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Gardener (Grounds Keeper)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 11 days ago
About the Role
This position is located in the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration , Mid Atlantic Health Care Network (VISN 6), and Fayetteville VA Medical Center. Fayetteville VA Medical Center is a campus-style facility consisting of mutable major buildings. The incumbent serves as Gardener within the Environmental Management Service & Grounds Section to perform a variety of tasks related to exterior and interior gardening, landscaping and grounds maintenance.
What You'll Do
- →The incumbent is responsible for performing seasonal gardening tasks cultivating with a wide variety of plants in flower and shrub beds throughout the Medical Center campus preparing soil for plants, seeding, thinning, transplanting, trimming, pruning, fertilizing, aerating, mulching, spraying and dusting of ground cover, flowers, shrubs and trees as instructed.
- →By consulting with grounds supervisor or catalogs regarding physical characteristics of plants and their requirements for health growth, recommends changes for improvement in the overall landscape plan and obtains approval on projects which require unplanned expense or significant periods of time within the framework of good gardening practices.
- →The incumbent inspects plants, trees and shrubs for disease, insects, and/or unusual or poor plant growth.
- →He/she plans and carries out scheduled seasonal preparation of flower beds and ornamental planting areas.
- →Responsible for transplanting large and small trees, shrubbery and plants to areas when relocation is required due to construction or building maintenance issues.
- →The incumbent works in gardening tasks and may be assisted by employees, volunteers and/or students in preparing planting areas; watering, fertilizing, planting, pruning and trimming plants, shrubs, trees, and other task and projects as assigned.
- →Duties include general grounds maintenance tasks to include lawn mowing, trimming, fertilizing, watering, weed eating, edging sidewalks, blowing leaves, ensuring entranceways are free of debris and obstacles, etc.
- →Replaces mulch in flower beds and ornamental gardens, removes weeds by hand, tools, application of chemicals, etc.
- →Operates a street sweeper for roadway and parking lot maintenance.
- →Assists in the application of sand and other materials where ice has accumulated (sidewalks, entranceways, steps, roadways) due to winter storms in order to maintain a safe environment.
- →Operates high reach manual equipment for pruning tall trees and shrubs, removing dead tree limbs, cleaning out gutters, or removing debris from rooftops, etc.
- →Prunes and trims shrubs and trees and other plants to remove obvious defects and excess branches to obtain proper balance between roots and top growth to modify or retain the natural form.
- →Provides gardening duties assigned for interior gardens such as the Plant Atrium and Serenity Garden.
- →Occasionally moves indoor potted plants from the greenhouse to interior locations for events and presentations.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Subject to background/security investigation Pre-employment physical required Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP) As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your probationary period or trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
Personality Fit
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