Landscaper
Position Description:
Landscape or maintain the grounds of Big Bay Landing using hand or power tools or equipment. Perform a variety of tasks, which may include any combination of the following: sod laying, mowing, trimming, planting, watering, fertilizing, digging, raking, sprinkler installation, and installation of mortarless segmental concrete masonry wall units.
Compensation base salary is $125/day based on a four to sixteen hour workday. There are no charges for room or board and all meals are included. Travel is paid (one flight to Big Bay Landing/one flight from Big Bay Landing) to out-of-town employees. Uniforms (polos, tees, jackets) are provided, allowance will be given for approved pants or shorts and guidelines for shoes. Position term is May 5th through June 16th.
General Responsibilities:
• Care for established lawns by mulching, aerating, weeding, grubbing and removing thatch, and trimming and edging around flower beds, walks, and walls.
• Mix and spray or spread fertilizers, herbicides, or insecticides onto grass, shrubs, and trees, using hand or automatic sprayers or spreaders.
• Mow and edge lawns, using power mowers and edgers.
• Plant seeds, bulbs, foliage, flowering plants, grass, ground covers, trees, and shrubs, and apply mulch for protection, using gardening tools.
• Attach wires from planted trees to support stakes.
• Decorate gardens with stones and plants.
• Follow planned landscaping designs to determine where to lay sod, sow grass, or plant flowers and foliage.
• Gather and remove litter.
• Haul or spread topsoil, and spread straw over seeded soil to hold soil in place.
• Maintain irrigation systems, including winterizing the systems and starting them up in spring.
• Plan and cultivate lawns and gardens.
• Prune and trim trees, shrubs, and hedges, using shears, pruners, or chain saws.
• Rake, mulch, and compost leaves.
• Trim and pick flowers, and clean flower beds.
• Water lawns, trees, and plants, using portable sprinkler systems, hoses, or watering cans.
• Build forms, and mix and pour cement to form garden borders.
• Install rock gardens, ponds, decks, drainage systems, irrigation systems, retaining walls, fences, planters, and/or playground equipment.
• Maintain and repair tools, equipment, and structures such as buildings, greenhouses, fences, and benches, using hand and power tools.
• Operate powered equipment such as mowers, tractors, twin-axle vehicles, chain-saws, electric clippers, sod cutters, and pruning saws.
• Use hand tools such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws, saws, hedge and brush trimmers, and axes.