Seasonal Gardener

Duties

• Maintains, protects, and preserves cultural and maintained landscapes, with a focus on cleanliness and safety of the grounds.
• Plants, transplants, and cares for flowers, trees, and shrubs.
• Trims, prunes, and aerates plants and plant materials.
• Maintains decorative plants in various sites and courtyards.
• Watered and fertilizes plants and removes dead growth.
• Selects, measures, mixes, and applies chemical control agents and fertilizers using foliage feeding, root feeding, and soil additive techniques.
• Picks up trash and debris, reporting safety concerns and mitigating hazards in the park area.

• U.S. citizenship required.
• Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication.
• Meet Selective Service Registration Act requirement for males.
• Must possess a valid driver's license and be willing to operate a motor vehicle as part of duties.
• Uniform required; uniform allowance provided.
• May be required to work holidays, overtime, overnight travel (up to one night per month), and complete mandatory training.

The work requires frequent walking, standing, pushing of carts and wheelbarrows, bending, stooping, and occasional ladder climbing. The incumbent may lift heavy objects such as bags of fertilizer and grass seed. Work is done outdoors and may involve exposure to sun, rain, or chemical sprays. Protective clothing and safety equipment are required during pesticide/herbicide application.

The job involves outdoor duties in a greenhouse or park setting. The gardener is subject to long periods in the sun, chilly or rainy weather, and exposure to chemical dust and sprays. Incidents of minor injuries like bruises, cuts, or scrapes are possible.