Gardener - 500635

SUMMARY :

The Gardener performs gardening / horticultural tasks and manual work necessary to maintain university properties.

RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Removes refuse and trash from campus grounds.
• Mows, trims, removes leaves, aerates, over seeds, fertilizes and waters lawns and athletic fields using both push and riding power equipment.
• Plants, trims, mulches, weeds and fertilizes flowers, shrubs and trees as directed or as necessary to insure proper standards are maintained.
• Applies pesticides to lawns, flowers, shrubs, tree beds and other areas as required using hand and power sprayers, including the documentation of all applications.
• Repairs and maintains campus walk, roads, benches signs, light poles and fountains by cleaning, painting, patching, etc.
• Removes snow and ice and applies sand and chemicals in all areas of campus as directed using hand shovels, brooms, power snow blowers, tractors and trucks equipped with blades and spreaders.
• All Facilities employees are expected to exercise behavior in accordance with University policies as well as with the Facilities Mission and statement of Core Values.
• All Facilities employees are expected to comply to safety standards and demonstrate safe work habits.

WORKING CONDITIONS / PHYSICAL EFFORT :

• Physically capable of working while bending, stooping, kneeling in all weather conditions.
• Physically capable of heavy lifting (minimum 50 pounds).

QUALIFICATIONS :

• Practical knowledge and / or training in gardening and horticultural practices and procedures.
• Practical knowledge and / or training in the pruning, trimming, watering, fertilization and pest control of lawns, shrubs, trees etc.
• Virginia pesticide license
• Knowledge of the safe use and operation of hand and power tools used in grounds keeping.
• Must be able to remember and follow directions in performing daily landscape gardening and Horticultural tasks. .
• Required : Must have a valid Driver's License and be able to produce a driving record with a minimum of 3 years of driving history in good standing

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE :

• High School graduate or GED required, two (2) years associate degree in horticulture or related field preferred.
• Commercial or Registered Tech Virginia Pesticide license
• Two (2) years prior gardening and landscape maintenance and / or training preferred, ideally at a college, university, county, city or commercial facility.

WORK HOURS :

• Full-time, non-exempt position
• Monday Friday, 6 : 30 - 3 : 00 ; 8 hrs. / day; 40 hrs. / week
• All Facilities employees are designated as essential personnel and are subject to work outside the normal work schedule on an emergency basis and are also subject to planned overtime work as required by the immediate supervisor.

SALARY STRUCTURE :

Pay Grade 3 (Hiring Range $ to $ per hour)

ABOUT UR :

At the University of Richmond, we’re creative, inclusive, and determined. We’re Spiders, and our mission is to create positive change in the UR community and beyond.

Located minutes from downtown Richmond, Virginia, the University of Richmond () blends the intimacy of a small college with exceptional academic, research, and cultural opportunities usually found only at large institutions.

There’s only one place like Richmond.

UR is committed to developing a diverse faculty, staff and student body, and to modeling an inclusive campus community which values the expression of differences in ways that promote excellence in teaching, learning, personal development and institutional success.

In keeping with this commitment, our academic community welcomes candidates from diverse backgrounds and candidates who support diversity. EOE

Last updated : 2024-04-23