Gardener

Position Summary

As a vital role in the Grounds Maintenance Team, a Gardner performs routine tasks of garden, nursery, greenhouse, naturalized areas and grounds maintenance using hand and small power tools. Also, carries out assigned projects and development of new areas throughout the property.

Position Responsibilities
Working with the team performing all aspects with the maintenance of the golf courses and grounds at The Los Angeles Country Club to include, but not limited to the following:

• Works on a truck; loads and unloads materials
• Excavates and backfills ditches and trenches with hand tools
• Cuts weeds and brush, operates portable equipment, acts as a grounds man for tree-trimmers, removing, cutting up and loading limbs
• Collects and empties litter cans, cleans gutters, drains and culverts, installs barricades; does janitorial work in cleaning and maintaining a building
• May drive a light truck or operate moving equipment occasionally
• Propagates plant material for the golf course and grounds from seeds or existing plants in the nursery on the golf course
• Performs cultural practices in the greenhouse and lath house in relation to insect identification and control, spacing of plant material, adjusting light requirements, weeding, watering and fertilizing
• Other duties as assigned

Specific Job Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Willingness to learn
• Hardworking, reliable, and self-motivating
• Have a reliable source of transportation to get to and from work

Education

• High school graduate

Physical Demands

• Physical demands are required for this position including lifting and manual labor
• Ability to lift 50 pounds regularly and perform strenuous physical tasks under a variety of conditions
• From time to time, employee will be required to work in inclement weather, including but not limited to sun exposure, summer heat, and cold rainy conditions
• Standing, walking, twisting, turning, bending, squatting, stooping and talking, sitting, repetitive movement, writing, typing, telephone and filing