Grounds Person Tree Care

**The Best Teams are Created and Maintained Here.** **Job Summary** - The Groundsperson, Tree Care role supports tree trimming and removal operations by assisting with ground-level tasks, including clearing brush, chipping branches, and managing debris disposal. This is an entry-level position requiring no prior experience or training. **Duties and Responsibilities:** - Perform basic ground-level tree care operations in support of pruning, removal, and maintenance activities - Demonstrate introductory level proficiency in the safe operation of powered equipment, including woodchippers, trucks, and blowers - Use hand tools such as hand saws, pole pruners, rakes, and shovels effectively and safely to complete assigned tree care tasks - Select and use appropriate task-specific PPE in accordance with industry safety standards and company protocols - Maintain a clean, organized, and secure job site. Implements traffic and pedestrian control measures and ensure the protection of the work zone at all times **Education and Experience:** - Follow established directions and procedures related to roping and rigging, routine maintenance, equipment adjustments, and reporting of malfunctioning or unsafe equipment - Perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division involving weight, volume, and distance. Estimates or calculates measurements relevant to arboricultural field operations - Apply critical thinking to interpret and carry out instructions. Completes standardized tasks with competence, adapting to occasional field variables as needed - Use standardized hand signals to communicate clearly and safely with climbers and other crew members - Verbally communicate with the general public to provide clear direction and ensure safety around the work zone **Physical Demands/Requirements:** - Ability to lift and carry tools, equipment, and materials weighing up to 80 pounds. - Be at least 18 years old (21 if operating company provided vehicles) - Possess strong stamina and have the ability to work outdoors in various weather conditions including extreme heat and cold. - Able to safely operate landscaping equipment (e.g., mowers, trimmers, blowers, edgers). - Able to bend, stoop, kneel, twist, stand, walk continuously throughout the day and perform repetitive motions for extended periods. - Able to perform manual labor using a variety of hand tools (e.g. shovels, rakes) - You are able to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (e.g., safety shoes, high-visibility clothing, hand protection, eye protection, hearing protection, head protection) - Landscapers who will be operating a BrightView fleet vehicle are required to have a valid driver’s license and meet company standards as it relates motor vehicle performance identified on a state issued motor vehicle record check. - Ability to work flexible hours, including weekends or holidays if needed. - Ability to maintain, in your possession at all times, required medications to address any known allergic reactions should they occur. **Work Environment:** - Ability to work outdoors/indoors in moderate to extreme weather conditions (e.g., temperatures more than 100°F, temperatures below 32°F, various levels of humidity) - Ability to work in direct sunlight for extended periods of time. - Work outdoors near automotive traffic, bodies of water, fumes, dust, mechanical and/or electrical hazards. - Ability to work in environments where extended periods of loud noise are present. - Ability to work in environments where exposure to allergens such as pollen and rag weed, insects such as bees and spiders and reptiles such as lizards and snakes. ### *BrightView Landscapes, LLC is an Equal Opportunity and E-Verify Employer.* ### *This job description is subject to change at any time.* **Compensation Pay Range:** $22-$26 per hour ***BrightView offers a suite or health, wellness, and financial benefits to full-time team members. Benefits offerings for full-time team members include medical, dent…