Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers

Employees may drive light-duty vehicles such as pick-up trucks or box trucks. All pruning activities will be performed on the ground. May include, but not limited to: - Gather and remove litter. - Use hand tools, such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws, saws, hedge or brush trimmers, or axes. - Operate vehicles or powered equipment, such as mowers, tractors, twin-axle vehicles, snow blowers, chainsaws, electric clippers, sod cutters, or pruning saws. - Water lawns, trees, or plants, using portable sprinkler systems, hoses, or watering cans. - Prune or trim trees, shrubs, or hedges, using shears, pruners, or chain saws. - Care for established lawns by mulching, aerating, weeding, grubbing, removing thatch, or trimming or edging around flower beds, walks, or walls. - Follow planned landscaping designs to determine where to lay sod, sow grass, or plant flowers or foliage. - Trim or pick flowers and clean flower beds.Trim or pick flowers and clean flower beds. - Attach wires from planted trees to support stakes.Attach wires from planted trees to support stakes. - Plant seeds, bulbs, foliage, flowering plants, grass, ground covers, trees, or shrubs, and apply mulch for protection, using gardening tools. - Mow or edge lawns, using power mowers or edgers. - Rake, mulch, and compost leaves. - Decorate gardens with stones or plants. - Adjust irrigation water consumption to prevent waste using hand held battery operated dial. - Maintain/repair irrigation systems made of plastic tubing