Flower Care Worker

Job Title: Flower Care Worker

Department: Parks, Recreation & Forestry

Supervisor: Parks Supervisor

FLSA Status: N/A

Grade: C

Union Code: N/A

Job Summary

The Flower Care Worker is responsible for watering, maintaining, and caring for flowers in designated areas. This includes ensuring plants receive proper hydration, removing weeds, and keeping flower beds clean and visually appealing. Daily work schedule is flexible.

Minimum Qualifications

• Must be at least 18 years old.
• Ability to perform light physical labor, including lifting up to 50 pounds.
• Comfortable working outdoors in various weather conditions.
• Ability to work independently and follow instructions.
• Must be a United States citizen. This position does not support sponsorship.

Major Duties- (Essential Function)

• Watering flowers and plants as needed.
• Removing weeds and debris from flower beds.
• Monitoring plant health and reporting any issues.
• Assisting with seasonal planting and general upkeep of flower areas.

Marginal Duties

• Attend training, seminars and workshops as deemed necessary.
• Perform all duties in compliance with safety standards and policies established by the City.
• Perform other job-related duties as deemed necessary and additional duties, tasks, or responsibilities as assigned.

Physical Demands/Work Environment (Essential Function)

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use of hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms.
• The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear.
• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and peripheral vision.

Mental Complexity/Interpersonal Contacts (Essential Function)

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
• Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Ability to use basic math skills.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Strong customer service and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and follow instructions.
• Courteous and positive relationships with public and other employees.
• Ability to work with and provide exceptional customer service to the public.

Pre-employment Screening

Pre-employment screening may include, but are not limited to, the following: references, criminal background, credit history, drug and alcohol screening, medical history questionnaire, and pre-employment physical.

The intent of this job description is to provide a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by incumbents of this job. Incumbents may be requested to perform job‐related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.