Description- Ensure the temple grounds reflect the beauty cleanliness and sacred nature of the temple experience.
- Maintain standards established by the First Presidency.
- Perform gardener/grounds keeping work maintaining and caring for landscaped areas sidewalks driveways building entrances and other assigned areas.
- Resolve routine questions and problems and refer more complex issues to higher levels.
- May assist with seasonal displays.
Responsibilities- Ensure the temple grounds reflect the beauty cleanliness and sacred nature of the temple experience by performing gardener/grounds keeping work maintaining and caring for landscaped areas sidewalks driveways building entrances and other assigned areas.
- Resolve routine questions and problems and refer more complex issues to higher levels.
- May assist with seasonal displays
- Mow lawns using hand and power mowers.
- Maintains the original landscape plan by planting perennials shrubs and trees.
- Trims and edges around walls flower beds and walks using hand clippers and power edging tools.
- May operate heavy tractors and other large power equipment to maintain landscape.
- Prune and shape shrubs and trees to provide optimum growth efficiency of plants and enhance beauty of grounds.
- Spray lawns shrubs and trees for disease weed and insect control and perform regular fertilization as needed in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
- Responsible to see that all power equipment and machines are properly maintained.
- Provide guidance to volunteers in the maintenance of grounds.
- Water lawn and garden areas.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications- Previous experience in grounds maintenance horticulture gardening agriculture landscape design or related field.
- Knowledge of various plants and fertilizers.
- Ability to follow directions work independently and with a team.
- Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds (22.68 Kgs).
- Full UK driving licence.
Desirable Qualifications (Preferred but Not Essential):
- NVQ Level 2 in Horticulture or an equivalent qualification
- NPTC Spraying Certificates: PA1 and PA6
- Chainsaw Certification: NPTC CS30 CS31B and CS36 or LANTRA equivalent
Only applicants with the right to work in the UK will be considered