LANDSCAPE WORKER 7:00 am - 3:30 pm

Melwood Horticultural Training Center • Upper Marlboro, MD

279d • $18

About The Position

This job is located in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. The hourly rate is $18.88 per hour. The hours are 7:00 am - 3:30 pm, Monday - Friday from April - November. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, tuition reimbursement, and more!

Requirements

• At least one year of experience in landscape maintenance work including experience in mowing with a push mower and weeding.
• Should be able to provide own transportation to the work site.
• Must be able to work independently.

Responsibilities

• Trims and edges around walks, flower beds, and walls, using clippers and edging tools.
• Prunes shrubs and trees to shape and improve growth, using shears.
• Rakes leaves and cleans or sweeps up litter using a spiked stick or broom.
• Shovels snow from walks and driveways.
• Spreads salt on public passageways.
• Plants grass, flowers, trees, and shrubs.
• Waters lawn and shrubs during dry periods using a hose or by activating a fixed or portable sprinkler system.
• Cleans out drainage ditches and culverts, using shovel and rake.
• May operate walking-type power mowers, snow blowers, or rototillers.
• May operate chain saws, hedge trimmers, and other handheld power-operated tools to prune, cultivate, shovel, trim, cut, and dig.
• Performs a variety of laboring duties when yard work is completed.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• tuition reimbursement

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Industry: Social Assistance