These positions serve as Gardner located at the Nebraska-Western Iowa Veterans Healthcare Administration in Omaha, NE.

Duties

Duties include, but may not be limited to the following: Operates agricultural motor vehicles for grounds and street maintenance, landscaping, fertilization, transplanting, laying sod, preparing sod and seed beds, aerating lawns, pruning trees. Performs cutting, edging, aerating, thatching, grooming, weeding, trimming, weeding, planting shrubs/flowers, and transplanting gardening-related tasks. Applies a wide range of chemicals to plants, turf, flowers and trees and maintains detailed logs of chemical usage as per federal, state, and local requirements. Power washes buildings and entrance/waiting areas, maintains cleanliness of trash receptacles and picnic areas. Installs, repairs, and maintains irrigation systems, includes: piping, meters, valves, low voltage irrigation controllers, zone control valves, and irrigation heads. Operates a variety of equipment (e.g., mowers, chippers, tractors and accessories, sweepers, turf vacuums, edger's, seeders, tillers, rakes, aerators, sprayers gas weed eaters, tree trimmers, backpack blowers, trash pumps, and various other hand tools. Performs minor operational maintenance on equipment (e.g., oil change, filter replacement; lubricate bearings/mechanical joints; replace belts) and clean to maintain optimal performance, reliability, and safe operation. Performs other duties, as necessary. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized

Requirements

Qualifications

NOTE: You must possess a current, valid state issued motor vehicle operator's license PHYSICAL EFFORT AND WORK CONDITIONS: Performs landscape work which requires the full use of both hands and arms. The work requires the expenditure of a high degree of physical and mental effort in preparing and utilizing sod, flower beds and various other pieces of equipment. The person in this position sits for long periods operating mowers and equipment, frequently climbs ladders to prune trees and frequently lifts objects such as bags of fertilizer, grass seed, etc., weighing as much as 100 lbs. The gardening and tree farm tasks require considerable walking, stooping, climbing, lifting, kneeling, bending, squatting, carrying, and reach over/under.Will be exposed to weather extremes of hot and cold, both indoors and outdoors for extended hours and is exposed to infectious hazards, chemicals, hazardous materials, gases/fumes, and the possibility of burns, infection, scrapes, and broken bones. Employee is subject to insect bites and stings and exposure to poisonous plants such as poison Ivy and poison oak. Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualifications. For this position, the job element method is used to match what you, the applicant, can do against what the work calls for. Your knowledge, skills and abilities will be compared to the knowledge, skills and abilities (called job elements) needed for success. Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element (WG-2 and higher only; screen-outs are not applicable to WG-1). Applicants who appear to meet the screen out element are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and are eliminated from consideration. The potential eligibles are rated against the remainder of the job elements. While a specific length of training and experience is not required, your responses to the questionnaire must be supported by detailed descriptions of your experience on your resume. You will be rated on the following Job Elements as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position: Dexterity and SafetyInterpret Instructions, Specifications (other than blueprint reading)MaterialsMeasuring InstrumentsTechnical PracticesUse and Maintain Tools and EquipmentWithout more than normal supervision IMPORTANT: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. All experience listed on your resume must include the month and year start/end dates. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address VA Nebraska-Western Iowa HCS - Omaha 4101 Woolworth Avenue Omaha, NE 68105 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: [email protected]