Horticultural worker job description
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Horticultural worker requirements can be divided into technical requirements and required soft skills. The lists below show the most common requirements included in horticultural worker job postings.
Sample horticultural worker requirements
- Knowledge of horticultural practices and techniques
- Physical ability to lift and carry heavy objects
- Experience with operating and maintaining tools and equipment
- Familiarity with safety procedures and protocols
- Ability to work in varying weather conditions
Sample required horticultural worker soft skills
- Effective communication skills to interact with team members and clients
- Strong attention to detail for maintaining plants and landscapes
- Ability to work independently or as part of a team
- Flexibility and adaptability to changing work environments and tasks
- Passion for plants and the environment
Horticultural worker job description example 1
Rose Hills Mortuary horticultural worker job description
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Prepare and care for the growth of seasonal plantings from plugs or bulb to botanical in the greenhouse. Installs and maintains plants in cemetery grounds.
**JOB RESPONSIBILITIES**
**Horticulture**
+ Perform manual labor in the care and growth of plugs and bulbs into botanicals in preparations for seasonal plantings. Label seedlings/plants for accurate identification of floral type and color, waters, and fertilizes. Propagates plants through life cycle transferring to appropriate container size, removing damages or unsightly foliage, and keeping plantings free from disease and insects, and oriented to proper light. Maintains a clean and orderly workspace.
+ Loads vehicles with plantings, tools, dirt, and fertilizer for plantings. Review planting requests and delivers materials to appropriate location. Drives cautiously to prevent damage to surroundings; may adjust deliveries to respect burials and visitors. Washes and maintains vehicles in working order; identifies issues to management
+ Till and prepare soil for seasonal botanical plantings and removes prior plantings. Manually digs trenches or holes for plantings. Installs plantings or bulbs at designated gravesite or area. Maintains equipment and tools.
+ Maintains, prunes, and deadheads botanicals as needed to promote flowering and appearance. May pull and remove weeds. May lay sod.
+ Seasonally apply or remove winter grave blankets.
**MINIMUM** **Requirements**
Education
+ High School Diploma or equivalent required
Experience
+ Professional or personal experience in floriculture, horticulture, and/or design is desired but not required
Ability
+ Operate company owned four-wheeled vehicles to transport plants, dirt, and tools.
**WORK CONDITIONS**
When considering the work environment associated with this job, the following factors may apply:
+ Environment - Work is primarily outdoors
+ Postures - Frequent continuous sitting, kneeling, or standing up to 6 hours per day; frequent bending and stooping
+ Physical Demands - Physical effort requiring manual dexterity is required, to dig and plant seedlings and plants, ability to lift and carry plants, dirt, and fertilizers weighing up to 50 lbs.
+ Hours - May work beyond standard hours or schedule as business needs arise
Postal Code: 95326
Category (Portal Searching): Technical and Trade
Job Location: US-CA - Hughson
Consider the possibilities of joining a Great Place to Work!
Prepare and care for the growth of seasonal plantings from plugs or bulb to botanical in the greenhouse. Installs and maintains plants in cemetery grounds.
**JOB RESPONSIBILITIES**
**Horticulture**
+ Perform manual labor in the care and growth of plugs and bulbs into botanicals in preparations for seasonal plantings. Label seedlings/plants for accurate identification of floral type and color, waters, and fertilizes. Propagates plants through life cycle transferring to appropriate container size, removing damages or unsightly foliage, and keeping plantings free from disease and insects, and oriented to proper light. Maintains a clean and orderly workspace.
+ Loads vehicles with plantings, tools, dirt, and fertilizer for plantings. Review planting requests and delivers materials to appropriate location. Drives cautiously to prevent damage to surroundings; may adjust deliveries to respect burials and visitors. Washes and maintains vehicles in working order; identifies issues to management
+ Till and prepare soil for seasonal botanical plantings and removes prior plantings. Manually digs trenches or holes for plantings. Installs plantings or bulbs at designated gravesite or area. Maintains equipment and tools.
+ Maintains, prunes, and deadheads botanicals as needed to promote flowering and appearance. May pull and remove weeds. May lay sod.
+ Seasonally apply or remove winter grave blankets.
**MINIMUM** **Requirements**
Education
+ High School Diploma or equivalent required
Experience
+ Professional or personal experience in floriculture, horticulture, and/or design is desired but not required
Ability
+ Operate company owned four-wheeled vehicles to transport plants, dirt, and tools.
**WORK CONDITIONS**
When considering the work environment associated with this job, the following factors may apply:
+ Environment - Work is primarily outdoors
+ Postures - Frequent continuous sitting, kneeling, or standing up to 6 hours per day; frequent bending and stooping
+ Physical Demands - Physical effort requiring manual dexterity is required, to dig and plant seedlings and plants, ability to lift and carry plants, dirt, and fertilizers weighing up to 50 lbs.
+ Hours - May work beyond standard hours or schedule as business needs arise
Postal Code: 95326
Category (Portal Searching): Technical and Trade
Job Location: US-CA - Hughson
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Updated March 14, 2024
Updated March 14, 2024