Marine Corps Community Services (MCCS) is looking for the best and brightest to join our Team! MCCS is a comprehensive program that supports and enhances the quality of life for Marines, their families, and others in the Marine Corps Community. We offer a team oriented environment comprised of military personnel, civilian employees, contractors and volunteers who keep the organization functioning smoothly and effectively.

Duties

Performs a variety of seasonal gardening tasks, such as, prepares soil with the proper mixture of sand, humus, topsoil and fertilizer; places seeds and plants in soil at proper depth, taking care not to damage roots while transplanting; lays sod, aerates lawns, and prunes and trims shrubs and hedges for a neat appearance and harvests, labels, and stores seeds and bulbs for later use.  May measure and mix specified amounts of fungicides, insecticides, and herbicides following instructions on product labels and in a manner consistent with environmental instructions. Inspects plants for obvious plant diseases, plant insects, and unusual or poor plant growth and reports these conditions to the supervisor.  Observes environmental and safety rules and regulations.  May drive a motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight of up to 10,000 pounds throughout an installation under limited traffic conditions at low speeds to transport supplies and equipment.

Requirements

• See Duties and Qualifications

Qualifications

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 use a variety of hand and power operated garden tools and equipment such as seeders, spreaders, edgers, hedge trimmers, pruning shears, and sprayers.   Ability to detect plant diseases and unusual or poor plant growth.  May require the operation of a motor vehicle, requiring a driver's license.Responsibility:  Supervisor provides specific instructions as to the plants to tend and 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.  Carefully handles roots of plants to insure continued growth when transplanting. Physical Effort:  Work requires frequent walking, standing, pushing of carts and wheelbarrows, bending and stooping.  Occasionally climbs ladders to prune or trim vegetation and frequently lifts heavy objects such as bags of fertilizer, seed, etc.  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.  May be required to wear protective clothing.  Chance of minor injuries such as bruises, cuts, scrapes and occasional possibility of broken bones from falls.

Contacts

• Address MIRAMAR MCCS MARINE CORPS COMMUNITY SERVICES ATTN: PERSONNEL OFFICER SAN DIEGO, CA 921455294 USA
• Name: MIRAMAR MCCS
• Phone: 858/307-7848
• Email: [email protected]