***RFI Response***
These tasks are performed across two operational settings: (1) the employer's landscape installation division, serving residential and commercial clients at off-site job locations, and (2) the employer's retail garden center, a commercial retail establishment where finished plant stock purchased from wholesale suppliers is sold to the public and to contractors. The employer does not cultivate, propagate, or harvest any plant stock. All plant material handled by workers is purchased wholesale and sold or installed as a finished commercial product. The retail garden center is a commercial retail business, not a farm or agricultural operation.
Small power equipment may include, but is not limited to: string trimmers (purpose: trim turf edges and overgrown vegetation); backpack blowers (purpose: clear clippings and debris from job sites and hardscape surfaces); push mower (purpose: turf mowing at residential and commercial sites); plate compactor (purpose: compact soil and gravel base material during hardscape and retaining wall installations). All small power equipment is operated under supervisor direction.
***Original F.a.2***
Perform landscape enhancement and installation work at residential and commercial job sites using hand tools and power equipment, including shovels, rakes, tampers, levels, wheelbarrows, and hand compactors; may operate small power equipment as assigned. Landscape grounds of property using hand or power tools or equipment. Follow planned landscaping designs to determine where to lay sod or plant flowers or foliage. Install rock gardens, drainage systems, irrigation systems, and retaining walls. Plant seeds, bulbs, foliage, flowering plants, grass, ground covers, trees, or shrubs, and apply mulch for protection, using gardening tools. Haul or spread topsoil. Use irrigation methods to adjust the amount of water consumption and to prevent waste. Create and prepare new planting beds through digging, edging, and grading. Use hand tools such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws, hedge or brush trimmers, or axes. Water lawns, trees, or plants, using portable sprinkler systems, hoses, or watering cans.Assists with installation of mortarless segmental concrete masonry wall units. Move and stage finished plant materials designated for installation or sale; pull and organize plant orders in preparation for scheduled landscape installations. Workers will support landscaping operations by moving and staging finished plant stock designated for sale or field installation, watering container plants to maintain viability pending installation or sale, pulling and organizing plant orders in preparation for scheduled landscape installations, and relocating inventory within the shop as directed. Maintain cleanliness of work and staging areas. May drive crew vehicle. No driver’s license is required as a condition of employment for the position. If the prospective worker already possesses a standard, noncommercial driver’s license they may be asked to drive a vehicle to job sites, as needed. All duties performed under supervisor direction.
Employment period: Oct 1, 2026 – Dec 20, 2026
