What are the responsibilities and job description for the Gardener position at The Los Angeles Country Club?
Job Details
Job Location: The Los Angeles Country Club - Los Angeles, CA
Position Type: Full Time
Education Level: None
Salary Range: $18.50 - $21.00 Hourly
Travel Percentage: None
Job Category: General Labor
Description
Position Summary
As a vital role in the Grounds Maintenance Team, a Gardner performs routine tasks of garden, nursery, greenhouse and grounds maintenance using hand and small power tools. Also, carries out assigned projects such as propagation and development of new areas.
Position Responsibilities
- Works on a truck; loads and unloads materials
- Excavates and backfills ditches and trenches with hand tools
- Cuts weeds and brush, operates portable equipment, acts as a grounds man for tree-trimmers, removing, cutting up and loading limbs
- Collects and empties litter cans, cleans gutters, drains and culverts, installs barricades; does janitorial work in cleaning and maintaining a building
- May drive a light truck or operate moving equipment occasionally
- Propagates plant material for the golf course and grounds from seeds or existing plants in the nursery on the golf course
- Utilizes the grounds men to assist in completing projects
- Performs cultural practices in the greenhouse and lath house in relation to insect identification and control, spacing of plant material, adjusting light requirements, weeding, watering and fertilizing
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
Specific Job Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Possess a valid CA driver’s license
- Willingness to learn
- Hardworking, reliable, and self-motivating
- Have a reliable source of transportation to get to and from work
Education
- High school graduate
Salary : $19 - $21
