Facilities Attendant As-Needed - Fort Worth, TX, United States - City of Fort Worth, TX

Description

Workdays & Hours:
Monday-Friday 7a-3:30p

11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, Professional Development Opportunities, and much more.

Our employees serve the needs of nearly 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability.

The position is responsible for performing skilled greenhouse nursery work at the City's tree farm


The selected candidate will:

participate in nursery, greenhouse and tree planting operations; assist with watering, weeding and caring for propagated trees; perform landscape and/or facility maintenance; and participate in special event preparations and operations.

HS diploma/GED with specialized training in Horticulture, Floriculture, or Arboriculture.

• Two (2) years of responsible experience in a professional greenhouse, nursery environment or tree farm selecting and applying pesticides, planting, pruning.
• Possession of valid Texas Commercial Driver's License, with tank endorsement.
• Possession of, or ability to obtain, a non-commercial Texas pesticide applicator's license.
• International Society of Arboriculture certification.
• Bilingual English/Spanish.

Knowledge of/ability to identify common local species of trees, insects, diseases and weeds.

• Knowledge and experience in tree/plant propagation and nursery care.
• Ability to properly plant, prune, and install trees of varying sizes and types.
• Ability to use a variety of hand tools and equipment (manual and gas-powered).
• Ability to safely operate assigned equipment and vehicles including skid steers, mowers, tractors, trucks and trailers.
• Ability to work with volunteers from diverse backgrounds while providing instruction and supervision.
• Incumbents may be exposed to moving mechanical parts, odors, dusts, poor ventilation, chemicals, oils, extreme temperatures, inadequate lighting, intense noises, gases, vibrations, chemicals, oils and workspace restrictions.

It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit, hire, train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or another non-merit factor.

The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.

Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement, may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires.

Employees are paid by direct deposit only.