What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lawn Aeration Technician position at Anticimex North America?
Job Description:
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
The Lead Lawn Technician position specializes in Initial services and trouble accounts to provide a higher level of expertise and customer attention of initial services and accounts with service-related issues. They are also responsible for the lawn retention efforts and creating lawn recovery plans for accounts and following through on the recovery process.
Duties include:
- Complete the application of fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides and fungicides on a preset daily route
- Identify lawn and or pest problems, develop solutions to those problems, and implement solutions to correct deficiencies
- Communicate technical corrective actions
- Establish effective working relationships with a variety of customers, both internal and external
- Safely drive a company vehicle
- Use of handheld computerized equipment to manage service calls and documents
- Provide customers with general information about our various services
- Conduct service calls as needed
- Problem solving and/or complaint resolution
Requirements:
- Ability to safely drive a large, heavy lawn truck
- Able to withstand long periods of standing, walking, kneeling, stooping, squatting
- Be able to lift, push or pull up to 50 lbs
- Have excellent communication skills
- Be competent with the use of new technology
- Be organized and able to manage their own daily route
- Strong technical lawn and ornamental skills
- Strong problem-solving skills, and the ability to partner with customers in implementing solutions
- The ability to diagnose difficult lawn issues and develop a corrective treatment plan
- The ability to train new hire lawn technicians and the ability to aid current production technicians
- Must be able to interpret guidance and direction from the lawn supervisor
- Must be flexible with the daily schedule
To be qualified:
- At least 21 years of age
- Have a valid Florida driver's license with minimal moving violations
- Must be skilled and knowledgeable in Lawn and Ornamentals
- High School Diploma or equivalent
