Horticultural Gardener
Core
Maintain and develop an urban forest and landscape properties through plant care, pruning, irrigation repair, and debris management.
Role type
Senior IC landscape technician
Builds
Urban forest health and maintained landscape properties
Domain
Urban landscaping and horticulture
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Irrigation system repair, tree and shrub pruning, landscape maintenance, hand and power tool operation, plant identification, physical labor (lifting 50+ lbs, climbing)
Preferred skills
Landscape education, natural pruning techniques, basic computer skills
Technologies
Blowers, chain saws, line trimmers, shovels, pruners, hand saws
Responsibilities
Maintain landscapes by blowing leaves/debris and trimming trees/shrubs; Perform weed mitigation and interior plant care; Maintain and repair irrigation systems; Prune and shape trees and shrubs; Plant shrubs and groundcovers; Assess and report landscape issues; Manage landscape projects from start to finish.
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC