GARDENER A04*

Agency: U.S. Marine Corps

Department: Department of the Navy

Location: Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California

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Requirements: Skills and Knowledge: Knowledge of seasonal gardening tasks and procedures, for example: how to apply fertilizer evenly to avoid underfeeding or burning plants. Ability to detect plant diseases and unusual or poor plant growth. Ability to use a variety of hand and power operated garden tools and equipment such as seeders, spreaders, edgers, hedge trimmers, pruning shears, and sprayers. May require the operation of a motor vehicle, requiring a driver's license. Responsibility: Supervisor provides specific instructions as to the nature of work to be performed and ensures compliance. Completes work with little review during progress. Follows directions from supervisor or manufacturer in measuring and mixing fertilizer or chemical agents. Physical Effort: Work requires frequent walking, standing, pushing of carts and wheelbarrows, bending and stooping. Ability to climb ladders to prune or trim vegetation. Lifts and carries objects up to 45 lbs independently and objects over 45 lbs with assistance. Working Conditions: Work is done outside and incumbent is subject to discomfort from long periods in hot sun and sometimes to chilly or rainy weather. Exposed to dirt, dust, mud and sometimes to common household-type chemical sprays and dusts. Must wear protective clothing. Chance of minor injuries such as bruises, cuts, scrapes, and occasional possibility of broken bones from falls.