTurf and driveways of organic debris
• Weed and generally groom garden, border areas and planters
• Prune shrubs, trees, perennials using appropriate equipment
• Use string-line trimmer as required
• Transplant, split and divide plants as required  
• Top dress lawns  
• Place planters, pots, barrels and patio furniture in appropriate locations
• Load/unload tools and supplies from work vehicles in a safe manner
• Assist in maintaining the professional appearance of company vehicles, tools and power equipment
• Complete daily time log, and help with daily paperwork as required

• Work outdoors in varying conditions (i.e. biting insects, indigenous wildlife, various temperatures, inclement weather)
• Varying seasonal hours. Peak season may require up to 60 hr/week

Physical Demands

• Manual lifting and carrying
• Repetitive motions
• Hand/wrist vibration
• Occasional use of hammer, nails, level or ladder
• Occasional work in inclement weather
• Standing, bending, crouching, kneeling
• Work alongside the water edge i.e.: ponds, lakes, rivers

 Are you up for the challange?

Contact: Chris@watersedgelandscaping.com

 705-762-1110 ext.21

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Job summary

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