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Gardener
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 31 days ago
About the Role
This position is located in the Facilities Management Service at the St. Cloud VA Medical Center and supports year round grounds maintenance, landscaping, irrigation, snow removal operations, and related facility functions. The incumbent maintains outdoor grounds and landscaped areas, operates equipment and vehicles, performs seasonal irrigation tasks, and supports winter operations and other assigned duties that contribute to a safe, clean, and well maintained medical center environment.
What You'll Do
- →Major duties include but not limited to: Maintains lawns, landscaped areas, garden beds, and natural grounds throughout the medical center.
- →Plants, transplants, and maintains trees, shrubs, annuals, and perennials, selecting appropriate species based on site conditions, hardiness, and seasonal requirements.
- →Prunes, shapes, trims, removes, or replaces trees and shrubs as needed for safety, plant health, or appearance.
- →Prepares soil, installs sod, and resolves difficult growth problems using appropriate landscaping techniques including ground covers, edging, rock, and slope treatments.
- →Applies fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides, and related products following established safety procedures and regulatory guidelines.
- →Inspects plants for signs of disease, infestation, or environmental stress and performs corrective actions.
- →Assists with seasonal start up, operation, troubleshooting, and shut down of the facility irrigation system.
- →Performs routine maintenance and minor repairs on irrigation components to ensure reliable operation.
- →Operates grounds maintenance equipment such as mowers, trimmers, chainsaws, pruners, leaf blowers, wood chippers, hand tools, and related power equipment.
- →Operates government vehicles, including pickups, vans, and trucks, to transport tools, equipment, supplies, and materials on and off station.
- →Performs snowplowing and sanding during winter operations and supports road repair activities as assigned.
- →Removes snow and ice from sidewalks, building entrances, roadways, and parking lots.
- →Provides routine care for small game birds housed on the grounds.
- →Performs laundry pick up and delivery when laborer coverage is insufficient due to leave, illness, or other staffing gaps.
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.
- ✓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.
- ✓There is no education substitution for this position.
Personality Fit
This role is commonly a great fit for these MBTI types:
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