Forestry Landscape Maintenance Student Employee

When applying you will be required to attach the following electronic documents:

• Please submit a resume.
• Please submit a cover letter that explains your experience in landscaping or maintenance activities and relevant experience and skills in areas of botany plant identification or vegetation management.

For additional information please contact: Dawn Anzinger at

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer including disability protected veteran and other protected status.

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Note:All job offers are contingent upon Human Resources final approval

This recruitment will be used to fill one (1) part-time (a maximum of 24 hours per week) landscaping maintenance position for the College of Forestry at Oregon State University (OSU). Reporting to the PFSC Arboretum Coordinator this position is responsible for landscape maintenance duties around the College of Forestry on-campus buildings and the small arboretum outside the Peavy Forest Science Center on the Corvallis campus.

You will be trained to work safely with hand tools gas and diesel-powered equipment and attend to the health of the plants trees and lawns that comprise the landscape. This is an excellent opportunity to learn plant health and identification skills! Flexible hours and the option to work during school breaks and summer are available.

Position Duties

• Performs a range of landscape maintenance duties including weeding pruning and mulching.
• Safely transports and utilizes landscaping equipment and supplies such as weed eaters wheelbarrows shovels rakes and other gardening tools.
• Removes litter and reports safety issues to supervisor or campus personnel.

Transferable Skill Development

OSU is committed to ensuring students are prepared for success after graduation through intentional skill development as student employees. The competencies students develop while working at OSU are defined by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) as the essential skills employers seek in their this position students learn and build vital career-readiness skills in the primary areas below:

• Communication Critical Thinking Teamwork Career & Self Development
  

Full Employment Eligibility Requirements can be found here: be academically enrolled in a high school community college or university and pursuing a program or course of study

*International students may be allowed to carry fewer hours than specified above and still be considered full-time by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). A reduced course load is approved by theOffice of International Services(OIS) and must be provided to the Student Employment Center.

Required

• Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds
• Must have the ability to work outdoors in all weather conditions
• Must be able to walk kneel and bend for extended periods on uneven ground

Preferred

• Experience in landscaping or outdoor maintenance (personal or paid) and use of hand tools.
• Skills in plant identification botany or vegetation management.