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Gardener
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 42 days ago
About the Role
This position is a Gardener located within the Central Texas Veterans Health Care System. The primary purpose of the position is to perform duties as a subject matter expert pertaining to key operation elements related to turf grass and landscape maintenance, including turf renovation operations.
What You'll Do
- →Duties Include but not limited to: Prepares the soil for plants seeds.
- →Thins, transplants, trims, prunes, fertilizes, aerates and mulches Sprays ground covers flowers, shrubs and trees using independent judgment and decision-making.
- →Prepares new planting areas for flower beds and grass areas and considers the individual needs or characteristics of a wide variety of different trees and shrubs for proper pruning to obtain proper balance between roots and top growth.
- →Implements tree and shrub maintenance plan to enhance the health, vigor. and appearance of woody plants.
- →Responsible for determining equipment and estimation of material in the application of fertilizers, herbicides and fungicides.
- →Selects the location for best plant growth and development considering soil conditions, hardiness of plants, foliage stages of growth, flowering periods and overall landscaping plan.
- →Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 7:00AM - 3:30PM Position Description Title/PD#: Gardener/PD04110A 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 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 dentification 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
This role is commonly a great fit for these MBTI types:
Job ID: 200c3da8-8336-4732-88a0-15b10ce43a54
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