What are the responsibilities and job description for the Raiford Summer Intern - ATL position at Atlanta Botanical Garden Inc?
Description
The Atlanta Botanical Garden offers a Raiford horticultural internship to one qualified student each summer. The student will gain practical experience in horticulture at one of the top botanical gardens in the United States.
Please apply between January 20, 2025 and February 20, 2025.
Job Summary:
The Internship is a hands-on position that works within multiple areas of the garden. The Intern will rotate through indoor and outdoor gardens, under the supervision of managers of the designated areas. The intern will perform horticultural tasks including: maintenance of trees, shrubs, perennials and annuals; propagation; greenhouse production; tropical and desert plant culture; plant identification and accessioning. During the last week of employment, the intern is required to give a presentation about each area they have rotated through, things learned, plants of interest, and touch on each special topic assigned to each horticulturist to cover.
Work Schedule: 12-week period; 40-hour work week (7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.)
Compensation: $15.00/hour, course credit may be arranged. Student must provide their own housing and transportation.
Requirements
- Open to students actively seeking or recently (within 1 year) graduated with an A.S. or B.S. degree in Horticulture, landscape architecture or botany or related fields.
- Highly organized with the ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment with a high attention to detail
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
- Must be able to sustain moderate physical exertion with full range of body motion for lifting up to 50 lbs.
- Ability to operate hand and power garden equipment
- Ability to apply herbicides with supervision
- Ability to work outside in all weather conditions
The above job duties and responsibilities describe the general nature and level of work for employees in this position, but this is not intended as an exclusive or all-inclusive inventory of all duties required of employees in this job.
It is the policy of the Atlanta Botanical Garden to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, reasonable accommodations will be made for qualified individuals with disabilities.
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