Seasonal Landscape Labor

Seeking 72 Temp/FT positions in the following counties: Colorado: Adams Arapahoe Boulder Broomfield Clear Creek Denver Douglas Jefferson Larimer Park Weld Landscaper Job Duties: Commercial landscaping maintenance services include maintenance and upkeep of outdoor space through mowing edging trimming and blowing outdoor features of a commercial or business spaces public or private open spaces to include schools or similar types of properties or multi-family properties. Commercial maintenance landscaping laborers will perform the following job duties; ground preparation for sod lay sod plant small trees and shrubs plant plants and flowers in flowerbeds and other green space areas fertilize sod plants and flowers using premixed and bagged fertilizer to maintain healthy plants trees and turf dig trenches for sprinkler lines repair sprinkler lines replacement of sprinkler heads startup irrigation system and maintain areas which is any of the non-living elements in landscape of a work site. Established areas severely damaged beyond repair complete replacement may be necessary. This involves removing the damaged elements and installing new ones ensuring proper drainage and a level base. Materials like crushed rock mulch sand rocks or boulders using tools like brooms brushes rakes shovels picks and wheelbarrows. Basic landscape equipment such as walk behind trenchers riding lawn mowers and hand tools to include shovels hoes rakes back-pack blowers hand grass trimmers pruning shears and shrub trimmers. Tasks may include construct or repair mortarless segmental concrete masonry wall units. Dates of need:to# of regular hours guaranteed per week: 35 Mon-Fri possible Sat 07:00 - 05:00 Lift and sustain 75 lbs No education or experience required. On the job training available. Starting wage $24.03 p/hr. to $32.00 p/hr. Poss. E-Verify possible Drug Screening both post hire. Possible OT starting from $36.05 p/hr. to $48.00 p/hr. A single workweek is used to compute wages due paid bi-weekly. Possible raises bonuses or incentives dependent on tenure with company experience or job performance. Employer will provide workers at no charge all tools supplies & equipment required to perform the job. Workers will be reimbursed in the first workweek for all visa and border crossing fees in-bound transportation daily subsistence and hotel costs from the place from which the worker has come to work for the employer to employers place of business. The amount of transportation payment or reimbursement will be equal to the most economical & reasonable common carrier for the distances involved. Upon completion of the work contract or where the worker is dismissed earlier employer will provide or pay for workers reasonable costs of return transportation & daily subsistence to the place the worker originally departed to work except where the worker will not return due to subsequent employment w/another employer. The employer is responsible for paying inbound transportation costs in the first workweek of employment to the extent that shifting such costs to the employees (either directly or indirectly) would effectively not bring the workers wages below the FLSA minimum wage. Employer will provide or pay for charter bus services or other modes of transportation to groups of H-2B or U.S. workers or will permit workers to select any means of transportation they choose and reimburse workers at no less than the most economical and reasonable common carrier transportation charges for the distances involved. The remainder of inbound transportation meals and hotel expenses to be reimbursed to the worker at the 50% point of the contract. As per FLSA requirements daily meal subsistence is paid. Outbound transportation and subsistence will be provided/paid by the employer where the worker completes the work contract period or is terminated without cause and no subsequent H-2B employment is available. Employer will provide or pay for charter bus services or other modes of transportation to groups of H-2B or U.S. workers or will permit workers to select any means of transportation they choose and reimburse workers at no less than the most economical and reasonable common carrier transportation charges for the distances involved at the end of the contract or worker termination date. All deductions required by law will be deducted from workers pay. Daily subsistence during travel to the state of Colorado from workers place of origin will be provided to each worker at a rate of $16.28 p/day during travel with a maximum of $68.00 per day with receipts. Qualified applicants are to inquire about the job op directly to Larimer County Economic and Workforce Development Located at 200 W. Oak St. Ste. 5000 Fort Collins CO. Call or go online at to apply. Email resume to Veronica at for Mill Brothers Landscape & Nursery Inc. This ad is being placed concurrently with an H-2B application.

Required Experience:

Junior IC