PHC Technician - Military Base

The Greenery, Inc•North Charleston, SC

5d•$22 - $24

About The Position

The PHC Technician is responsible for assuring the health and aesthetic quality of all ornamental shrubs, trees, and turf through proper horticultural applications

Requirements

Excellent written and verbal communication, listening, and interpersonal skills
Excellent organizational abilities
The ability to prioritize projects, handle a multitude of activities simultaneously, problem solve, and pay thorough attention to detail is essential
Excellent customer service skills
Friendly and outgoing personality
Detailed oriented
Understanding of quality principles, continuous learning, customer focus and service, teamwork and partnering skills, be professional, courteous, and always act with respect and integrity
Appropriate level of understanding of the landscape business, products, markets, personnel, outside influencers, etc
Ability to gain an understanding, embrace, and use the Company’s internal databases, platforms, and associated technologies
Demonstrated capacity to embrace change. Ability to manage work under pressure
Great customer service and interpersonal skills
A high school education/GED and 1+ years of retail sales experience or the equivalent combination of education, experience and/or training
Minimum 1 year experience with chemical or spray applications or 4 or more years’ experience in the green industry
Strong attention to detail
Pesticide applicators license or in process
Valid driver’s license
Adhere to Company’s safety policy and ensure that the public and co-workers will be safe while performing job duties
Constantly required to talk, hear, see, sit, stand, and walk
Must be able to see at close vision, distant vision, peripherally, have depth perception and can adjust focus
Frequent use of hands to manipulate, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls
Frequently required to reach, bend, twist, stoop, crouch, climb and balance
Must be able to lift 50 pounds and carry 50 feet
Occasionally works with mechanical objects and outside in all weather conditions
Occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles and toxic or caustic chemicals
Occasionally exposed to loud noise levels

Responsibilities

Plant and maintain plants. ex) Remove weeds, fertilize, water plants, shrubs, and trees
Requires use of hand tools and gardening tools
Harvest plants, and transplant or pot them with proper labels
Monitor and record the plants' leaf coloring to detect the presence of insects or disease
Operate tractors, other machinery, and fertilizing equipment
Cultivate, harvest, and spray fields and plants
Inspect plants to assess quality
Dig, cut, and transplant seedlings, cuttings, trees, and shrubs
Move containerized shrubs, plants, and trees, using wheelbarrows or tractors
Clean work areas and maintain grounds and landscaping
Haul and spread topsoil, fertilizer, peat moss, and other materials to condition soil, using wheelbarrows or carts and shovels
Maintain and repair irrigation and climate control system
Responsible and safe application of both granular and liquid fertilizer, herbicides, and pesticides in adherence to all local and state regulations
Other duties and responsibilities as assigned

Benefits

Paid Time Off
Sick Time
Holiday Pay
Health & Welfare Stipend
401K
Medical
Dental
Vision
Supplemental Insurance (long & short term disability, critical illness, hospital indemnity, life insurance, accident)
Employee Discount Program
Service Awards