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Gardener
National Cemetery Administration · Posted 13 days ago
About the Role
This position is located at the Fort Custer National Cemetery in Augusta, Michigan.
What You'll Do
- →The Gardener performs seasonal gardening tasks such as fertilizing, preparing seedbeds, transplanting, laying sod, aerating, pruning, trimming and applying chemicals according to specific directions.
- →Transplants, aerates, prunes and trims a variety of plants, seeds, and plant materials using developing knowledge of seasonal schedules, project plans, weather suitability, soil moisture and plant growth stages.
- →Reviews seasonal planting schedules and project plans, compares with the suitability of weather conditions, moisture in the soil and stage of plant growth, before deciding to plant.
- →Determines quantities of plants, and fertilizer to be used, selects appropriate chemicals to control common plant diseases, insects and weeds.
- →The Gardner prepares the soil for plants, seeds, thins, transplants, trims, prunes, fertilizers, mulches, sprays, dust grass, ground cover, flowers, shrubs, and trees using independent judgment and decision making.
- →Incumbent prepares new planting areas.
- →Employee is required to maintain a current state pesticide/herbicide license if required by the state the facility is located in.
- →Work schedule: May be required to work Monday through Friday to include occasional weekends.
- →Due to the mission of the National Cemetery, the cemetery cannot be closed for more than 2 consecutive days at any given time.
- →Additionally, when a Federal holiday falls on a Monday or Friday, staff may be required to work on that holiday or a Saturday.
- →All staff is required to work Memorial Day each year.
- →Staff will be required to work overtime, weekends and holidays when necessary to meet the needs of the cemetery.
- →Occasionally staff may be called back to the facility to perform emergency overtime work.
- →Compressed/Flexible Schedule: Not Available Position Description Title/PD#: Gardener/ PD135640 The full performance level of this position is WG - 08.
Personality Fit
This role is commonly a great fit for these MBTI types:
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