|
|
|
|
Commercial Landscaping Job
|
 |
If this is a scam, MLM, or Home Based "Opportunity" then Mark as SPAM
|
 |
Thank you for helping! This job will be reviewed by us shortly. Undo
|
| Employer Name: Advantage Staffing |
SpiderID: 3286561 |
| Location: austin, Texas |
Date Posted: 5/30/2012 |
| Wage: 9.75 |
Category: Environmental |
| Job Code: TLSVC73 |
|
| Number Of Openings: 5 |
|
Job Description:
Essential Job Duties/Functions
The associate will perform the job duties as listed below. All associates will receive safety training, power equipment training, and the necessary certifications prior to equipment operation.
• Cutting lawns using various sized power mowers
• Trimming and edging using a gas powered edger/trimmer
• Operating a gas powered blower
• Trimming shrubs and low trees to shape and improve growth or to remove damaged leaves, branches, or twigs using shears, pruners, or gas powered hedge trimmers
• Planting color, applying chemicals or fertilizers, and performing light irrigation repair
• Picking up leaves, trash, and cut grass and placing them onto burlap and placing onto a truck or trailer
• Perform weeding by hand or using a garden hoe or hula hoe (tool)
Job Requirements:
Must be fluent with Spanish.
Ability to work outside in various seasonal temperatures
Punctual to work
Willing to work hard, take direction and learn
Respect for customers and co-workers
Completes work to standards; communicates problems
Asks for help when needed
Able to lift 25lbs without strain; works without excessive fatigue
In uniform and PPE at all times*
Follows safety rules
Site hazard recognition
Reading skills
Writing skills
Post accident reporting
FA / CPR
English basic conversational
Spanish basic conversational
Required Gardening Skills
Poison ivy / poison oak identification
Trash and debris removal
Watering / quick coupler connections
Handling burlaps
Mowing including proper heights**
Edging**
String Trimming**
Blowing**
Shrub pruning**
Hand weeding
Planting and maintaining color
Plant identification (preferred, not required)
Tree staking (preferred, not required)
Tree limb-up (preferred, not required)
Shrub / tree planting (preferred, not required)
Aeration and overseeding** (preferred, not required)
Fertilization (where license not required)
Turf / ornamental weed control methods
Backpack spraying (where license not required)**
Weed, disease, & insect ID
Handling plant materials
* Shirt, pants, hat, vest, safety-toed boots, gloves, eye protection, ear protection, and any other required PPE
** Requires equipment certification prior to first use of power or spraying equipment
Job Criteria:
Start Date: 06/01/2012
Position Type: Full-Time Temporary
Years of Experience Required: 2
Education Required: High School
Overnight Travel: None
Vacation Time: No Paid Vacation
Contact Information:
| Contact Name: Tracy Schoolcraft |
Company Type: Staffing Agency |
| Company: Advantage Staffing |
|
|
|
| City: Dallas |
|
| State: Texas |
|
| Zip: 75254 |
|
Web Site: http://www.simplyhired.com
|
|
|
|
|
|
|