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Location

Kalamazoo, MI | United States

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Job description

Job Description:

• Collaborates with the Manager and Assistant Managers of Landscape Services to plan and develop specifications for lawns, trees and shrubs; to plan the cultivation of specified trees, shrubs, vines and other root stock in the nursery; to schedule transplanting of stock from the nursery to landscape sites; and to plan and coordinate other activities required to develop, install and maintain trees and other stock for campus grounds.
• Prunes and cares for plantings, including deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs of all types; and evaluates plantings to determine which trees and shrubs require rehabilitative care, removal and/or replacement.
• Maintains plantings, applying nutrients to root zones; applying other fertilizers; watering plantings and applying pesticides, fungicides and other horticultural chemicals and compounds.
• Develops irrigation schedules for campus plantings.
• Oversees, and guides M-3.5 Equipment Operator I on projects.
• Develops spraying schedules for all campus and nursery grounds.
• Diagnoses insect and disease problems, and selects the appropriate pesticide, fungicide or other treatment chemical for application to control or eliminate the problem.
• Schedules preventative spraying during dormant periods.
• Uses light and heavy equipment.
• May be utilized for snow removal operations, operating heavy and/or light equipment, and may also assist in hand shoveling snow.
• Fastens attachments to trucks and tractors with wedge-pin and other hitches.
• Uses hand and power sprayers to apply pesticides, weed killers, fungicides and other horticultural chemicals and compounds.
• Utilizes chain saws, tree saws, and other devices to trim plant materials, and employs tree augers, shovels and other equipment and tools.
• Performs minor service, repair and maintenance work for assigned equipment.
• Performs appropriate operational checks of all vehicles and equipment before, during and after each use.
• Determines inventory requirements for supplies and materials, and notifies supervisory personnel when (re)ordering is necessary.
• This position performs additional duties as requested by supervisory personnel.

Short Job Description:

• Must be able to read and comprehend written instructions and safety regulations governing the performance of job duties, and must possess good mathematical and writing skills for mixing pesticides and other chemicals and maintaining records documenting the use thereof.
• Thorough working knowledge of the flora found on campus and the growth behavior of, and the pathogens common to those flora.
• A minimum of five (5) years of professional experience in the care and maintenance of plants, trees and shrubs native to southwestern lower Michigan.
• Possession of a valid Michigan commercial driver's license ( CDL ) with endorsement

  About Western Michigan University

  One of the top-100 public universities in the United States, Western Michigan University is committed to being learner centered, discovery driven and globally engaged. Founded in 1903, what was once Western Michigan College became Michigan's fourth public university in 1957. Since then, WMU has undergone dramatic growth in size and stature. Today, the University offers more than 240 academic programs to students pursuing degrees through the doctoral level. More than 20 percent of its 25,000 students are enrolled in graduate course work, studying in disciplines ranging from atomic physics and graph theory to medieval literature and blind rehabilitation. Of 101 graduate offerings available, 30 lead to a doctoral degree.

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