Gardener/Landscaper Needed...

San Diego CA

Description

GARDENER /LANDSCAPER Primary Location: United States-California-San Diego-La Jolla Pay Range: $18-$20/hr Schedule: Monday, Wednesday, & Friday ; 8:30AM – 4:30PM GENERAL EXPERIENCE Three years of experience performing gardening and grounds maintenance work. As a Landscaper/Gardener, you’ll help grow and maintain our beautiful private estate. This involves performing a variety of ground maintenance duties, including mowing, trimming, watering, weeding, planting, pruning, and container maintenance. You will also: Duties and Responsibilities: • Cuts and maintains lawns. • Plants and maintains plants, flowers, trees and shrubs. • Decides when and which standard methods to use in planting, transplanting, seeding, re-sodding, mulching, dusting, spraying, watering, cultivating, cutting, arranging, pruning and trimming trees, shrubs, flowers, and grass. • Inspects for plant diseases molds brown spots rusts blight mildew plant insects leaf-miner scales borers slugs and unusual or poor plant growth. • Selects and uses fungicides insecticides and herbicides for the control of diseases insects and weeds. • Determines when plants need additional watering and how long they should be watered. • Working knowledge of both irrigation, landscape lighting, and their respective controllers. • Observes plants and thins or transplants when they have grown too close together or too large for their locations. • Decides when shrubs have reached the proper stage of growth for trimming and when trees need pruning to remove obviously diseased limbs or excess branches. • Operates a variety of hand and power operated garden tools and equipment such as mowers, edger’s, hedge trimmers, pruning shears, and sprayers. Cleans and maintains tools and equipment. • Pick up trash, debris, cleans outdoor tables, furniture, and washes down sidewalks daily. • Maintains fountain, cleans, and fills it when needed. • Maintains small pond, cleans, skims, and fills it when needed. • Removes cob-webs from all structures. • Maintain cleanliness and quality of work area. • Maintain accurate records of activities performed. • Work through any weather condition, except lightning. • Practices safe work habits, including the use of personal protective equipment. • Perform other duties as assigned….. What it takes to succeed: • At least 18 years old • Valid driver’s license & U.S. Citizen or Valid Work Visa • Excellent English communication skill • Ability to work well independently • Strong multi-tasking abilities • Able to pass a background check • Impeccable references