UNF Assistant Horticulturist
Location: UNF – Jacksonville, FL
Job Description:
Responsible for assisting in the day-to-day cultivation, care and maintenance of plant life within a designated area, including planting, weeding, pruning, irrigation management, pest control, and propagation, under the guidance of a head horticulturist, ensuring the overall health and aesthetic appeal of the landscape or garden space.
Other duties include:
- Preparing garden sites: Using hand tools or machines to prepare new garden plots, soils, and sites
- Planting and transplanting: Assisting with and supervising the planting and transplanting flowers, shrubs, trees, seeds, bulbs, and lawns
- Plant Care: Maintaining plants and gardens by watering, weeding, fertilizing, shearing, pruning to achieve aesthetic, design goals.
- Pest & Disease Management: Follow the GBMI best management practices for integrated pest management. Scout and monitor for pest, disease, and fugal issues. Report to the spray Tech with recommended IMP cultural controls.
- Subordinate tree pruning: Remove, shorten competing branches to develop a single leader to improve the structure and stability of each tree following the ANSI A300 and Z133 or newer pruning standards.
- Greenhouse: Work with the Lead Horticulturist to oversee, plan and schedule the production of trees, shrubs, and flowers.
- Adjusting irrigation systems: Adjusting mist irrigation systems, shade, and ventilation in greenhouses, gardens, or nurseries.
- Maintaining equipment: Operating, adjusting, and performing minor maintenance and repairs on equipment used in cultivation, moving plants, soil mixing, and spraying.
- Maintaining records: Keeping records of plant materials, supplies, equipment, and other requisitioned items
- Identifying plants: Assist with plant identification signage labels.
- Training student employees: Providing training and work direction to student employees.
- Directing campus volunteers: Providing training and work direction for campus landscape and grounds volunteers
- Additional responsibilities: Give guided tours and presentations. Attend special events.
Required Qualifications:
Completion of an approved certification in horticulture, botany or plant-based sciences field and 2+ years of relevant experience or a high school diploma and 4+ years of relevant experience. directly related to the job functions. Or an equivalent combination of education and experience pursuant to Fla. Stat. 112.219.
Pay:
$17.96 / hour
How to apply:
Online here
