PHC Technician

Description

Job Summary 

The PHC Laborer is responsible for assuring the health and aesthetic quality of all ornamental shrubs, trees, and turf through proper horticultural applications 

Core Values 

1. Culture of Safety – Safety is always job #1 

1. A Growing Tradition Plants, Personally, Financially and Professionally 

1. Employee Owned – Personal Pride in Success with an Owners Mentality 

1. Exceptional Customer Experience – Delighting our Clients with our Products and Services 

1. Good Neighbors – Community Pride – Sharing our Success 

1. Respectability – Treating Others as we want to be treated 

Supervisory Responsibilities 

• None 

Duties/Responsibilities 

• Plant and maintain plants. ex) Remove weeds, fertilize, water plants, shrubs, and trees 

• Requires use of hand tools and gardening tools 

• Harvest plants, and transplant or pot them with proper labels 

• Monitor and record the plants' leaf coloring to detect the presence of insects or disease 

• Operate tractors, other machinery, and fertilizing equipment 

• Cultivate, harvest, and spray fields and plants 

• Inspect plants to assess quality 

• Dig, cut, and transplant seedlings, cuttings, trees, and shrubs 

• Move containerized shrubs, plants, and trees, using wheelbarrows or tractors 

• Clean work areas and maintain grounds and landscaping 

• Haul and spread topsoil, fertilizer, peat moss, and other materials to condition soil, using wheelbarrows or carts and shovels 

• Maintain and repair irrigation and climate control system 

• Responsible and safe application of both granular and liquid fertilizer, herbicides, and pesticides in adherence to all local and state regulations 

• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned 

Qualifications

Required Skills/Abilities 

• Excellent written and verbal communication, listening, and interpersonal skills 

• Excellent organizational abilities  

• The ability to prioritize projects, handle a multitude of activities simultaneously, problem solve, and pay thorough attention to detail is essential 

• Excellent customer service skills 

• Friendly and outgoing personality 

• Detailed oriented 

• Understanding of quality principles, continuous learning, customer focus and service, teamwork and partnering skills, be professional, courteous, and always act with respect and integrity 

• Appropriate level of understanding of the landscape business, products, markets, personnel, outside influencers, etc 

• Ability to gain an understanding, embrace, and use the Company’s internal databases, platforms, and associated technologies 

• Demonstrated capacity to embrace change. Ability to manage work under pressure 

• Great customer service and interpersonal skills 

Education and Experience 

• A high school education/GED and 1 years of retail sales experience or the equivalent combination of education, experience and/or training 

• Minimum 1 year experience with chemical or spray applications or 4 or more years’ experience in the green industry 

• Strong attention to detail 

• Pesticide applicators license or in process 

• Valid driver’s license 

• Adhere to Company’s safety policy and ensure that the public and co-workers will be safe while performing job duties 

Physical Requirements 

• Constantly required to talk, hear, see, sit, stand, and walk 

• Must be able to see at close vision, distant vision, peripherally, have depth perception and can adjust focus 

• Frequent use of hands to manipulate, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls 

• Frequently required to reach, bend, twist, stoop, crouch, climb and balance 

• Must be able to lift 50 pounds and carry 50 feet 

• Occasionally works with mechanical objects and outside in all weather conditions 

• Occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles and toxic or caustic chemicals 

• Occasionally exposed to loud noise levels 

Salary : $18 - $22