This position performs a variety of landscape activities, such as planting, weeding, digging, spreading topsoil and other materials, general lawn maintenance, seasonal lawn preparation, and hardscape construction under general supervision. Builds forms for borders and places decorative stone under general supervision. The crew member may also operate lawn mowers and related equipment.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Performs planting and related activities.
- Performs routine lawn maintenance including grass cutting, lawn edging, weed pulling, and other routine lawn-maintenance activities. Uses lawn mower and related equipment.
- Provides seasonal lawn care, such as spring and fall leaf clean-up.
- Moves materials and equipment and performs related duties to assist in landscaping and hardscaping.
- Digs holes and trenches and excavates for hardscaping features using picks and shovels or related equipment.
- Hauls or spreads topsoil, gravel, sand, mulch, or related materials using wheelbarrows and rakes.
- Hand-finishes grade, and apply seed, straw, or sod.
- Performs routine construction tasks, such as building forms for concrete using hand tools.
- Maintains assigned equipment and notifies the team leader of needed repairs.
- Responds politely to client inquiries and projects a professional image.
