LANDSCAPE LABORER

Landscape or maintain grounds of commercial or residential property using hand or power tools or equipment. Perform a variety of duties, which may include any combination of the following: sod laying, mowing, trimming, planting, watering, pruning, fertilizing, digging, raking, mulching, and installation of sprinklers, retaining walls, walkways, patios, or water features using mortarless interlocking concrete masonry blocks. Duties Include: Gather and remove litter, debris, and other refuse from work sites; Use hand tools such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws, hedge or brush trimmers, axes, or shears; Operate powered equipment such as mowers, tractors, chainsaws, sod cutters, electric clippers, rototillers, or pruning saws; Water lawns, trees, and plants using portable sprinklers, hoses, or watering cans; Prune, trim, or shape ground-level trees, shrubs, and hedges using shears, pruners, or chain saws; Spray or spread commercial fertilizers, herbicides, or insecticides onto grass, shrubs, or trees using hand or automatic sprayers or spreaders; Care for established lawns by mulching, aerating, weeding, dethatching, edging, or trimming around flower beds, walks, and walls; Follow landscaping plans to determine locations for sod, grass seed, flowers, or plantings; Plant seeds, bulbs, shrubs, trees, flowers, ground covers, and apply mulch for protection; Edge and mow lawns using power mowers or edgers; rake, compost, and dispose of leaves; Decorate gardens and landscaped areas with