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General Statement of Job
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- An employee in this class uses a variety of tools and equipment to maintain grounds including planting, cultivating, spraying, pruning, and cutting plants, trees, shrubs, grass, and flowers. This employee determines the care and treatment necessary to maintain grounds in good condition. Routine problems concerning the selection, placement, care, and treatment of plants are handled by the employee. Errors may be quickly revealed, or may only be revealed upon loss of plant life, and may be expensive. Limited supervision is given.
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Essential Job Functions
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- Cuts lawns.
- Trims and edges.
- Prunes shrubs and trees to shape and improve growth.
- Removes damaged leaves, branches, or twigs.
- Sprays lawns, plants, shrubs, and trees with fertilizer, herbicides, and pesticides, using hand or automatic sprayer.
- Conditions and prepares soils and transplants or plants seeds, seedlings or bulbs according to instructions and planned design of the landscaped area.
- Plants grass, flowers, trees, and shrubs following sketches and designs when available.
- Waters lawns, shrubs, and flowers.
- Maintains paths or road surfaces.
- Performs ground maintenance duties, using tractor equipped with attachments, such as mowers, lime or fertilizer spreaders, lawn roller, and snow removal equipment.
- Operates heavy power equipment.
- Drives dump trucks and transports tractor and ground maintenance equipment.
- Makes minor repairs to mowers and other equipment.
- Sharpens tools.
- Other duties as assigned by supervisor
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Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
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- Working knowledge of grounds keeping and elementary horticultural practices.
- Working knowledge of planting, cultivating, pruning, spraying, and trimming requirements of flowers, shrubs and trees.
- Skill to drive dump trucks.
- Skill to transport tractors and other maintenance equipment.
- Skill to operate heavy power equipment.
- Ability to use, sharpen and make minor repairs to tools and equipment.
- Ability to follow oral or written instructions.
- Ability to follow simple landscape sketches and designs.
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Minimum Training and Experience
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- High school diploma or GED
- Previous experience preferred
- Valid NC driver's license required
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Minimum Qualifications or Standards Required to Perform Essential Job Functions
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- This work regularly requires standing, walking, speaking or hearing, using hands to finger, handle or feel, climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling, reaching with hands and arms, pushing, pulling and lifting.
- Must be able to operate a motor vehicle.
- Must be able to exert up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or 25 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
- Physical demand requirements are those for Medium Work.
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Disclaimer
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The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to this job.
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