Landscape Crew Member

## Description

**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

• 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

Training

• 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)

Equipment

• 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

Safety

• Understand and practice safety in all work circumstance.
• To wear appropriate PPE at all times

Appearance

• 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)

**Category specific essential duties and responsibilities as they may be assigned by your supervisor:**

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

Pruning

• Ladders
• Gas powered Hedge trimmers
• Loppers / hand pruners
• Chain saws
• Ability to recognize plants that need special pruning needs/ times

Bed Care

• 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

Landscape Installation

• 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

Annual Flowers

• Identification of plants
• Watering and fertilization of plants
• Checking plants for insects/diseases
• Loading and fill procedures
• Installation

Fertilization (in applicable markets)