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Gardener (Tractor Operator)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 7 days ago
About the Role
The Gardener (Tractor Operator) is responsible for the operation of heavy equipment to push, load, make piles and items, move earth, rock, gravel, mulch, supplies, and equipment. Loads dirt, trees & other items into dump trucks & onto flatbeds; and dump trailers, dumpsters and into back of trucks taking touch and higher levels of skill. Operators are required to know the uses of sets of controls or operation of the equipment & attachments and be skilled in handling these controls.
What You'll Do
- →Major Duties include, but not limited to: Grade and slope landscape areas, including terraces, to support drainage and planting plans.
- →Plant, transplant, and maintain a wide variety of grasses, ground cover, flowers, shrubs, and trees.
- →Prune trees and shrubs to promote healthy growth and maintain an appropriate balance between root systems and top growth.
- →Perform work from project plans, master landscape plans, and long-range grounds-maintenance plans.
- →Make independent day-to-day decisions consistent with established gardening practices and project requirements.
- →Maintain lawns, flower beds, shrubs, trees, and other landscaped areas to meet appearance, health, and safety standards.
- →Identify common plant diseases, insect infestations, and other landscape problems; apply appropriate treatments as directed.
- →Apply fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, and other chemicals to plants and landscaped areas in accordance with instructions and safety requirements.
- →Operate and maintain hand tools, power tools, and grounds-maintenance equipment, including chainsaws, weed eaters, blowers, saws, drills, hammer drills, jackhammers, concrete saws, and related equipment.
- →Use hand tools and equipment such as shovels, picks, rakes, sledgehammers, and pruning tools to complete gardening and maintenance assignments.
- →Load, unload, transport, and stage supplies, materials, tools, and equipment needed for daily and monthly work assignments.
- →Operate vehicles and other equipment required to transport personnel, tools, supplies, and materials to work locations.
- →Complete assigned gardening, landscaping, grounds-maintenance, and minor construction tasks safely, efficiently, and with work evaluated based on the quality of results achieved.
- →Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 7:00am-3:30pm (Subject to change based on the needs of the agency.) Position Description Title/PD#: Gardener (Tractor Operator)/PD03314A Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized
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 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) Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
- ✓Driver's Licensure is required.
- ✓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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