Landscape Work OpportunityThe Office of Physical Plant is currently hiring qualified individuals for summer landscape work from May through mid-August. The position requires 40 hours of work per week. Landscape duties include:
- Assist in maintaining and landscape university grounds using tractors, mowers, sprayers, spreaders, light construction, and landscape equipment.
- Cut, trim, fertilize, aerify, roll, seed, re-seed and water lawns, including athletic areas.
- Plant, transplant, prune, weed, feed, spray, cultivate flowers, trees, and shrubs.
- Remove brush, leaves, grass clippings, paper, spoil, cinders, and rubbish from walks, roads, curbs, parking lots, lawns and other university property.
- Remove paint and other materials defacing the exterior of university property.
- Operate trucks, tractors, hi-lifts, back-hoe, power mowers, sprayers, compressors, spreaders, pneumatic hammer, York rake, Olsen grader, power saw, chain saw, and other landscape and light construction equipment.
- Adjust, clean, oil, grease, inspect water level, anti-freeze and air pressure of tires on equipment.
- Erect or remove various types of fences, posts traffic and directory signs.
- Control pests, using various acceptable methods.
- Report unusual job conditions to supervisor.
- Operate motor vehicle as required.
- Perform other duties related or similar to the type described above.
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