Laborer

Where

Baltimore, MD

What you'll be doing

Works around and operates hand tools and mechanical machinery used for landscape maintenance. Cuts lawns. Trims and edges around walks, flower beds, and walls. Prunes shrubs and trees to shape and improve growth or remove damaged leaves, branches, or twigs. Sprays lawn, shrubs, and trees with fertilizer, herbicides, and insecticides. Rakes and bags leaves. Cleans grounds and removes litter. Prepares and grades terrain. Seeds and sods lawns. Installs and/or moves and transplants trees, shrubs, and other plant material on current maintenance and enhancement jobs and properties. Digs trenches for irrigation systems or piping and supports irrigation technician or manager in the installation of the irrigation systems. Remove tree brush after tree trimmers prune, cut and shape trees. Plants grass, flowers, trees, and shrubs. Waters lawn and shrubs. Cleans out drainage ditches and culverts. Sharpens tools such as weed cutters, edging tools, and shears. Makes minor repairs on equipment such as lawn mower, spreader, and snow removal equipment. Depending on geographic seasonality, may be required to shovel snow from walks and driveways and spread salt on public passage ways to prevent ice build-up. Trims and removes trees from client properties.

What your background should be

Ability to understand and carry out oral instructions. Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out oral instructions. Ability to deal with standardized situations with only occasional or no variables. Current driving license is preferred. Depending on geographic location, pesticide license may be required or desired. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit and climb or balance. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Required Schooling / Training

Not specified.

Who is the client company

The company is one of the largest, most comprehensive providers of commercial landscaping services in North America.

If you are interested in this position, send your resume to apply@kochdavis.com